جاءتك أولادُ الوجيه ولاحقِ
فأرَتْكَ في الخَلقِ ابتداعَ الخالقِ
The sons of the notable came to you eagerly,
So they saw in you the Creator's innovation in creation,
نينانُ أمواه وفُتْخُ سباسبٍ
وظباءُ آجامٍ وعُصْمُ شواهقِ
Twisting serpents, fluttering hummingbirds,
Gazelles of Ajjam, and the necks of towering ones.
بمؤلَّلاتٍ تستديرُ كَأَنّها
أقلامُ مُبتدعِ الكتابةِ ماشقِ
With twists as if they were pens of the innovator of writing unsheathing,
They have signed to you with happiness and have not drawn
قد وَقّعتْ لك بالسعود وما جَرَتْ
بسوادِ نِقْسٍ في بياض مَهارِقِ
With the blackness of patterns in the whiteness of beautifully decked out,
A cave decorated whose creation was perfected
غُرٌّ محجَّلَةٌ تكامَلَ خلقها
بمجانسٍ من حسنها ومطابقِ
With beauties from her beauty and proportions.
It is as if her faces gave life to your elevation
وكأنّما حَيّتْ عُلاكَ وجوهها
فأسال فيها الصبحُ بيضَ طَرائقِ
So the dawn poured in them the whites of paths.
The treasures of their Arabic in their necks rattled
كرّت ذخائر عربها في عتقها
وَشَأتْ بفضلة عَدوِها المُتلاحِقِ
And thrived through the abundance of their successive opponent.
And when majesty stripped off its garb,
وإذا الجلال تجرّدَت عن جردها
لبست غلالةَ كلّ لونٍ رائقِ
She wore a transparent garment of every pleasant color.
From every edge it takes flight like its edge,
من كلّ طِرْفٍ يستطيرُ كَطَرْفِهِ
جَرْياً فوثبَتُه غِلابُ السابِقِ
Its leaping overriding that of the preceding.
A rose whose red moisture pulsed in it
وَرْدٌ تَمَيَّعَ فيه عَنْدَمُ حُمْرَةٍ
كالورد أُهْدِيَ في الرّبيع لناشقِ
Like a rose gifted in spring to one smiling.
It is as if its bashfulness and the bashfulness of its face
وكأَنَّهُ وكأنَّ غُرَّةَ وَجهِهِ
شفقٌ تألّقَ فيه مطلَعُ شارِقِ
Were an afterglow in which shone the rise of the radiant.
It is as if the morn honored its mouth with a kiss
وَكَأَنَّ صبحاً خصَّ فاه بِقُبلَةٍ
فابيضّ موضعها لِعَيْن الرامقِ
So the place of the kiss whitened to the eye of the observer.
Hunting with vigor and charm
مُتَصيِّدٍ برياضةٍ وطلاقةٍ
في تيه معشوقٍ وطاعة عاشقِ
In the bewilderment of the beloved and obedience of the lover.
And if it neighs, singing with the neigh,
وإذا تَغَنّى بالصهيل مطرِّباً
أنسى أغانِيَ مَعْبَدٍ ومخارقِ
It makes me forget the songs of place of worship and places of ascension.
And red-gold is the color of its shirt with duskiness
ومزعفرٍ لونَ القميص بِشُقْرَةٍ
كالرّيح تعصفُ في التِهاب البارقِ
Like the blowing wind in the kindling of lightning.
You see it trot away like the darkening with its crupper
وتَراهُ يدبرُ كالظليمِ بِرِدفِهِ
عُجْباً ويُقبِلُ كانتصابِ الباشقِ
Amazingly and turn towards like the rising of the hero.
And if the unobtainable is accompanied by it, it takes you
وإِذا طَرَقت به انتَهى بكَ غايَة
أبداً تشقّ على الخيال الطارقِ
To a limit that is forever hard on the imagining mind.
The bay horse nearly acted for the absence of the studied
كَادَ الكميتُ يَنوبُ عَن لَعسِ اللمى
ويسوغُ كالخمر الكُمَيْتِ لذائقِ
And legitimized like wine the forbidden to the taster.
It extended over the sea at its crossing
ويَمدُّ فَوْقَ البحرِ عِندَ عُبورِهِ
جسراً بهادٍ للسماءِ معانقِ
A bridge, calmly embracing the sky.
Horses as if the galloping from their arrogance
خَيلٌ كَأنَّ الرّكضَ من خيلائها
في قلب كلّ معاندٍ ومنافقِ
Were in the heart of each stubborn and hypocritical one.
It is as if they divided between themselves the eyes of contentious ones
وكَأَنَّما اقتَسَمَتْ عيونَ أَجادلٍ
وشدوقَ غربانٍ وسوقِ نقانِقِ
And the anuses of ravens and the market of chatterboxes.
Their forelocks deceive every foolish slanderer
قُدْها تخب بكلّ ذِمْرٍ أبلهٍ
بخداعِ أبطال الوقائِعِ حاذِقِ
With the guile of the heroes of events, clever,
And if they stirred up clouds with their hooves,
وإِذا أثَرْنَ بِنَقعِهِنَّ سحائِباً
صبَّتْ على الأعداءِ صَوْبَ صواعِقِ
They would pour upon the enemies a pouring of bolts.
You have become among the masters a supporter of a state
أصبحتَ في السادات ناصرَ دَوْلَةٍ
تصفُ العُلى عدل مناطقِ
Whose justice describes the highest domains.
A hero whose mention in its registers lengthens
بطلاً يطول بذكره في سلمهِ
كصياله بحسامِهِ في المازقِ
Like his sword in the scabbards during battle.
Traveling towards the heights, residing
مُتَرَحِّلاً نحوَ المعالي ساكِناً
بالجيش في ظلِّ اللواءِ الخافِقِ
With the army in the shade of the fluttering banner.
His resolves tightened its perils as
شَدّتْ عزائمُهُ مهالكَهُ كما
شُدّتْ فرازينٌ بعقدِ بيادِقِ
The straps were tightened with the knot of WHITE beads.
