فؤاد بذكر العامرية مغرم

وصب هواه في الضلوع مخيم

My heart is enamored with the memory of al-‘Âmiriyya

And poured its passion into the ribs which became its abode

وبرق سرى وهنا بأكناف بارق

ام الثغر من ليلى غدا يتبسم

The gleam of dawn shone, and here, in the bosoms of the brilliant dawn

The mouth of the beloved smiled at the dawn from Laylâ

تراءت فكلي ناظر لجمالها

ومالت وكلي في هواها متيم

She appeared, so every onlooker looked at her beauty

And leaned, so every admirer in his passion became devoted

لئن ملت يوما عن هواها لغيرها

فلا صدق الواشي بما كان يزعم

If one day she becomes distracted from her passion for another

Then the slanderer’s claims were not truthful in what he alleged

ولم انس اذ ودعتها ومدامعي

عقود غدت في جيدها تتنظم

I did not forget when she bid me farewell while my tears

Became necklaces lined up on her cheek

وسارت وقد اومت لنحوي بطرفها

وصارت باطراف البنان تسلم

She walked away after hinting affectionately towards me with her gaze

And she bid the tips of her fingers farewell

وقالت ربيع بيننا الحل ملتقى

فقلت لها بل ملتقانا المحرم

Springtime is the permitted meeting place between us

I said to her: “No, our forbidden tryst is better”

وبانت على عيس لها وترحلت

وعندي المقيمان الاسى والتندم

Her family traveled on and she bid them farewell

While grief and regret remained with me

وقد عجت بالاطلال والدمع سائل

عسى خبر عن اهلها ابن يمموا

I was overwhelmed with ruins and pouring tears hoping for news

About her family from Ibn Yamlû so I ask about them

اسال عنهم كلما هبت الصبا

واخبارهم من عرفها اتنسم

Whenever the morning breeze blows, their news

From those who know her, I gently inhale

ومن عجب عنهم اروح مسائلا

وبين ضلوعي قد اقاموا وخيموا

I roam around asking about them while my ribs

Have settled in and pitched their tents within my chest

يقولون لي فاطلب على البعد نارهم

فقلت وهل في غير قلبي نضرم

They say to me, so seek their embers from afar

I said: And is there any other fire for me to kindle except my heart?

فناديت اذ ساروا وقد اشرق الدجى

تنفس هذا الصبح ام قد تبسموا

I called out to them when they traveled off as the darkness receded

Is this breeze exhalation or did you smile?

وكنت توهمت الغزالة اشرقت

اذا هم وقد لاحوا فزال التوهم

I imagined the gazelle shone

As they came into sight, my delusion ceased

عُرَيبٌ لهم في مقلة السفح منزل

ومن دمع عيني بالعقيق تجثموا

For them, a place to camp on the slope

Where my tears congeal into ruby with them

بهم ضاء وجه الدهر وافتر ثغره

فايامهم في الدهر عيد وموسم

Through them the face of time has shone and its mouth has smiled

So their days in time are a holiday and a season

وكم في هواهم لي حديث مسلسل

روته جفوني بالمدامع عنهم

And how much sequenced talk is between us in our love

My eyelids narrated it to me through tears about them

هم في الورى قصدي وسؤلي ولو سلوا

على الجمر قلبي ما سلا وهم هم

They are my intention, my question and my longing and if they asked

My burning heart does not question and they are them

عذابي عذب في الغرام بحبهم

واعذب شيء فيه ما جاء منهم

My torment is tortured with the agony of my love for them

And the sweetest thing in it comes from them

فيالرجال الحب في ذمة الوفا

قتيل غرام في الهوى قد تذمموا

So people, love is under the protection of loyalty

A slain victim of love’s agony they have blamed

أأحبابنا صدوا ورقوا وأعرضوا

وجودوا وجوروا واعذلوا وتحكموا

Our loved ones blocked us, denied us, turned away

They cared generously, treated unjustly, accused falsely and judged dictatorially

فقلبي على ما تعهدون من الوفا

مقيم وحبل الود لا ينصرم

Yet my heart upon what they pledged of loyalty

Remains steadfast and the cord of affection does not break

سلوا الحي ما لاقاه ميت هواكم

وكيف تجيب الدار او تتكلم

Ask the living what the one who died of love for you endured

And how does an abandoned house answer or speak?

