جاءَت بحسنٍ مطمئِنِّ

جاءَتْكَ مِنْهُ بكل فَنِّ

She came with beauty serene

Bringing you art in every scene

ما حُسْنُها مِمَّا يُرَوَّ

عُ بالعِذار المرجَحنّ

Her beauty is not lent from what's seen

Or from coyness feigned in mien

كلاَّ ولا تَخْشى انحنا

ءَ الغُصْنِ من قَدٍّ كَغُصْن

Nay, fear no disdain of bough

Like bough of bending twig I bow

ليسَتْ مزوَّرَةَ الدَّلاَ

ل ولا مُمَوَّهَةَ التَّثَنِّي

Her charms feign no pretense now

Nor veil the graceful artifice

وتَرُوحُ لا بِعَوارِضٍ

ملطومةٍ بالشَّعْرِ خَشْنِ

She walks not with airs put on

Or hair harsh and falsely drawn

فرَّت من الفردوس إِمّا

من مَلالٍ أَو تَجَنِّ

Ran she did from Paradise

Whether tired or bore its guise

يشتاقُها مثلي كما

تَشتاقُها جناتُ عدن

As I yearn, so yearns the bowers

Of Eden for that face of flowers

كَحْلاءُ صورةُ كُحْلها

في جفنها سَيْفٌ بجفن

Her kohl in the eye a sword in showers

Dawn's smile early bathed in towers

لَمْياءُ مبسمها كصبـ

ـح قَدْ أُحيط بِيَوْمِ دَجْنِ

Her breath like soft blowing air

Cross which the morning breeze blows fair

أَنْفَاسُها كَنسيمِ نَدٍّ

خاض فيه نَسيمُ دَنِّ

My cens’rer, pity my repair

Or to thee, to thee my care

يا عاذلي فيها أَعِنِّـ

ـي أَو إِليكَ إِليكَ عَنِّي

Love entered in without consent

In night and without any warrant

دخل الغرام بغير

أَمري في الحشا وبغير إِذني

Its tide did hasten turbulent

And heeds not trouble resultant

تدعو ملاحتُها الغرا

مَ فيستجيبُ بلا تأَن

And shows you such beauty meant

A face that comes with grace besprent

ويُريكَ وجْهَ إِساءَةٍ

وجهٌ يَجيءُ بِكُلِّ حُسْنِ

O you who saw her the moon hence went

In sickness and every strength spent

يا من رآها البدْرُ في

وهَنٍ فَرَاحَ بِكُلِّ وهْن

The bough bends to you in consent

But you it is makes the bough bent

الغصنُ يُجْنى مِنْك لـ

ـكنْ أَنْتَ مِنْكَ الغصنُ يَجْنِي

You, but for whom devils present

O’erpowered not angels orient

أَنت الَّتي لوْلاَكَ ما

غلَبتْ مَلاَئِكَتي لِجِنِّي

And for love of thee I nigh faint

But for thee all this I ain’t

وأَكادُ أَفْنَى من هوا

ك وإِنَّما أَفْنَى لأَقْني

And could I, my heart I’d acquaint

Not beat age on you complaint

ولو استطعتُ قَرَعْتُ قلـ

ـبي لا قرعتُ عليك سِنِّي

O heart! How much I raze love's paint

And you rise in steadfast taint

يا قلبُ كَمْ أَمحو الغرا

مَ وكم أَهُدُّ وأَنْتَ تَبني

You pawned my reason for paint

So pay with peace my plight's payment

أَرْهَنْتَ عَقْلي بالولَو

عِ ففُكَّ بالسُّلْوانِ رَهْنِي

If you were my heart you’d forsake

And part from her for my sake

لو كُنْتَ قَلبي كُنْتَ قَدْ

فَارقْتَها وقَبِلت منِّي

This love has fooled me ’til I trade

My gown for murk in dusky shade

قد غرَّني ذا العشقُ حتَّـ

ـى بِعتُه جَذَلِي بِحُزْني

I’m so engaged as to persuade

My soul from what's not my trade

إِنِّي لفي شُغلٍ يُغَنِّـ

ـي النَّفْسَ عما ليْسَ يَعْني

This age leans hard expressing hate

Looks and deafens my hearing straight

هذا الزَّمانُ عَليَّ يَحْـ

ـني بل أَراه عليَّ يَجْني

Came challenging my lowly state

My lot's with fate to conjugate

ويرى فيُسْمِعُني فيُقْذِي

ناظِري ويُصِمُّ أُذْني

O time aggress and ebb in spate

And raid, hit hard, capsize my freight

وأَتى إِليَّ مُبارزاً

حسبي بأَنَّ الدَّهْرَ قرْني

If seen docile in your gait

Or to thee in mien sedate

يا دَهْرُ جُرْ وتجرَّ واشـ

ـنن غارةً واضرب وَثَنِّ

If you say you've no use to state

For me, who said that's your prerogate

ما إِن أُرَى متطامِناً

لك أَو إِليكَ بمُطْمَئِنِّ

