ما بينَ جَرْعاءِ اليَلَمْلَمِ والعَلَمْ

نارُ الوِصالِ بدتْ تَلوحُ على عَلَمْ

Between the sips of yearning and the banner

The fire of devotion appeared waving on a banner

وبِذي الحَليفَةِ واليُمَيْنِ وأَرضِهِ

وتِهامَةَ الفَيْحا وحُجْفَتِها حِكَمْ

By Hejaz and its right and its land

And Tihama Al Fayha and its rulers I was destined

وبِذاتِ عرقٍ ثمَّ في قرنٍ لِذي

نجدٍ حِكاياتٌ لها معنًى أَتَمْ

And by the lineage of Irat then in Qarn for Thi

Najd stories for it deeper meaning I was destined

ولجَمْعِ شملي بينَ مروَةَ والصَّفَا

ثأثيرُ حالٍ فيه أَحْلى مُسْتَلَمْ

And to unite my gathering between Marwah and Safa

The effect of a case wherein is the sweetest blame

وبِجانِبِ المِيلَيْنِ أَعني الأَخْضَرَيْ

نِ بَوارِقٌ تَلوي الأَعارِبَ والعَجَمْ

And by the side of the two greens meaning the Green Domes

Flashes that attract both Arabs and non Arabs I am destined

بحَواجِبٍ وحَواجِبٍ عن حُسنِها

من حُسنِها الحاوي أَفانينَ الشِّيَمْ

With eyebrows and eyebrows about its beauty

Of its inclusive beauty that diminishes all imperfactions I was destined

وبَوارِقٍ ودَقائِقٍ وحَقائِقٍ

وطَرائِقٍ ما نالَها سعيُ القَدَمْ

With flashes and subtleties and truths

And ways that the effort of time has not attained

فهيَ المَعارِجُ والمَعارِفُ والمَعا

دِنُ والمَعالي والمَعالِمُ والعَلَمْ

So it is the ascents and the knowlefge and the

Places of worship and sublimities and the signs and the banner

يا ظبيَةً غنَّاءَ تعبَثُ بالنُّهى

فتكاً وتقْتَنِصُ الهِزَبْرَ إذا اقْتَحَمْ

Oh young gazelle singer playing with prohibitions

So murderous and hunts courage when it penetrates

قلبٌ إليكِ سَرى بكلِّ شُؤُنِهِ

يا ظبيَةَ الفَيْفاءِ من أَقْصى الحَرَمْ

A heart has Admirerd you with all its affairs

Oh young gazelle of Al Fay Al Fay from the furthest fence

إنِّي عَليلٌ عارَكَتْني لوعَةٌ

لكِ يا ظُبَيَّةُ واكْتَوى القلبَ السَّقَمْ

I am sick, grieved by yearning

For you oh little gazelle and the heart is sick

ومَعارِجٍ ومَدارِجٍ ومَناهِجٍ

ونَوافِجٍ من عِطرِكِ الزَّاكي الشَّمَمْ

And ascents, and descents and methodologies

And openness from your pure fragrant breath

أَنا في هَواكِ على المَحَجَّةِ ثابِتٌ

مُتَلَبِّسٌ ثوبَ الحَياةِ أَخو عَدَمْ

I am in your love steadfast

Wearing the clothes of life, brother of non-existence

لوْلاكِ ما نَهَضَتْ عَزيمةُ عزمِهِ

أبَداً ولا ضَرَبَ الخِيامَ بذِي سَلَمْ

If not for you the determination of his determination

Would never stand nor pitch tents at Thi Salem

رقَّتْ مَعانيهِ ورقَّ كَلامُهُ

وبمدْحِكِ الدُّرَرَ النَّظيمَةَ قد نَظَمْ

His meanings softened and his words softened

And by your praise the well-arranged pearls he has arranged

ما مرَّتِ النَّسَماتُ منكِ بقلبِهِ

إِلاَّ لوِصْلَتِها عن الجَسَدِ انْصَرَمْ

The breezes have not passed him in his heart

Except for her connection from the body is distorted

حيَّرْتِ أَلبابَ الأَحبَّةِ فارْحَمي

قوماً دِماءُ دُموعِهِمْ بحراً سَجَمْ

You have confused the minds of loved ones so have mercy

