نفيس أماني القلب والعين والنفس

منال ليالي الأنس من ظبية الأنس

My soul's wishes, my heart's and eyes' delight

Are the nights of intimacy with a lovely gazelle

ظفرت على حكم المنى بمنائها

وحاولت منها صحتي وبها نكسي

I gained what I wished for from her

And tried through her to regain my health, but it brought me down

اسيلة خد اوجست اذ لمسته

به خيفةً من ان يذوب من اللمس

Her soft cheek, when I touched it

Fearing it would melt from the touch

عرست به ورد الحياء بنظرة

وقبلته كيما أنال جنا غرسي

I married her, the rose of modesty, with a glance

And kissed her so I could attain my heart's desire

وان لذيذ الحسن يؤكل بالمنى

ولميك مثل الاكل يمضغ بالضرس

The sweetness of beauty is consumed through wishing

And nothing is like eating, chewed by molars

وما ضمنه إلا التفرق غصة

وليست بحلقومي ولكن في حسي

What is destined is only the agony of separation

Not in my throat but in my perceptions

ومن لي بدهر لا يخون ولم ابت

ارجى بها عيشي وازجي له عني

And who do I have that won't betray

I hoped through her for my livelihood and looked to her

بجد ويسعى في القطيعة جهده

لجهدي فيومي فيه اخسر من امسي

Seriously, and he spends all his effort

On separating us, so my days with him are worse than my yesterdays

به أظلمت أيامنا وتظلمت

بنونا وأهلونا من الطالع النحس

Through him our days grew dark and our

Children, family and loved ones unlucky

عسى شمس دين اللَه يسعدنا فقد

كتبنا بهذا الوفق في شرف الشمس

May the sun of God's religion make us happy

We have been decreed this divine coincidence

ولو لم أخف منه هلاكي رقمته

بأسود طرف العين فضلا عن النفس

And if I did not fear it would destroy me I would trace him

With the black of my eyes, let alone my soul

فقد جل قدراً عن مدادي مديحه

وعن قلمي والكف والسطر والطرس

For he is too noble for my praises describing him

And for my pen, palm, line or paper

إمام إذا استنجدته في ملمة

أتاك إمام السيف يقدم والترس

An Imam, if you seek his help in adversity

The Imam of the sword comes to you advancing with his shield

بأوضح من صبح وانجح من حيا

وارجح من هضب وافصح من قس

Clearer than the dawn, more successful than life

More reliable than a plateau, more eloquent than poetry

ليبعد من ضرو يسعد من شقا

وينجد من بؤس وينقذ من حبس

To drive away harm, make happy those in misery

Save those imprisoned, deliver those in distress

ويصرف من هم ويسعف من اذى

وينصف من ظلم ويكشف من لبس

Relieve those in anxiety, aid those in pain

Give justice to the oppressed, clarify what is obscure

أمولاي يا شمس الهداية والعلا

ليهنك ما اولاك ذو العرشي والكرسي

My Master, O sun of guidance and sublimeness

May He who owns the Throne and Chair give you joy

مواهب فضل در ضرع نعيمها

على حلب والشام والغور والقدس

The overflowing gifts of His grace

Upon Aleppo, Damascus, the Ghor and Jerusalem

تفقهت في علم القراءة يافعا

وفقهت أرباب المدارس والدرس

You gained understanding, O active one, in Qur'anic recitation

And gave jurisprudence to the teachers and students of law

فصرنا نرى في دهر نامنك عاصما

لنا وابن عمرو وان كان في الرمس

So we see in your just age, protector for us

Ibn Amr, though he was among the conventional

ولم نر علماً لم تكن منه وافقاً

على اصله والفرع والنوع والجنس

We have seen no knowledge you were not concordant with In its principles, branches, categories and genres