With my Lord who aids and sates

And always guides to best estates

إِن قلتَ إِنَّك في غِنىً

عنِّي فما أَدْرَاك أَنِّي

Gracious, faithful and expects

Grants thousands minus defects

إِني سأَستغني بمو

لى لم يَزَل يُغْني فيُقنِي

And takes loans but protects

From loans with gloom affects

الفاضِلُ المأَمونُ والـ

ـمأْمولُ والمُسْني المُسِنِّ

Sustains good deeds effectual

When he destroys the futile

الواهِبُ الآلافِ مَنّـ

ـا لم يكدّرْهَا بِمَنّ

Wont when guest knocks ’pon his hall

To slaughter ostrich, beast or all

ويُنيلها أَحمالَ تِبْـ

ـرٍ خِلتُها أَحمالَ تِبْن

The noblest seen in gift et al

Not in erased trace at all

يُغْنِي فَيُبْقى الصالحا

تِ له فيُبْقي حين يُفْنِي

In raiment of glory apparel

His clouds heavy with hail

متعودٌ نَحْرَ البدو

رِ لضيفِه لا نحرَ بُدْن

Realms with harsh might ruled well

And with deliberation as well

إِن الكريمَ تُرى عَطا

ياه كِراماً غيرَ هُجْن

And countries counseled he did impel

With good rede cities fortify

لبَّاسُ ثَوْبِ المجْدِ جرّا

رٌ له سَحَّابُ رُدْن

You see his venerance compel

Like sire, and love in him dwell

ومُمَلَّكُ الأَمْلاَكِ بالـ

ـبَطْشِ الشَّديدِ وبالتَّأَنّي

As son if bid or purpose tell

He's the coronate, the blest

وَلَهَا بحسن الرأَي مُدْ

نِي مُلْكَ أَقطارٍ ومُدْنِ

Title-giver, named the best

To his wisdom flock in quest

وتَراه إِجلالاً له

كأَبٍ وحُبّاً فيه كَابْنِ

Islam, of all faiths crest

And faith therein feels so blest

وهو المتوِّج والمُسَوِّ

رُ والملقِّب والمكَنّى

And so safe in his fortressed rest

Eloquence like necklace at behest

يأْوِي إِلى تَدْبيرِه الـ

ـإِسلامُ وهو أَشدُّ رُكْنِ

Now fire, then soft water possest

Tongues that send refined wish pressed

وكذلك الإِيمانُ منـ

ـه قد استَقَرَّ بدارِ أَمْن

Meet tongues razed in war’s unrest

Wisdom sharp to turn the test

وله البلاغةُ نار جز

لٍ إِن أَرادَ وماءُ مُزْنِ

Of hottest blade with soundest chest

Sees aftermath beyond purview

لَسِنٌ يُعيد المرْهَفَا

تِ بأَلْسُنٍ في الحَرْب لُكْنِ

By guess and imaginings true

Wecapped praise, as it is due

وذكاً يردُّ أَشدَّ سهـ

ـم لِلْعِدَى بأَسَدِّ ذِهْن

Fail his worth, when we renew

And if others we acclaim

ويَرى العواقِبَ بالمغيـ

ـبِ وبالتَّوهُّمِ والتَّظنِّي

Him we mean but without name

Save thee he whose rule supreme

نُثْنِي عَلَيْه ثَانياً

بالجُهدِ نَعجِزُ حِينَ نُثْنِي

Bird of realm sans any rein

And he's shy of favors some

وإِذا مَدحنا غيرَه

فهو الَّذِي بالمدح نَعْنِي

Nay, from cowardice doth run

High souls said when he laid claim

يَفْديكَ مَنْ فيه السِّيا

دَةُ طائراً من غير وكِن

Deigning on sublime acclaim

Hands nei’ther left give boon

وله على المعروف بع

ضُ شجاعةٍ بل كلُّ جُبْنِ

Nor right to right or favor moon

Eloquence his like fortune

قالت له العلياءُ لمّا

لامَس العلياءَ دَعْنِي

In syntax without a rune

Roams the wondrous and strange scene

ويَداه لا اليُسرى ليُسْـ

ـرٍ لا ولا اليُمْنى ليمنِ

Doteth o'er a wondrous miens

My refuge when glory preens

وبلاغةٌ كفهاهةٍ

فيه وإِعرابٌ كلَحْنِ

I cried but no ward convenes

Hard was my load 'til between men

وتهيمُ بالفعلِ الأَغَرِّ

وهامَ بالظَّبي الأَغَّنِّ

My weight fell and status thin

And tasted but hates therein

يا من أَعوذُ بمجْدِه

إِني اسْتَغَثْتُ فلم يُغْثِني

Till no space left within

And it trespassed while you've been

ثقُلَ الزَّمانُ عليَّ حتَّى

خفَّ بين الناسِ وزْنِي

Not trespassing me therein

Failed my will and fortress scene

وسُقيتُ منه مكارها

