لاح في مهد المعالي والسنا
نجم سعد فاهتدينا بالسنا
A star shone in the cradle of glory and splendor,
The star of Saad guided us with splendor.
وأدار الحبّ فيما بيننا
من طلى عذب اللمى كاس الهنا
And love circulated between us,
He who tasted the sweet union, the cup of delight.
يا ابن ودي عج بنا نحو الصفا
نرتشف راح التهاني والصفا
O son of Wadi, hurry towards us to purity,
We sip the comfort of congratulations and purity,
مع أحبابٍ لهم حسن الوفا
بعدهم ذاب فؤادي شجنا
With loved ones of loyal devotion,
After them, my heart melted with yearning.
يا نيسماً في وادي الجنان
فاسترقّ الروح منا والجنان
O breeze in the valley of heavens,
Steal the soul from us and the heavens.
هل تلاعبت بأصداغ الحسان
إن هذا طيبها فاح لنا
Did you toy with the cheeks of the beautiful ones?
This is their perfume that wafted to us.
آه وشوقي إلى دار الصبا
جادها الغيث وحياها الصبا
Oh, my longing for the home of youth,
Watered by rain and enlivened by youth,
وبذاك الحي من غرب الربى
ظبيةٌ قد حرمتني الوسنا
And in that neighborhood west of the dunes,
A gazelle who deprived me of intimacy.
غادةٌ همت بها والجفن صب
وهي لم ترحم أخا وجدٍ وصب
Ghadah, I desired her while my eyelids shed tears,
And she did not have mercy on a loving and tearful brother,
قد رماني من هواها في لهب
لحظها السحار لما أن رنا
She threw me from her love into flames
When her enchanting glance glanced at me.
كم غزت يا صاح أسداً وظبا
إذ نضت أجفانها بيض الظبا
How many lions and gazelles she hunted, O Saah,
When she blinked her gazelles’ eyes.
ولديها أن شكوت الوصبا
رنحت عجباً من القد القنا
It’s her right if I complained of passion,
I was astonished by her delicate stature.
أحرقت بالوجد قلباً كان خال
إذ نضت أجفانها بيض الظبا
She burned a heart that was free
When she blinked her gazelles’ eyes.
لا تلمها ما على أهل الجمال
حرجٌ فيما رأوه حسنا
Do not blame her, it is the way of the beautiful,
No shame in what they see as beautiful.
فادر لي ذكرها واملا القدح
أن زند الشوق في الاحشا قدح
Pour me her memory and fill the cup,
That longing may grow in desolation, the cup,
وحديث الحب بالأسناد صح
ان من يعشق فلا يشكو الضنا
And the talk of love with proven chains
Whoever loves cannot complain of stinginess.
أتراها ذكرت عهد الهوى
حينما الجيد على الجيد هوى
Do you think she recalled the days of love,
When the neck fell on the neck?
وبروحي قولها يوم النوى
يا حبيبي مثلما أنت أنا
By my soul, her words the day of intimacy,
“My beloved, just as you are, so am I.”
ذكر هاتيك الليالي الماضيه
في فؤادي كسيوفٍ ماضيه
The memory of those bygone nights
Like unsheathed swords in my heart,
هل على العهد تراها باقيه
بعدنا أم هل أضاعت عهدنا
Does she still uphold that vow between us,
Or has she lost our bond?
يا لخودٍ ترتعي القلب الكريم
وأذلت بالهوى كل كريم
Oh cheek that grazes the generous heart,
And has humbled with love every generous one.
وقد اعتزّ بها الحسن الوسيم
كاعتزاز الدهر في رب الثنا
The beautiful one was proud of it,
Like the pride of eternity in the Lord of glory.
البشير المرتضى السامي على
كل ذي فضلٍ وعزٍّ وعلى
Al-Bashir Al-Murtada Al-Sami Ali
Every man of merit, honor, and height
سيد قلد أجياد الملا
والمعالي من نداه مننا
The master who commanded the brave ones,
And the glories from his light we sought.
ماجد أصبح بالجود علم
مشرقاً كالبدر في راس علم
Majid became through his generosity a shining
Star at the top of the banner,
وشهاباً تستضي أهل الهمم
بسناه من تناءى ودنا
And a flame that guides the ambitious
With his brilliance from afar we leaned.
كم خميس في الوغى اضحى خليل
من رديني نجله المولى الخليل
How many a companion in the fray became a friend
When his son, the heir of the Master Khalil returned me.
يا لهُ من جهبذٍ نعم النبيل
عن ثنا أخذ المعالي ما انثنى
What a formidable and noble gentleman!
Of our praise he carried the glories without bending.
ذو أيادٍ أمطرت سحب الندى
كدم الأعداءِ في يوم الندا
Of generous hands that poured the clouds of dew
Like the blood of enemies on the day of dispute
كم وحى قرماً واردى أسدا
وكسى الفرسان أثواب العنا
How many spears he broke and felled lions
And clothed the horsemen in robes of glory.
حاز رشداً وذكاءً
فسما وحكى في مجده بدر السما
He attained righteousness and intellect,
Thus he ascended and narrated his glory, the full moon in the sky
وعلى كل فخارٍ حكما
وإلى غير الثنا ما ركنا
And judged over every pride,
While to other than praise we did not incline.
تتهنى يا كريماً جدُّهُ
بغلامٍ قد تسامى جدّهُ
You are congratulated, O Bountiful, his grandfather,
With a lad who towered over his grandfather
قمرٌ تخت المعالي مهدهُ
بسرورٍ وسعودٍ حُضنا
A moon whose cradle the glories prepared
With joy and prosperity we hugged.
جاده بالعز مولاه المجيد
لتراه نعم مسعوداً مجيد
His magnificent Lord endowed him with glory
To make him prosperous and lauded.
دام محموداً لديكم وسعيد
كوكباً من نورهِ تزهو الدنى
May he remain praiseworthy to you and joyful,
A celestial star whose light illuminates the world.
مدَّهُ اللَه بعمرٍ جاد له
فاتكاً في كل خصم جادله
May God extend his life which flows to him,
Victorious in every adversary who disputed him,
ذا يمينٍ بنوالٍ كافله
خلقت كي تمنح الناس الغنى
Of helping hand and provision that sustained him
Created to bestow riches upon people.
يا هماماً سد بما وشحته
من نظامٍ بالهنا وشحته
O you who are regarded, close with what you adorned,
Of system in our delight you adorned,
وبمولودٍ لقد أرخته
دام مسعوداً بحظ ومنا
With a newborn you recorded,
May he remain prosperous, in fortune and from us.