On people whose blood tears a sea they gathered

قومٌ إذا جنَّ الظَّلامُ تَهافَتوا

نحوَ المَساجِدِ واقِفينَ على القَدَمْ

A people when darkness comes they hasten

To the masjids standing on their feet

يتَمَلْمَلونَ توَجُّعاً وتَفَجُّعاً

وتَخَشُّعاً وتَخَضُّعاً والدَّمعُ دَمْ

Moaning in pain, grieving

and humbling and tears blood

يَبْكونَ حتَّى أن يمَلَّهُمُ البُكا

والحِلُّ يعذُرُهُمْ لذلكَ والحَرَمْ

They cry until boredom afflicts them

And the Predicate excuses them for that and the sanctuary

تَشْتاطُ بالحزنِ المُلحِّ قُلوبُهُمْ

ويَحُفُّ أرجُلَهُمْ بموقِفِها الوَرَمْ

Their hearts are raging with intense sorrow

And their feet are surrounded by its bleeding position

وإذا النَّهارُ بَدا ثَوَوْا فكأنَّما

لا الحربُ صارَ ولا أَخو الجُبْنِ انْهَزَمْ

And when the day appears as though

Neither war has become nor the brother of cowardice has receded

يَلْوونَ بالشَّوقِ الأَعنَّةَ في الحِمى

نحوَ الحَبيبِ وتستفِزُّهُمُ الهِمَمْ

They turn the inabilities in fever towards

The beloved and ambitions incite them

يَتَكاتَمونَ عنِ الوَرَى أَسْرارَهُمْ

لَهَفاً لجِيرانِ اللِّوا أَهلِ الخِيَمْ

They confide from sight their secrets

Yearning for the neighbours of night, the people of the tent

لا يُطْلِعونَ على ضَميرِ قُلوبِهِمْ

ملَكاً لكَيْلا يُعْمِلُ المَلَكُ القَلَمْ

They do not disclose to the hearts’ conscience

A king so that the angel does not make the pen write

رَفَعوا إلى ربِّ العُلى أَحْوالَهُمْ

وتوَسَّدوا الأَعْتابَ في بابِ الكَرَمْ

They raised their conditions to the Lord of Highness

And they pillowed the thresholds in the door of generosity

وهُمُ صُنوفٌ واحدٌ ذو هيبَةٍ

وجَلالَةٍ وأَخو جَنابٍ مُحْتَرَمْ

And they are one kind with prestige

And majesty and brother of an esteemed lineage

وَفَتًى على فُرُشِ النَّعيمِ لمن يَرى

لكنْ لهُ تحتَ النَّعيمِ البَحْتِ هَمْ

And a young man on the carpets of bliss for whoever sees him

But under the bliss is anxiety

وَفَتًى ظُهورِيُّ المَقامِ مُؤيَّدٌ

بالعِزِّ والإِقْبالِ صدرٌ مُحْتَشَمْ

And an outstanding young man supported

By honour and influence, a venerable chest

وَفَتًى يَذوبُ تلهُّفاً وتخوُّفاً

فكأنَّه للحُزْنِ صُوِّرَ والنَّدَمْ

And a young man who melts of eagerness and fear

So it's as if he's embodied sorrow and regret

وَفَتًى ينوِّهُ بالسُّرورِ مُمازِحٌ

عَذبُ الخَلائِقِ ذو نِكاتٍ في الكَلِمْ

And a young man signalling happiness joking

Sweet natured with witty talk

وَفَتًى له شرَفُ الظُّهورِ بحضرَةٍ

فيها مَقامُ الجمْعِ للكُلِّ اسْتَتَمْ

And a young man who has the honour of appearing in presence

Wherein is the position of meeting for all to integrate

وَفَتًى كشأْني قدْ تبرقَعَ بالخَفا

بُعداً عن الدُّنيا فهَيْكَلُها صَنَمْ

And a young man like me has worn the patches humbly

Away from the world so its form is an idol

ترَكَ القُصورَ لأهلِها مُتَسَتِّراً

بخُرَيْقَةٍ رثَّاءَ والكَتمَ الْتَزَمْ

He left the palaces to its people concealing himself

