بَسَمَ الثَّغرُ فِي مُحَيَّا الْوَادِي

لَكَ يَا ابْنَ الأَعِزَّةِ الأَجْوَادِ

The lips in the valley's cheeks smile

For you, O son of the most generous and noble

وَتَجَلَّتْ ذُكَاءُ تُوقِدُ زِينَا

تٍ أَفانِينَ فِي الرِّيَاضِ النَّوَادِي

And intelligence shone, lighting up

The splendor of meadows in the valleys' pastures

وَعَلَتْ نَغْمَةُ السُّرورِ وَرَقَّتْ

جَأَرَاتُ الْخِضَمِّ ذِي الإِزْبَادِ

And the melody of joy rose high and

The warbling of the verdant thicket with luxuriance rang

حَبَّذَا مَوْقِفُ الْقِرَانِ وَبَيْتُ اللَّ

هِ يَزْهُو كَالْكَوْكَبِ الْوَقَّادِ

Blessed be this occasion of meeting and the House of God

Shining like a blazing star

وَعَلَى إِكْلِيلِ العَرُوسَيْنِ قَدْ بَا

رَكَ فَادٍ إِكْلِيلُهُ مِنْ قَتَادِ

And on the crown of the two brides, a generous one

Has blessed, his crown made of finest pearls

فَأَعَادَ النُّوَّارَ أَبْهَجَ نَبْتٍ

ضَاحِكِ النَّوْرِ فِي دُمُوعِ الَغَوادِي

So he renewed the lamps, brought cheer to the smiling growth

With light in the tears of the valleys

وَالْمَصَابِيحَ فِي البَخُورِ كَأَطْيَا

رٍ عُكُوفٍ جَمَاعَةٍ وَبَدَادِ

And the lanterns in the incense like birds

Circling in a group and separated

أَوْ أَزَاهِيرَ فِي قَوَارِيرَ مِنْ

شِبْهِ الْجِنَانِ الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ بِوَادِي

