كَفَانِي الحَرُّ مُنْتَجَعُ الغَمَامِ

فَشُكْراً ثُمَّ شُكرْاً للإمَامِ

The heat sufficed me, the place of retreat of clouds

So thanks, then thanks to the Imam

أيادٍ ما أعَمَّتْ في ازْدِيادٍ

كَما انْتَثَرَ الفَرِيدُ منَ النِّظامِ

Hands that have not ceased increasing

As excellence scattered from order

كَأَنَّ أرِيجَهَا زَهْرُ الرَّوابِي

يُمَزِّقُ ضَاحِكاً جَيْبَ الكمَامِ

As if its fragrance is the blossom of meadows

Laughing, tearing the veil of wraps

كأنَّ حَديثَهَا شَدْوُ الغَوانِي

مُطَارِحَةً أغارِيدَ الحَمَامِ

As if its talk is the chanting of singers

Casting off the coos of doves

هَزَزْتُ لَهَا مَعَاطِفِيَ ارْتِيَاحاً

كَمَا طَرِبَ النَّزيفُ مِنَ المُدامِ

I shook my coats for it in comfort

As the drinker thrilled from the wine

وَبِتُّ لِدرِّها كَهْلاً رَضِيعاً

وَلَكِنْ آمِناً عُقْبَى الفِطَامِ

And I spend the night for its pearls as an old infant

But secure of the consequences of weaning

فَمَنْقُودٌ مِنَ الإعْطَاءِ هَامٍ

ومَوْعُودٌ مِنَ الإحْظَاء نَامِ

So I am driven from sublime ambition

And promised from gracious bestowal

وكَائِن مِنْ يَدٍ بَيْضَاءَ فِيما

أُؤَمِّلُ مِن سَلامٍ واسْتِلامِ

And it comes from a white hand in what

I hope for of peace and receipt

جَدِيرٌ أنْ يَجُودَ بِكُلِّ حُسْنَى

وإِحْسانٍ مَقَامٌ كَالْمَقَامِ

Worthy to be generous with all goodness

And favor is a position like the position

يُرَاعُ الدّهْرُ مِن أيْدِي لأَنِّي

بِفَيْضِ لُهَاهُ في جَيْشٍ لُهَامِ

The ages wary of my hands because I

Overflow with its ardor in a fervent army

أَلَيْسَتْ شِكَّتِي لا شَكَّ مِنْها

مِجَنِّي أوْ سِنَاني أَوْ حُسَامِي

Is not my complaint without doubt from it

My stars or my teeth or my swords?

فَلَوْ رُمْتُ الكَواكِبَ ظَاهَرَتْنِي

سَعَادَتُهُ عَلى نَيْلِ المَرامِ

So if I cast the stars they would show me

Its felicity in attaining hopes

وَمَنْ خَدَمَ الخَلِيفَةَ فالليالي

خَوادِمُهُ إلى غَيْرِ انْصِرامِ

And whoever serves the Caliph, the nights

Are its servants to no end

إمامُ هُدىً أَبَى غَيْرَ افْتِتاحٍ

بِإرْداءِ الضَّلالَةِ واخْتِتَامِ

The Imam of guidance refused any beginning

Except to end error and conclusion

بِمَطْلَعِهِ تَجَلَّتْ كُلُّ جُلَّى

كَنورِ الصُّبْحِ يَذْهَبُ بالظَّلامِ

With its rise, every glory appeared

Like the dawn's light dispelling darkness

وأَعظَمُ مَا تُشاهِدُهُ مَنَاباً

إذا ما قامَ بالنُّوَبِ العِظَامِ

And greatest what you witness it attend

When it handles the greatest responsibilities

تُسامُ بهِ الأَعادِي كُلَّ خَسْفٍ

ولَيْثُ الغِيلِ مُغْتَالُ السَّوامِ

The enemies submit to it every lowliness

And the monster of treachery, assassin of the sublime

كَأَنَّ بَنِي أَبي حَفْصٍ نُجُومٌ

وَيَحْيَى المُرْتَضَى بَدْرُ التَّمامِ

It is as if the clan of Abi Hafs are stars

And Yahya the Chosen is the full moon

إذا عَقَدَ الحُبَى في مُنْتَداهُ

فَما الشّمّ الهَوادِجُ مِنْ شَآمِ

If it forms connections in its place of assembly

Then what are the Pleiades to Lesser Syria

وإنْ وُكِلَ الحِبَاءُ إلى نَداهُ

فَما البَحْرانِ عَبّا في الْتِطامِ

And if the collecting of loved ones is entrusted to its closeness

Then what are the two oceans compressed in the struggle

تُقَصِّرُ عَنْهُ أمْلاكُ البَرَايا

وعُودُ النَّبْعِ لَيْسَ مِنَ الثِّمامِ

Possessions of mortals fall short of it

And promises of generosity are not complete

لأَنْفُسِهمْ بِغايته غرامٌ

وَآنُفُهُمْ لَوَاصِقُ بِالرَّغامِ

For their souls its pinnacle is passion

And their noses are attached with cords

أَمَولانا أقِمْ عُذْرَ القَوَافِي

إلَيْكَ وإنْ جَلَتْ حُرَّ الكَلامِ

My Lord, excuse the failing of rhymes

To you though the speech excelled

وَفَضَّتْ من ثَنَاكَ بِكُلِّ نَادٍ

كَعَرْف المِسْكِ مَفْضُوضَ الخِتامِ

And which spilled from your branch in every call

Like the fragrance of perfumed musk unsealed

أَتُحْصِي مَا لَدَيْكَ منَ المَعَالي

وقَدْ أرْبَتْ عَلَى قَطْرِ الغَمامِ

Can you count what excellencies you have

When it has mounted to the clouds' rain?

أمَولايَ ومَا أوْلَيْتَنِيهِ

فأتْمِمْهُ مِنَ النِّعَمِ الجِسَامِ

My Lord, complete for me what you have granted me

From tremendous blessings

وَسَوِّغْنِي التَشَفُّعَ في الرِّضَى مِنْ

بَنِيكَ بكُلِّ جَحْجَاحٍ هُمامِ

And allow me to intercede, pleased

With your sons with every zealous hero

بَرانِي طُولُ إقْصَاءٍ عَرَاني

وفي يُمْناكَ بُرْءٌ للْكلامِ

The length of deprivation has shown me naked

And in your generosity is healing for speech

ولَوْ أَنِّي لَثَمْتُ الجودَ مِنْها

عَفَتْ بالرِّيِّ آثارُ الأوَامِ

And if I adhered to its generosity

The vestiges of hope would be covered in satisfaction

مُحَيَّاكَ المُبَشِّرُ بالأمَاني

ومَحْيَاكَ المُبَصِّرُ للأَنَامِ

Greetings that give good news of wishes

And greetings that show the path for people

وأنْتَ ابْنُ المُلوكِ الصِّيدِ لَكِنْ

خِلالُكَ للْمَلائِكَةِ الْكِرَامِ

And you are the son of noble kings, but

Your nature is for the honorable angels