ولكن سلوا عن حالة الصب دمعه

يخبركم عما جرى فهو يعلم

Rather ask about the state of the streaming tears of the youth in love

It informs you of what transpired for it knows

والا سلوا قلبي فاني بعثته

رسولا باخبار الغرام اليكم

Or ask my heart which I sent

As a messenger with news of passion to you

واقسم لولا حبكم بين اضلعي

لما شاق قلبي المنحني والمخيم

And I swear that if not for your love in my chest

My bending heart enduring sorrows would not have withstood

وما عذبات البان والرند والنقا

وسفح اللوى لولا الجناب المعظم

Nor the torment of separation, communication from afar, and the slope of anguish

Were it not for the Almighty beloved

نبي له جاه عظيم ورفعة

فقل ما تشا في وصفه فهو اعظم

A prophet for Him has great glory and elevation

So say what you wish in praising Him for He is Greater

هو الفاتح المبعوث والخاتم الذي

به كنز اسرار النبوة يختم

He is the Opening, the Messenger sent, and the Seal

With whom the treasures of the prophecies are sealed

هو البخر الا ان مورده حلا

هو الجوهر الفرد الذي لا يقسم

He is the downpour except that his sources are gentler

He is the singular essence that cannot split

وان يك عن موسى وعيسى زمانه

تأخر فهو السابق المتقدم

And if his time comes later than Moses and Jesus

He is still the foremost advancing

فموسى وعيسى بشرا بقدومه

وكان ولا موسى وعيسى ومريم

For Moses and Jesus prophesized his arrival

And he existed before Moses, Jesus and Mary

اتى في ربيع فاكتسى الكون حلة

عليها طراز من سنا الوشي معلم

He came in spring so the universe adorned a robe

Embroidered by the tails of comets made as signs

واشرقت الأنوار من ضوء نوره

وقد خمدت نار لفارس تضرم

And the lights shone from the glow of his light

And the fires of Persia were extinguished

وما زال ينمو بين اتراب قومه

ويكبر في عين العظيم ويعظم

He continued to grow between the grapes of his people

Becoming greater in the sight of the Greatest

الى ان اتى بالسيف للشرك باترا

وداعي الهنا بالبشر والنصر يقدم

Until he came upon polytheism with a sword

And to our faith inviting victory and advancement

فاقبل صبح الدين والرشد مشرق

وادبر ليل الكفر والغي مظلم

So dawn of the religion and guidance shone bright

As the night of disbelief and misguidance turned dark

وشمس الضحى في الافق ردت لاجله

وفي النصف اجلالا له البدر يقسم

The sun of daybreak returned to the horizon for his sake

And the full moon split itself in half honoring him

ووحش الفيافي والغزالة سلمت

عليه ومنه نورها يتقسم

The beasts of the wild and the deer submitted to him

As his light even reached and split them

وزهر الربا والنجم عند طلوعه

وبدر الدجى كل عليه يسلم

And the plants bloomed at his rise

As did the full moon of night, all submitting to him

ولم ينتقم في الدهر يوما لنفسه

ويعفو عن الجاني المسيء ويحلم

He never sought vengeance for himself

Pardoning the unjust wrongdoer, forbearing and kind

ومن مثله اسرى إلى العرش راكبا

وكان له جبريل في السير يخدم

The like of him ascended the throne riding

With Gabriel serving him through the ascent

وماذا عسى اني اقول ومدحه

به قد اتى قول من الله يحكم

What more can I say and praise him?