Or like flowers in vases

Suspended from gardens like those of paradise's valleys

وَالتَّهالِيلُ وَالمَعَازِفُ تُشْجِي

بِضُرُوبِ الإِيقاعِ وَالإِنْشادِ

And the cheers and music provoke

With rhythmic beats and melodious chants

نَغَمَاتٌ تَزَوَّدَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ

مِنْ صَدَاهَا لِلْعُمْرِ أَطْيَبَ زَادِ

Melodies with which each soul stocked up

The sweetest provision for life from their echo

حَبَّذَا فِي الصُّرُوحِ صَرْحٌ مَشِيدٌ

لِعَمِيمِ القِرَى كَثِيرِ الرَّمَادِ

Blessed be in the palaces a palace erected

For the general public of many villages

حَسَنَاتُ الْفُنُونِ جُمِّعنَ فِيهِ

مِنْ تُؤامٍ مُحَبَّب وَفُرَادِ

The fine arts gathered in it

From beloved doubles and unparalleled singles

مُبْدَعَاتٌ تَوَافَرَ الذَّوْقُ فِيهَا

بَلْ تَنَاهَى فِي كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُجَادِ

Creations in which good taste prevailed

But exceeded in everything, always excelling

ظَبَيَات فِي نُمْرَقٍ رَائِعَاتٌ

وَرِيَاضٌ نُضْرٌ مِنْ السَّجادِ

Gazelles in a meadow, delightful,

And gardens, fresh with carpets

وَتَمَاثِيلُ مَنْ رَآهَا رَأَى أَخ

فَى دَبِيبِ الأَرْوَاحِ فِي الاجْسَادِ

And statues - whoever saw them saw the most

Delicate spirit breath in the bodies

أَتْقَنَتَهَا أَيْدِي الصِّناعَاتِ حَتى

لَيْسَ فِيهَا الإِتْقَانُ بِالمُسْتَزَادِ

The artisans’ hands perfected them until

There was no room left for more perfection

وَأَتَتْ عَبْقَرِيَّة النَّقشِ وَالرَّقْ

شِ ضُرُوباً مِنْ فِطْنَةٍ وَاجْتِهَادِ

And the genius of engraving and decoration came

With sorts of ingenuity and endeavor

وَرَأَى الحُسْنُ رَأْيَهُ فِي خُطُوطِ الرَّ

سْمِ بَيْنَ الْقَوِيمِ وَالْمُنَآدِ

And beauty saw its view in the lines of the drawings

Between the straight and the curved

مَسْكِنٌ لَوْ بَنَوهُ تِبْراً لَمَا أَعْ

لَوهُ قَدْراً فِي أَعْيُنِ النُّقادِ

A residence, had it been built of clay

It would not have been valued by critics

كَبُيُوتِ المُلُوكِ لَكِنْ لَهُ أَلْ

فُ مُوَالٍ وَمَا لَهُ مِنْ مُعَادِ

Like royal palaces, but it has thousands of caretakers

While those have no equals

حَبَّذَا فِي رِحَابِهِ وَذَرَاهُ

زِينَةُ الْعِيدِ أَبْهَجِ الأَعْيَادِ

Blessed be its yards in which

The feast's adornment, most beautiful of holidays

وَتلاَقِي أُولِي الإِمَارَاتِ عَقْلاً

وَنِجَاراً وَثَرْوةً فِي احْتِشَادِ

And the gathering of the leadership in mind

And carpentry and wealth with solidarity

عِلْيَةُ القَوْمِ بَيْنَهَا فِي طَوَافٍ

مَا تَشَاءُ المُنَى وَفِي تَرْدَادِ

The elite of the people circulating among them

However the purpose desires and back and forth

وَرَدُوا مِنْ عُيُونِ تِلْكَ المَعَانِي

مَا شَفَى غُلَّةَ النُّفوسِ الصَّوَادِي

And they gained from the essence of these meanings

What healed the sickness of arid souls

وَأَصَابُوا لِحِسِّهمْ مَا اسْتَطَابُوا

مِنْ هَنِيءٍ وَمِنْ مَرِيءٍ بُرَادِ

And they attained for their taste what they found good

Of pleasures and bitterness cooled

وَتَسَاقَوْا عَتِيقَةً بِنْتَ رِقٍّ

لَمْ تَبِعْهَا الأَسْوَاقُ بَيْعَ كَسَادِ

And they passed around aged liquor of value

That markets did not sell even with declining prices

شَرِبُوهَا وَكُلُّهُمْ مسْتَعِيدٌ

مِنْ عُهُودٍ مَا لَيْسَ بِالمُسْتَعَادِ

They drank it while all feeling nostalgic

Of eras that cannot be restored

فَإِذَا الْفَجْرُ بَازِغٌ مِنْ دُجَاهَا

وَإِذَا الأُنْسُ بَعْدَ أَنْ رَاح غَادِي

So when dawn rose from its darkness

And company returned after the departure of the visitor;

