أكاتب خط الوصل حرر لي الضبطا

عسى مالكي في الحب أن يثبت الخطا

I write the line of connection, dictate to me the dots

May my Master in love make the line steadfast

فنسخة خدي اليوم بالسقم قوبلت

ألم تر فيها الدمع قد أوضح الكشطا

So the copy of my cheek today was met with illness

Did you not see in it the tears made clear the erasure

على الروح قد شارطت في الحب مهجتي

فلم تأب في شرع الهوى ذلك الشرطا

On the soul I made a condition in love, my innermost being

So it did not refuse in the law of passion that condition

فسهدي ونومي حين بانوا احبتي

فهذا دنا مني وهذاك قد شطا

So my slumber and sleep when my loved ones appeared

So this one came near me and that one had departed

فان كان ذلي في الغرام رضاهم

فاني ارى عزي بغيرهم سخطا

So if that was their pleasure in passion, their approval

Then I see my pride without them as displeasure

فهم أينما حلوا عليهم تربطي

ولم أستطع حلّا لديهم ولا ربطا

For wherever they settled, my bonds are upon them

And I was not able to release or bind near them

نثرت على سفح المحاجر ادمعي

عقيقا ومنها قد نظمت لهم سمطا

I scattered my tears upon the slope of the rocks

Carnelians, and from them I stringed for them a necklace

نسيت بهم آرام غزلان رامة

وكثبان نعمان وبانتها الوسطى

I forgot in them the tranquility of the shy, fleet gazelles

And the sand dunes of Nu'man and its middle parts

ولو لم يكن سقط اللوى منزلا لهم

لما اشتقت حي العامرية والسقطا

And if the falling of passion were not a dwelling for them

I would not have longed for Hay al-Amariyyah and its plains

عريب بذكراهم اهيم صبابة

كأني نشوان وما ذقت إسفنطا

In remembering them I wander confused

As if I were drunk and never tasted Ispand

بهم صار عقد الشمل منتظما ولم

نجد برسول الله يوما لهم فرطا

With them the necklace of unity was strung orderly and I did not

Find in the Messenger of God a day for them to be abandoned

هو العاقب الماحي محا الكفر سيفه

كذا قلم الشرك انبرى وبه انقطا

He is the ending, the Eraser, erasing unbelief is His sword

Thus the pen of idolatry revolted and by it was severed

كذاك حروف الخط قد نطقت له

وقد كان لا يدري الهجاء ولا الخطا

Thus the letters of the script spoke to him

And he did not know satire or poetry

ومن اصبعيه الماء فاض وقد جرى

ممينا فروّى الجيش واليلد القطحا

And from his two fingers the water overflowed and flowed

To the right, so he watered the army and the smooth plain

يمينا به لم تدر قبضا يمينه

فديت بدا شهوى السماحة والبطسا

To the right, by it his right hand was not known to withhold

So I ransom the appearance of generosity and open-handedness

فمن قاس بالانواء نائل جوده

فقد زاد حدا في القياس وقد خطا

Whoever compares the favor of attaining his generosity

Then he has exceeded the limit in analogy and was mistaken

اجل الورى قدرا واكرمهم يدا

واعظمهم زهدا واكثرهم إعطا

He is the most judicious of creation and their most generous hand

And greatest in asceticism and most abundant in giving

واصحابه الرهط الكرام أولو التقى

فاكرم بهم صحبا واكرم بهم رهطا

And his companions are the honorable group, foremost in piety

So honor the companionship through them and honor the group through them

اسودٌ ترى في كل يوم كتيبة

لبيضهم شكلا وسمرهم نهقطا

Dark complexioned you see in them every day a battalion

White in form and brown in skin

لهم شاد في العلياء مجدا ورفعة

ووطأ لهم بالانيق الزهر ما وطا

For them glory was erected and nobility in the high places

And the flowers were trampled gently by their sandals

وفي المهد قد ارضعت يدي مديحه

وهمت به من قبل ان اودع القمطا

And in the cradle I suckled praise of him with my hands

And intended before depositing the cotton wool

وما زلت مشغول الفؤاد بمدحه

لعلي ارىا لي من شفاعته قسطا

And I have not ceased with my heart busy in his praise

Hoping to see for me through his intercession a portion

تصرح شوقا بنت فكري بذكره

لعل يد الاعذار تمشطها مشطا

My longing openly declares in remembering him

Perhaps the hand of apology will comb it with a comb

وتكتب في سوق الرقيق رقيقة

وتلبس من وشي القبول لها مرطا

And write in the market of slaves as a delicate slave girl

And dress it in the garment of acceptance a gown

وعيش هواكم لا تغزلت بعدها

ولا عدت خلخالا ذكرت ولا قرطا

And live your passion after it twisted

And no longer count a bracelet mentioned or earrings

فيا سيد الكونين انت وسيلتي

اذا ضاق بي ذرعا واوسعني قمطا

So O master of the two worlds, you are my means

When the course is too narrow, then expand it for me as a portion

فقد ضاع عمري وانقضى زمن الصبا

ولم اتعظ جهلا بلمتي الشمطا

For my life is lost and the days of youth are ended

And I was not admonished in my ignorance by my defects

ولكن بك الغفران ارجو تكرما

اذا ضبطت اعمال اهل الشقا ضبطا

But in you I hope for grace and generosity

When the deeds of the people of corruption are corrected

عليك سلام الله ما سح وابل

من المزن وانهلّت سحائبه سقطا

Upon you is the peace of God as long as dusk scattered

From the clouds and its downpours poured forth