حتَّى امتلأتُ وقلت قَطْنِي

Toppled, and pillar none sustains

Rose o'er my head one who'd been

وأَراهُ جارَ فكيف جا

رَ وأَنت مِنْه لم تُجِرني

Beneath my heels as clearly seen

Meet friends sans warmth sustains

وانفَلَّ عَزْمِي واسْتُبيـ

ـحَت قلْعتي وانهدَّ رُكني

Enemies nor bars contains

Suppose the worst that can be seen

وغَدا عَلى رأَسِي الَّذي

قد كانَ ذُلاًّ تحتَ ظَنِّي

Some guess does work to harm, I mean

Sire went moaning what had been

أَلْقى الصديقَ بِلا ثَرا

ءٍ والعدوَّ بلا مِجَن

Would mother ne'er birthed me in!

And thy aloof behind the scene

وأَظُنُّ بالدّهر الظنو

نَ وإِنَّ بَعْضَ الظَّنِّ يُضْنِي

Sates my foes and starves my spleen

Vanish life's trace in between

ومضى أَبٌ يَحْنُو عليَّ

فليت أُمِّي لَمْ تَلدْنِي

A yearn, a wish, just a dream

Efforts fail escaping the seen

وأَراك لا تَحْنُو وتُشـ

ـبعُ حاسِدي وتُجيعُ بَطني

Lagging behind just means

You are the one it means

أُفنِي زماني بالتشوُّ

فِ والتَّشَهِّي والتَمنِّي

Who robs their high demesnes

And brings them low as brothers lean

وَيَعِزُّ سَعْيي بالتأَخُّـ

ـر والتخلف والتَّعنِّي

While raises fancies just gleaned

Bow! For you've reigned it's seen

أَنتَ الذي تُنْئِي أَوا

مِرُه عن العَليَا وتُدْني

O'er men your mighty demesne

You bought me, don't sell me then!

وتعيدُ من تَهْوى كَأُحْـ

ـدٍ والذي تُثْنِي كَعِهْن

Who bought me will not sell again

Relax my reins their hardness taut

أَسْجِحْ فإِنَّكَ قَدْ مَلكْـ

ـتَ وحُزْتَ دونَ الْخَلقِ قنِّي

My home could not contain

And I'm so very lowly brought

وقد اشتريتَ فلا تَبِع

ومَنِ اشْتَرانِي لا يَبعْني

While you are high, disdain me not!

Composed in a day still fraught

وسِّع عليَّ مجال شَخْ

صي إِنَّ بيْتي لم يَسَعْني

With grief and gloom distraught

The day recalls the sad tale brought

وأَرى هَوانِي في الخمُو

لِ وقد كَرمْتَ فلا تَهِنِّي

Of martyred saint so rightly wrought

As all Shi'as recall in thought

ونظمتُها في يومِ عَا

شُوراءَ من هَمِّي وَحُزْني

And Sunnis into hatred caught

If I don't defend the fraught

يومٌ يناسبُ غَبْنَ من

قتلوه ظُلماً مثْل غَبْني

To raise Muslims in deed and thought

I am not thereby less aught

يومٌ يُساءُ بِه وفيـ

ـه كُلُّ شيعيٍّ وسُنِّي

Or if I don't care at all

I won't reap goodness therewithal

إِن ل أُعَزِّ المسلميـ

ـنَ به فإِنِّي لا أُهَنِّي

Husayn was killed with hatred's gall

By spreaders of sin as all

أَو كنتُ ممن لا يَنُو

ح به فإِنِّي لا أُغَنِّي

They slandered him, but ne’er let fall

A drop of water midst that brawl

قُتِل الْحُسَينُ بِكُلِّ ضر

بٍ للبُغَاةِ وكلِّ طَعْن

You are his friend who will withal

Make public your allegiance all

شَنُّوا عليْه وما سقو

ه قطرةً من ماءِ شَنِّ

And you are worthier yet withal

To seek his killers for their fall

أَنتَ الوَليُّ له تصرّ

حُ بالولاءِ ولستَ تَكْنِي

He is one who for me makes call

To gain me what bid me recall

ولأَنْت أَولى من يُبَا

كِر قَاتِليه بكُلِّ لَعْن

My ode I launched like windblown squall

From heart that's like a prison hall

وهو الشَّفِيعُ لِحَاجَتي

لِيَزِيدَني من لم يُرِدْني

Came like limpid stream truth-enthrall

Its verse in beauty wrought withal

وقَصيدَتِي أَطلَقْتُها

بالبثِّ من صدرٍ كسِجْنِ

I saw thee, noble youth withal

So came I with hopes to install

جاءَتْك بالمَثل الشرو

دِ وبَيْتُه بالحسن مَبْني

My thoughts are fair expecting so

You'll realize their truthful flow!

ورأَيتُ ذا الجودِ الفتيِّ

فجئتُ بالاَمَل المُسِنّ

ظنِّي بكَ الْحُسْنى وظنّـ

ـي أَنْ سيصدُقُ فيك ظَنِّي