قد قامتِ الحُجّهْ

فلْيُعْذِرُ العاذِرْ

The proof has been established,

So let the one who wants to excuse, excuse,

فالعَذْلُ لا يُجْدي

شَيْئاً سوَى الكَرْبِ

For the excuse will not avail

Anything but sorrow,

وشِقْوَةَ الخاطِرْ

وشِدّةِ الوجْدِ

And anguish of the heart,

And intensity of passion.

حدِّثْ عنِ السّلْوانْ

أو شِئْتَ يا صاحِ

Talk about Salwa,

Or if you wish, O companion,

حدِّثْ عنِ العَنْقا

إنّهُما سِيّانْ

Talk about Anqa',

They are both enchantresses.

فلْيُقْصِرِ اللاّحي

عمّنْ شَكا العِشْقا

So let the languid one refrain

From the one who complained of love,

قدْ عزّني الكِتْمانْ

فَبانَ إفْصاحي

Concealment has saddened me,

So my frankness has appeared

ببَعْضِ ما ألْقى

منْ صادِقِ اللّهْجَهْ

Through some of my sincere murmurings

From an ever wakeful lover.

وسْنانَ عنْ ساهِرْ

لمْ يُبْلَ بالصّدِّ

His heart is not corrupted with falsehood,

Pure of sight,

مُنَزَّهُ القَلْبِ

مُبَرّأ النّاظِرْ

Free from the state of heedlessness,

Tormented by confusion and separation.

عنْ حالَةِ السُّهْدِ

عذّبَ بالتّيهِ

So I could not endure patience,

A gazelle lured by

قلْبي وبالبَيْنِ

فلمْ أُطِقْ صَبْرا

What was not proper.

He has progressed in estrangement,

ظَبْيٌ تَجَنّيهِ

ما كانَ بالهَيْنِ

Perfect in it,

The place of the eye's delight,

قد واصَلَ الهَجْرا

مُكَمَّلٌ فيهِ

He has shamed the full moon

In its glance an argument

مَسْرَحةُ العَيْنِ

قدْ أخْجَلَ البَدْرا

For the bewitching and pearls-scattering one.

Going away with the heart,

في طرْفِهِ حُجّهْ

للفاتِنِ السّاحِرْ

And the perfect beholder,

Of the free and the slave.

ونافِثِ العِقْدِ

يذْهَبُ باللّبِّ

I called out in the darkness,

O Master of the Kingdom,

مُحَكَّمُ النّاظِرْ

في الحُرِّ والعَبْدِ

O Repeller of afflictions,

Relieve me of my worries,

نادَيْتُ في الظُّلْمَهْ

يا مالِكَ المُلْكِ

You are the one I complain to,

Of the one who declared the complaint,

يا دافِعَ البَلْوَى

فرِّجْ ليَ الغُمّهْ

To the good one who folded the worries,

Crying and declaring the intimacies

أنتَ الذي تُشْكي

مَنْ أعْلنَ الشّكْوى

In the ten days of Dhul Hijjah,

Of an ardent pilgrim

بمَنْ طوى الهِمّهْ

لطَيْبَةٍ يَبْكي

To the unique banner,

With sins forgiven,

ويُعْلِنُ النّجْوى

في عشْرِ ذي الحِجّهْ

A visiting pilgrim,

Achieving his goal.

منْ راكِضٍ سائِرْ

للعَلَمِ الفَرْدِ

Since his separation was confirmed to me,

I have lingered confused,

مُغْتَفَرِ الذّنْبِ

معْتَمِرٍ زائِرْ

As if my tears,

Do not flow.

مُبَلَّغِ القَصْدِ

مُذْ جالَ في سمْعي

The generosity of my father Salim,

The healer of the crack,

فِراقُهُ حَقّا

ظَلِلْتُ كالهائِمْ

And the firm handhold,

And the subduer of the unjust,

كأنّما دَمْعي

يَهْمي فَلا يَرْقا

And the silencer of the clamor,

And the extinguisher of the burning,

جَوْدُ أبي سالِمْ

مُعالِجُ الصّدْعِ

And the clarifier of righteousness.

The Caliph of the Lord,

والعُرْوَةُ الوُثْقَى

وقامِعُ الظّالِمْ

And the magnificent, the glorious,

With the father and grandfather,

ومُصْمِتُ الضّجّهْ

ومُطْفِئُ النّائِرْ

The giver of thousands,

His noble character comes

وموضِحُ الرّشْدِ

خَليفَةُ الرّبِّ

With his glancing eye,

And the surpasser of ranks,

والباذِخِ الفاخِرْ

بالأبِ والجَدِّ

To his enemies,

If he witnesses the march.

الواهِبُ الألْفِ

تاتِي معالِيهِ

And the sender of death,

So who will call him?

منْ رَجْعِهِ الطّرْفا

وخارِقُ الصّفِّ

He meets death face-to-face.

The earth quakes

الى أعاديهِ

إنْ شاهَدَ الزّحْفا

With the thriving army,

Swarming with the regiments,

ومُرْسِلُ الحَتْفِ

فمَنْ يُناديهِ

And the deadly sharp swords,

And the dense forest of spears.

يُصادِمُ الحَتْفا

الأرضُ مُرتَجّةٌ

He who won precedence

In the loftiness of worth,

بالعَسْكَرِ الزّاخِرْ

قدْ ماجَ بالجُرْدِ

And the highest office,

And surpassed in character,

وغصّ بالقُضْبِ

والصّارِمِ الباتِرْ

And noble manners,

And compassionate conduct.

والحَلقِ السّرْدِ

مَنْ فازَ بالسّبْقِ

With a graceful appearance,

The supported of the matter,

في رِفعَةِ القَدْرِ

والمَنْصِبِ الأسْمَى

Who hits his target,

When he mounts his saddle,

وفاقَ في الخُلْقِ

والخُلُقِ البَرِّ

The watching moon,

For the eye of the guided one,

واسّيرَةِ الرّحْمَى

ذو مَنْظَرٍ طَلْقٍ

And the disgracer of the sun,

In the pouring cloud,

مؤيّدُ الأمْرِ

مسَدّدُ المَرْمَى

If he is generous with aid.

Your ascent cannot be counted,

إذا امْتَطَى سرْجَهْ

فالقَمَرُ الرّاصِدْ

And the condition and promise,

Habitually negate that,

لعَيْنِ مُستَهدِ

ومُخْجِلُ الشّمْسِ

If embodied in a person,

It would exhaust the world,

في العارِضِ الماطِرْ

إنْ جادَ بالرّفْدِ

With truth it wearies it.

His state chose

عُلاكَ لا تُحْصَى

والشّرْطُ والثُّنْيا

The refinements of the sublime,

With all that is in it,

دَأباً يُنافِيها

لوْ مُثّلَتْ شخْصاً

The marvels of splendor,

And the purity of danger,

لغالَتِ الدُنْيا

بالحَقِّ تُعْييها

And the garden of eternity,

And the tranquility of heart,

دوْلَتَه اخْتَصّا

تأنّقَ العُلْيا

And the desire of the beholder,

In that cheek.

بكُلِّ ما فِيها

بَدائِعُ البَهْجَهْ

ونُزْهَةُ الخطِرْ

وجنّةُ الخُلْدِ

وراحَةُ القَلْبِ

وبُغْيَةُ الناظِرْ

في ذلِكَ الخَدِّ