مَنْ قصدُهُ يرشفُ ماءَ اللمى
يصبرُ في الحبِّ لما ألما
Whoever aspires to drink from the water of virtue
Must be patient in love, however painful
بي وبمَنْ قد لامني من صلا
شباك طرفٍ وانتضى منصلا
My love for the one who blamed me and the one who blamed me not
A glance from whose eyelids was healing for me
وبعدما تيَّمني بلبلا
فؤاديَ المضنى بلي بل بلا
And after he brought me to the state of a nightingale
My grieving heart went "balbala" without a companion
يا عاذلي رفقاً فقد ضرَّ ما
في مهجتي مِنْ هجرِهِ ضرَّ ما
Oh you who blame me, be gentle, for indeed
What his estrangement caused in my heart was hurtful
أهوى حبيباً وجهُهُ قد حُبِي
حسْناً به يستعذبُ القدحَ بي
I love one whose beautiful face was covered
With beauty that sweetens the wine cup for me
فَهْوَ مليء لازمُ المطلِ بي
ما نلتُ مِنْ تقبيلِهِ مطلبي
He is always fulfilling my request
Yet I have not attained my desire of kissing him
قلبي إلى نارِ الجوى أسلما
فلو رآهُ كافرٌ أسلما
My heart I have surrendered to the fire of passion
If an unbeliever saw him, he would become Muslim
لم أحتملْ مَنْ لامني أو سعى
فانصحْ لغيري مرةً أوسعا
I cannot bear the one who blamed me or strove against me
So advise someone else at length
سيَّانِ مَنْ لم يدعُ لي أو دعا
فيمنْ بقلبي جمرةٌ أودعا
It's the same, whether one prayed for me or not
For my heart contains burning embers
فتى على سفكِ دمي أقدما
وما رعى لي موثقاً أقدما
A man who was quick to shed my blood
And did not respect the covenant he made
ما ضاعَ فيه سهدُ عيني ولا
يضيعُ مني في عليٍّ ولا
No loss of my eye's sleep in him, nor
Is a loss for me in Ali, no
يحيا بهِ يحيى فما أجملا
مسعاهُ في تفصيلِ ما أجملا
He makes Yahya live beautifully, so how wonderful!
His endeavor was to detail what is most wonderful
يا خلعةَ الملْكِ لقد رقَّ ما
عليكَ يحيى وابنُهُ رقما
O garment of the King, indeed how gentle
Were Yahya and his son to you
أرهفَ أقلامَ المعالي وسنْ
فناظرُ الملكِ بهِ في وسنْ
He made sharp the pens of glorious things and let
The King's viewer through him have insight
ذلك فضلُ اللهِ يؤتيهِ مَنْ
يشاءُ يولي المرءَ منْ غيرِ مَنْ
That is the bounty of God, which He grants
To whom He wills, appointing a man without others
فراحتاهُ أَيَّةٌ منهما
تلامسُ الصخرَ جرى منه ما
His two hands are signs from the two of them
That caused water to flow from the rock
تهذي به العليا لتهذيبهِ
وألسنُ الحسادِ تهذي بهِ
With it he admonishes the lofty ones to refine themselves
And the tongues of enviers admonish him
فتى كشيخٍ حسن تجريبهِ
سوابقُ التوفيقِ تجري بهش
A young man whose experience is like that of an old man
The precedents of success flow through him
والدهرُ عبدٌ لعلاهُ فما
يخلي منَ الأمداحِ فيه فما
Time is a slave to his ascendancy, so it does not
Fail to praise him perpetually
ما نصبَ السلطانُ فيمنْ نصبْ
مثلَ علاءِ الدينِ ينفي نصبْ
None appointed by the Sultan in any position
Compares to Aladdin, who resolves troubles
يا محيياً للفضلِ ذكراً ذهبْ
تنشي لنا دراً فننشي ذهبْ
O you who revive merit and gold with mention
You have laid down pearls for us, so we lay down gold
أنشرَ تأهيلُكَ لي أعظما
فحقَّ لي واللهِ أنْ أعظما
Your preparation has spread greater good for me
And by God I have every right to speak of it more