For the words of God about him judge and rule

على حكمه الآيات جاءت وربنا

عليه لقد صلى فصلوا وسلمو ا

Judging him the verses came and our Lord

Certainly did pray upon him so pray and submit

فطربى لعشاق شدوا في حجازه

فطاب لهم ذاك المقام فزمزموا

So my joy to lovers who sang his attributes in the Hejaz

And that place for them is good so linger

اذا عدّ جود الاكرمين فقطرة

وجود اياديه من الغيث اسجم

When counting the generosity of the most generous the drop

Of existence from his hands is more plentiful than heavy rain

ولو أن ملّ الأرض ملءٌ ومثله

لافناه حقا جوده والتكرم

And if the earth and then its equivalent filled

His generosity would still erase it with bounty and grace

واصحابه القوم الكرام كأنهم

وقد اشرقوا في ذروة المجد انجم

And his noble companions are like stars

That shine at the peak of glory and greatness

بدور سموا بيض الوجوه تهللوا

وللنقع وجه من دجى الليل اظلم

With innocent faces they shine, sing praise

As the gloom of night for frowning faces darkens

اسود ظهور الاعوجية غابها

وآجامها ذاك الوشيج المقوم

The backs of the corrupt darkened in their absence

And the administrator of justice straightened them

اذا جالدوا الاعداء يوما وجادلوا

عليهم قضوا يوم الوغى وتحكموا

Whenever they fought enemies and contended

Against them they ruled the day of battle with dominance

لبيضهم شكل اذا ما تكتبوا

وسمر عواليهم تخط وتعجم

Their innocence has a hue so whenever they wrote

The darkness of their high minds drafts and knots

وكم وردوا بحرا على كل سابح

وما صدروا الا وبحر الوى دم

And how often they brought the ocean onto every swimmer

Never drawing back except the ocean of passion bled

وما نالهم في ذاك روع ونالهم

من الله في الدارين اجر ومغنم

They obtained no fear nor did fear obtain them

As God gave them reward and spoils in both abodes

بعليا رسول الله شادوا مناقبا

وسادوا على من قبلهم وتقدموا

With the merits of the Messenger of God they are exalted

Leading over those who came before them

فيا سيد الرسل الكرام ومن غدا

عليه لواء الحمد بالنصر يرقم

My master of honorable messengers and whoever

Raises the banner of praise of victory emblazons it

متى ابن مليك منك يشفى بزورة

يزول بها عنه الشقاء وينعم

When will the son of a king from you heal

Displacing misery from him to comfort?

أجرني أجرني قد اتيتك راجيا

وما خاب من فيك الرجا يتوسم

Reward me, reward me for I have come to you hopeful

He who harbors hope in you shall not despair

وحاشا كريم القوم يمنع سائلا

إلى بابه قد جاء يسعى ويحرم

Far be it that the generous chieftain denies

A hopeful beseeching has come striving yet deprived

ومن عادة السادات ان نزيلهم

يصان ويرعى في حماهم ويكرم

For it is the custom of masters that their guests

Are protected and cared for under their haven and grace

عسى من لظى انجو يجاهك في غد

واحشر في قوم انابوا واسلموا

Perhaps from the flames of Hell I take refuge in your glory tomorrow

And gather among a repentant submitting nation

ترى هل ترى عيني معالم طيبة

وعرف الصبا من طيبها يتنسم

Do you see the features of goodness

And the fragrance of youth in its aroma gently inhaled?

واشرع في باب الصلاة مصليا

عليه ومن باب السلام اسلم

I shall begin prayers of blessing upon him and through greeting peace

I seal this ode of praise composed

والصق بالاعتاب خدي وارضها

اقبل اجلالا ثراها والثم

May the prayers and peace of God be upon you

Then upon your family and the companions whose narrations

عليك صلاة الله ثم سلامه

سلام به عقد المديح ينظم

Begin and end every beautiful mention

وآلك والصحب الذين حديثهم

به يبدأ الذكر الجميل ويختم