عَرَفَ الدارَ فَحَيّا وَناحا
بَعدَما كانَ صَحا وَاِستَراحا
He recognized the house, so he greeted and cried
After being awake and taking rest
ظَلَّ يَلحاهُ العَذولُ وَيَأبى
في عِنانِ العَذلِ إِلّا جِماحا
He insisted on visiting it while it refused
Except to spread its wings to fly
عَلِّمونِ كَيفَ أَسلو وَإِلّا
فَخُذوا عَن مُقلَتَيَّ المِلاحا
Teach me how to travel, else
Take from my eyelashes the salt
مَن رَأى بَرقاً يُضيءُ اِلتِماحا
ثَقَبَ اللَيلَ سَناهُ فَلاحا
Who saw lightning illuminating the darkness
His sharp teeth pierced the night shining
فَكَأَنَّ البَرقَ مُصحَفُ قارٍ
فَاِنطِباقاً مَرَّةً وَاِنفِتاحا
It was as if the lightning was an open Quran
Folding and unfolding at times
في رُكامٍ ضاقَ بِالماءِ ذَرعاً
حَيثُما مالَت بِهِ الريحُ ساحا
In abundant rainwater that was too narrow
Wherever the wind took it, it flowed
لَم يَزَل يَلمَعُ بِاللَيلِ حَتّى
خِلتُهُ نَبَّهَ فيهِ صَباحا
It kept flashing in the night until
Its loneliness woke up the morning in it
وَكَأَنَّ الرَعدَ فَحلُ لِقاحٍ
كُلَّما يُعجِبُهُ البَرقُ صاحا
As if thunder is the wedding of clouds
Whenever lightning pleases it, it shouts
لَم يَدَع أَرضاً مِنَ المَحلِ إِلّا
جادَ أَو مَدَّ عَلَيها جَناحا
It left no land of the country
Without being generous or spreading its wing over it
وَسَقى أَطلالَ هِندٍ فَأَضحَت
يَمرَحُ القَطرُ عَلَيها مِراحا
And watered the ruins of India, so
The drops frolicked over it
دِيَماً في كُلِّ يَومٍ وَوَبلاً
وَاِغتِباقاً لِلنَدى وَاِصطِباحا
Continuously, every day, raining
And hugging the dew and waking up early
كُلُّ مَن يَنأى مِنَ الناسِ عَنها
فَهوَ يَرتاحُ إِلَيها اِرتِياحا
Everyone who distances himself from people
Finds peace and comfort in it
لا أَرى مِثلَكِ ما عِشتُ داراً
رَبوَةً مُخضَرَّةً أَو بِطاحا
I have not seen any house like you
Lush greenery or swamp lands
لَو حَلَلنا وَسطَ جَنَّةِ عَدنٍ
لَاِقتَرَحناكَ عَلَيها اِقتِراحا
If we entered the Garden of Eden
We would suggest it be replaced with you
وَإِذا ما ذَرَّتِ الشَمسُ فيها
فَتَّحَت أَعيُنَ رَوضٍ مِلاحا
When the sun sprinkled it
It opened the eyes of the garden's flowers
في ثَرىً كَالمِسكِ شيبَ بِراحٍ
كُلَّما أَنبَتَهُ القَطرُ لاحا
In soil like musk made white by wind
Whenever the drops made it bloom
جُمِعَ الحَقُّ لَنا في إِمامٍ
قَتَلَ البُخلَ وَأَحيا السَماحا
The truth was united for us in an Imam
Who killed stinginess and brought life to generosity
أَلِفَ الهَيجاءَ طِفلاً وَكَهلاً
تَحسَبُ السَيفَ عَلَيهِ وِشاحا
He made the valiant love him as a child and old man
You'd think the sword was his scarf
وَلَهُ مِن رَأيِهِ عَزَماتٌ
وَصَلَ اللَهُ ضِمنَهُنَّ نَجاحا
And he has resolves from his opinion
May God make them successful
يَجعَلُ الجَيشَ إِذا صارَ ذَيلاً
جُرأَةً فيهِ وَبَأساً صُراحا
He makes the army, when it becomes a tail,
Boldness and striking strength in it
فَرَجُ الأَعداءِ بِالسِلمِ مِنهُ
وَهوَ في السِلمِ يُعِدُّ السِلاحا
The enemies' relief is in peace from him
While he in peace prepares the weapons
فَرَّقَت أَيديهِمُ المالَ كُرهاً
وَلَقَد كانوا عَلَيها شِحاحا
His hands generously fragmented their wealth
And they had been stingy about it
خاطَ أَفواهَهُم وَقَديماً
مَزَّقوها ضَحِكاً وَمُزاحا
He sewed up their mouths, and long ago
They tore them open, laughing and joking
وَوَعوا شُكري إِلَيهِ وَكانوا
مَلَأوا دورَ المُلوكِ نِباحا
And they promised him gratitude, while they
Filled the royal palaces with barking
أَيقَنوا مِنهُ بِحَربٍ عَوانٍ
وَرِجالٍ يَخضِبونَ الرِماحا
They despaired of him with a wrongful war
And men whose spears are bloody
وَبَخيلٍ تَأكُلُ الأَرضَ شَدّاً
مُلجَماتٍ يَبتَدِرنَ الصِياحا
And stingy whose severity makes the earth eat
Tongue-tied, they start screaming
قاصِداتٍ كُلَّ شَرقٍ وَغَربٍ
ناطِقاتٍ بِالصَهيلِ فِصاحا
Seeking every east and west
Speaking with the neighing eloquence
حَمَلَت أُسداً مِنَ الناسِ غُلباً
وَكِباشاً لا تَمَلُّ النِطاحا
It carried a lion from the people by force
And rams that never stop butting
إِن أَغِب عَنكَ فَما غابَ شُكرٌ
دَعوَةٌ جاهِدَةٌ وَاِمتِداحا
If I am absent from you, gratitude is not absent
An earnest prayer and praise
يا أَمينَ اللَهِ أَيَّدتَ مُلكاً
كانَ مِن قَبلِكَ نَهباً مُباحا
O trustee of God, you supported a kingdom
Which before you was permitted plunder
