تَظَلُّ بِعَينَيها إِلى الجَبَلِ الَّذي

عَلَيهِ مُلاءُ الثَلجِ بيضِ البَنائِقِ

With her eyes she looks to the mountain

White with layers of snow, domes of tents

تَظَلُّ إِلى الغاسولِ تَرعى حَزينَةً

ثَنايا بُراقٍ ناقَتي بِالحَمالِقِ

She looks to the valley where she grazes sadly

The smooth neck of my she-camel with bead necklaces

أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَزورَنَّ نِسوَةً

بِرَعنِ سَنامٍ كاسِراتِ النَمارِقِ

Oh, would that I knew! Shall I visit women

With slender waists, breakers of lances

بِوادٍ يُشَمِّمنَ الخُزامى تُرى لَها

مَعاصِمُ فيها السورُ دُرمُ المَرافِقِ

In a valley where they smell sweet basil, for them

Fortified dwellings, houses with strong pillars

كَفى عُمَرٌ ما كانَ يُخشى اِنحِرافُهُ

إِذا أَجحَفَت بِالناسِ إِحدى البَوائِقِ

Enough life that its waywardness was not feared

When one of the maidens strayed from the people

وَما حَجَرٌ يُرمى بِهِ أَهلُ جانِبٍ

لِفِتنَتِهِم مِثلَ الَّذي بِالمَشارِقِ

And not a stone is thrown at the people of any place

For their sedition, like that in the east

يَلينُ لِأَهلِ الدينِ مِن لينِ قَلبِهِ

لَهُم وَغَليظٌ قَلبُهُ لِلمُنافِقِ

Gentle to the people of religion from the gentleness of his heart

To them, yet his heart is harsh to the hypocrites

وَما رُفِعَت إِلّا أَمامَ جَماعَةٍ

عَلى مِثلِهِ حَزماً عِمادُ السُرادِقِ

And he was not raised up except before a group

Like him in resolve, pillars of the canopies

جَمَعتَ كَثيراً طَيِّباً ما جَمَعتَهُ

بِغَدرٍ وَلا العَذراءُ ذاتُ السَوارِقِ

You gathered much good that you did not gather

Through treachery, nor the maiden of trailing gowns

وَلا مالِ مَولىً لِلوَلِيِّ الَّذي جَنى

عَلى نَفسِهِ بَعضَ الحُتوفِ اللَواحِقِ

Nor wealth of a master for the loyal one who picked

Some of the trailing gowns for himself

وَلَكِن بِكَفَّيكَ الكَثيرِ نَداهُما

وَنَفسِكَ قَد أَحكَمتَ عِندَ الوَثائِقِ

But with your two bountiful hands

And your soul, you were resolute with pacts

بِخَيرِ عِبادِ اللَهِ بَعدَ مُحَمَّدٍ

لَهُ كانَ يَدعو اللَهَ كُلُّ الخَلايِقِ

Among the best of God’s servants after Muhammad

For him would all creatures pray

لِيَجعَلَهُ اللَهُ الخَليفَةَ وَالَّذي

لَهُ المِنبَرُ الأَعلى عَلى كُلِّ ناطِقِ

That God make him the successor, and the one

For him is the highest pulpit over all speakers

وَفُضَّ بِسَيفِ اللَهِ عَنهُ وَدَفعِهِ

كَتايِبُ كانَت مِن وَراءِ الخَنادِقِ

And with the sword of God protect him and deflect

The companies that were behind the trenches