وَسَمَ الربيعُ بزعمه ذات الأضا

كَذِب الربيعُ فذاك دمعي روَّضا

Spring boasted of beauty, but spring has lied

That is but my tear it has beautified

وقف السحابُ بها معيَ لكنَّما

دمعي استهلَّ وإنَّما هو أومضا

The clouds stood by it with me, but my tear

Precipitated while spring's was brief

بكَرَ الخليطُ عن الديار فلم أزل

أدعوه إذ هو واصطباري قوَّضا

The caravan departed early from the abode

I bid it farewell as it and my patience crumbled

يا راحلاً عن ناظريَّ لمُهجتي

أزمعتَ من سفحِ العقيق إلى الغَضا

O you who departed from my sight, my innermost being

Do you intend to travel from ruby mountain to barren land?

الآن أبناءُ الرجاء غدا السَّرى

لهم يُحبُّ وكان قبلُ مبغَّضا

Now the children of hope, tomorrow the elite

They are loved though once they were hated

من حيث لم يستقبلوا في مَطلبٍ

وجهَ النجاح هناك إلاَّ أعرضا

From where they did not face in their pursuit

The face of success save being aloof

حلف الزمانُ بأَن يديمَ مطالَهُ

حتَّى لدى الحسن المكارم تُقتضى

Time has sworn to prolong its ordeal

Until merits are attained by the virtuous

وصلوا السهولَ من الحزونِ وإنَّما

قطعوا الفضاءَ لخير من ضمَّ الفضا

They reached the plains from the saddened and only

Traversed the horizon for one better than a world in grasp

لبسوا له ليلَ المطامعِ أسوداً

وبه اجتلوا صُبح المكارمِ أبيضا

For him they wore the night of ambitions darkened

And with it they replaced the dawn of merits whitened

فرأوا أغرَّ يكاد يقطُر بشرُه

ماءً له اهتزَّ الربيعُ وروَّضا

So they saw a young man whose cheer nearly drips

Water for which spring was astir and beautified

وفتىً له الشرفُ الرفيعُ بأسرهِ

ألقى مقاليدَ السماحِ وفوَّضا

And a youth to whom high honor entirely

Relinquished the reins of generosity and empowered

أعباءُ مجدٍ لو تكلَّف ثقلَها

حتَّى يلملمُ لم يُطق أن ينهضا

Burdens of glory, were he to bear its weight

Would not be endured even were he to persevere