رأت المشيبَ بعارضيك فغاظَها

وثنت بذاتِ البانِ عنك لحاظَها

She saw the gray hair in your temples and it annoyed her,

And she turned away her gaze from you with a charming glance.

هيفاءُ لو بَرزَت لنسّاك الورى

يوماً لأحبى دَلُّها وُعّاظها

If Haifa had appeared to make you forget the world one day,

She would have preferred her guides and preachers.

ريمٌ لئالئُ نحرِها تحكي لئا

لئَ ثغرِها اللاّئي حكت ألفاظها

The pearls of Rym's neck tell Laa,

The words her mouth related were thousands.

قد كانَ شملُك بالكواعب جامعاً

أيامَ سوقُ صِباك كانَ عُكاظها

Your gathering with the maidens was all-encompassing

In the days when your youth market was Ukaz.

فتنبَّهت عينُ الزمانِ ففرَّقت

بالشيبِ شملَك لا رأت إيقاظها

So the eye of time became alert and separated

Your gathering with gray hair when it saw its awakening.

رقَّت إليك قلوبهنَّ مع الصَبا

وأعادهنَّ لك المشيبُ غِلاظها

Their hearts softened towards you in youth,

And gray hair returned their hardness to you.

فدع الغواني القاتلاتِ بصدّها

كم فتيةٍ غنجُ اللحاظِ أفاظها

Leave those deadly flirts in their rejection,

How many young men whose glances have killed.

واهتُف هُديتَ ولو من النبل العِدى

كسرت عليك لغيظِها أرعاظها

And loudly declare your gift even if it is from honorable nobility

Who would break their bones out of anger towards you.

بمدائحِ الحسن الذي آباؤه

كانوا لأسرارِ الندى حُفّاظها

With praises of the beauty whose forefathers

Were keepers of the secrets of fertality.

حمَّالِ ثقل المكرماتِ بهمَّةٍ

لم تَشكُ مذ نهضت بها أبهاظها

Bearing the burden of honors with ambition

That did not doubt since it rose with it the ignorant.

يا من أعادَ النيّراتِ ضياءَها

فزهت وأعطى المخدراتِ حُفاظها

O you who restored the brilliance of achievements

So they shone and gave livers that preserve consciousness.

أوقدَت نارَ قِرىً لضيفك ضوؤها

وبقلب كاشحك اقتدحت شواظها

You ignited the fire of hospitality for your guest, its light,

And in your generous heart its flames blazed.