With a rag robe miserable and embraced the concealment

ورأَى النَّعيمَ بكونِهِ فرداً على

حِدَةٍ ومطْعَمُهُ خُشَيْناتُ اللُّقَمْ

And saw the bliss in his solitude

And his food crumbs of bites

يبْكي ويضحَكُ وَحدَهُ ويقومُ في

سِردابِهِ ويقولُ يا شَخْصاهُ نَمْ

He cries and laughs alone and stands in

His basement and says oh him sleep

فكأنَّهُ معنى خَيالٍ بارِزٍ

أو نُقطةٌ زادَتْ بأَعْدادِ الرَّقَمْ

So it's as if he's the sense of a protruding

Imagery or a point that has increased numbers

القَوْمُ أصنافٌ لكُلٍ مشرَبٌ

كتبتْ شُؤُنُ الحادِثاتِ من القِدَمْ

The people have different tastes each has an inclination

The issues of incidents have written from early times

عَجَباً لشأني في خَفاءٍ ظاهِرٍ

جلَّى الظُّهورَ من الخَفاءِ المُكْتَتَمْ

Wonder at my condition in apparent concealment

Clarified appearance from the confidential concealment

يا عُرْبَ منْعَرَجِ اللِّواءِ ألِيَّةً

بجَنابِكُمْ يا عِزَّ ذلكَ من قَسَمْ

Oh Arabs of the banner’s inclined ascent my family

By your side oh that honour from fate

أَنا لو أَردتُ بكُمْ أُنَظِّمُ كوكَبَ ال

عَلْياءِ في شِعري المُنَظَّمِ لانْتَظَمْ

If I wanted with you I compile the planet

Of the Highest in my compiled poetry it compiles

ولو الْتَفَتُّ لميِّتٍ وهَزَزْتُهُ

بمَديحِ عَلْياكُمْ لعاشَ من العَدَمْ

And if I glanced at a dead person and I shook him

With praise of your peak he lives from nonexistence

ولو اتَّجَهْتُ لِناقصٍ في حالِهِ

مُتَقَطِّعِ الأسْبابِ مَبْعودٍ لَتَمْ

And if I headed to someone lacking in his case

Disconnected causes outcast he integrates

أحْرَزْتُ فيكمْ سِرَّ كلِّ عَظيمةٍ

فأنا بكمْ كَنزٌ لأصْنافِ العِظَمْ

I gained in you the secret of every grandeur

So I am with you a treasure to kinds of greatness

حِكَمٌ ترَنَّقُ في نِظامِ قَصائِدي

فكأنَّها انْتَسَقَتْ لتنظيمِ الحِكَمْ

Wise sayings primp in the system of my poems

So it's as if they have been derived for the system of wisdom

إيَّايَ يا قاضي الغَرامِ فلَوْعَتي

عَظُمَتْ وحِبِّي بالدَّلالِ قدِ احْتَكَمْ

Me oh lover's judge so my affliction

Grew and my love by the evidence has arbitrated

وأَجازَ قَتْلي فاقْضِهِ مُتَبَتِّلاً

أَو فاجْعَلْنِ دِينَ الغَرامِ هو الحَكَمْ

And permitted my murder so judge it suffering

Or make me the debt of love as the rule

للهِ من لَهَفاتِ شوقٍ أَزعجَتْ

للهِ من فَتَّاكِ هجرٍ قد دَهِمْ

To God from the fervor of longing that disturbed me

To God from the deadly estrangement that invaded me

أكثَرْتُ نَوْحي والبُكاءَ فرقَّ لي

حِبِّي وقالَ إليَّ يا زَيْنَ الشِّيَمْ

I have increased my moaning and crying so it squeezed me my love and told me oh beauty of morals

So I came in in incurable illness

فأَتيتُ في أمْراطِ سُقمٍ بيِّنٍ

وصَقيلُ يومِ البُعدِ ظَهري قد قَصَمْ

And the polishing of the day of distance has broken my back

So He comforted me generously and mercifully

فحَنا عليَّ تكرُّماً وتَرَحُّماً

فحَيِيتُ يا سُبحانَهُ بارِي النَّسَمْ

So I came alive oh Praised the Sender of breezes