طَيِّباتٌ قَدْ أَحْمَدُوهَا وَمَا فيِ

هَا مُرَاءٍ لِمَأْرَبٍ أَوْ مُرَادِي

Delights which they praised, and in it no

Disagreeing with Marib or Murad

لَيْسَ بِدْعاً وَرَبَّة القْصْرِ لاَ تَفْ

عَلُ غَيْرَ الْخَلِيقِ بالإِحْمَادِ

It is no wonder the mistress of the palace does not

Do anything but the befitting and right

غَادَةٌ مَثَّل الْعَفَافُ بِهَا الْحُسْ

نَ نَقِيّا صَفْواً كَماءِ العِهَادِ

A chaste one representing virtue in her

Pure whiteness like clear spilled water

كُلُّ آيَاتِ نُبْلِهَا صَادِرَاتٌ

عَنْ تَمَامِ الْحِجَى وَرِفْقِ الْفُؤَادِ

All signs of her nobility come

From the perfection of reason and gentleness of heart

يَا سَلِيلَ الْكِرَامِ مِنْ عُنْصُرٍ يُرْ

جِعُ فِي جَاهِهِ إِلى آمَادِ

O descendant of generous ones whose origin

Goes back in status to immemorial nobility

وَأَدِيباً بَيْنَ السَّرَاةِ غَرِيباً

جَاءَ فِي جِيلِهِ مِنَ الأَفْرادِ

And a literate one unique among the nobility

Who came in his time from singular ones

وَمُجِيداً فَنَّ السَّماعِ اتِّباعاً

وَابْتِدَاعاً عَلَى أَجَلِّ المَبَادِي

And excellence itself in the art of songwriting

Following and innovating over most guided paths

فَإِذَا مَا اسْتَوْحَى فَنَثْرَ الشَّواكِي

فِي أَغَارِيدِهِ وَنَظْمُ الشَّوَادِي

So when he composes prose in the style of Al-Shawkanī

In his singing or the verse of the Shāwanī

قِرَّ عَيْناً بِفَضْلِ رَبِّك وَاقْرَأْ

سُورَةَ الْبِشْرِ فِي وُجوهِ العِبَادِ

May your eye delight in your Lord’s bounty and recite

The Chapter of Good News in the faces of His servants

وَتَلَقَّ الْعَرُوسَ يُوفِدُهَا الْخِدْ

رُ إِلى الْقَصْرِ أَيَّما إِيفَادِ

And the bride was sent by fate

To the palace, however fate decided to send her

ِي احْتِفَالٍ إِلى نِهَايَةِ مَا يَنْ

طَلِقُ الطَّرْفُ رَكُبُهُ مُتَمَادِي

In a celebration reaching wherever the eye travels

Its riding beast continuously marching

غَايَةٌ فِي الْجَمَالِ بُورِكَ فِيهَا

لَكَ زَوْجاً وآيَةٌ فِي الرَّشَادِ

An utmost in beauty, blessed you have

A wife, a sign of guidance in leadership

أَدَبٌ رَائِعٌ وَعِلْمٌ وَفِيرٌ

وَحَدِيثٌ عَذْبٌ وَلُطْفٌ بَادِي

Of perfect manners, abundant knowledge,

Sweet talk and kindness obvious

وَحَيَاءٌ فِي عِزَّةٍ فِي احْتِشَامٍ

مِنْ أَبِيهَا وَأُمِّها مُسْتَفَادِ

And modesty with pride with decency

Learned from her father and mother

إِنَّ يَوْمَ الْوِصَالِ هَذَا لَوَعْدٌ

كَانَ بَيْنَ الرُّوحَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْوِلاَدِ

Verily this day of union was a promise

Between the two spirits before birth

سَرَّ مَا سَرَّ مِنْ قُلُوبٍ وَأَجْلَى

عَنْ سَمَاءِ الصَّفاءِ كُلَّ ارْبِدَادِ

It delighted whatever delighted of hearts

And purified the sky of serenity from all clouds

وَأَتَمَّ النَّعمَاءَ أَنْ كَانَ فِيهِ

مِثْلَ حَظِّ السَّرَاةِ حَظُّ السَّوَادِ

And it completed blessings that there be the likes

Of commoners - the lot of many

كَيْفَ تَحْظَى بِالنُّور عَيْنٌ إِذَا لَمْ

يَتَكَامَلْ بَيَاضَهَا بِالسَّوَادِ

How can an eye perceive light if

Its whiteness does not mix with blackness?

مَا كَثِيرُ الإِحسانِ إِلاَّ قَلِيلٌ

فِي تَفَادِي الأَذَى وَرَدِّ نَآدِ

Not many of benefaction but few

In avoiding harm and returning favors

وَبِبَعْضِ الإِصْلاَحِ مِنْ شَأْنِ عَافٍ

يُتَّقى طَائِلٌ مِنَ الإِفْسَادِ

And with some reform of a decent one's trait

A predicament of corruption is avoided

ذَلِكُمْ مَا بِهِ يُجِيبُ نَجِيبٌ

أَبَداً دَاعِيَ الضَّميرِ المُنَادِي

That is what a decent one answers

Whenever conscience calls him eternally

هَلْ نَجِيبٌ وَقَدْ نَدَا النَّاسَ إِلاَّ

مَنْ لَهُ حَيْثُ كَانَ صَدْرُ النَّادِي

Is there someone decent when people called him

Except one who has the position of rank there

وَلَهُ فِي التَّجلَّةِ الرِّتبَةُ العُلْيَا

وَيَزْدَادُ قَدْرُهَا بِالوِدَادِ

And the highest class in the assembly

And his value increases with affection

هُوَ فِي القَومِ وَاحِدٌ بِعُلاَهُ

جَاءَ فِي فَتْرَةٍ مِنَ الآحَادِ

Of resolute sight set on distant goals

And a face smiling early at dawn

ذُو مَقَامٍ بِنَفْسِهِ وَكَثِيراً

مَا يَكُونُ المَقَامُ بِالإِسْنَادِ

With manners cloaking advice - if he says it

Giving direction - with politeness

عَرَفَتْ قَدرَهُ البِلاَدُ فَأَعْلَتْ

قَدْرَهُ فَوْقَ مَطْمَعِ الأَنْدَادِ

Ambition which no hesitation nor avoidance impedes

And not all wishes are attained abruptly

نَظَرٌ فِي العُلَى بَعِيدٌ مَرَامِي

هِ وَوَجْهٌ يَبَشُّ بِالقُصَّادِ

But with determination that does not bend or relent

Sometimes with a soft touch of smooth fingers in it

أَدَبٌ يُلْبِسُ المَلاَمَاتِ ظَرْفاً

إِنْ يَقُلْهَا فِي مَعْرِضِ الإِرْشَادِ

There is power not found in millstones

Sometimes with a word whispered but

هِمَّة لاَ يَعُوقُهَا عَنْ مَدَاهَا

عَائِقٌ مِن تَرَدُّدٍ أَوْ تَفَادِي

Its impact beyond the impact of yelling

Sometimes an opinion gained what

وَالأَمَانِيُّ لَيْسَ تُدْرَكُ وَثْباً

بَلْ بِعَزْمٍ لاَ يَنْثَنِي وَاطِّرَادِ

The conquest of an armed invader did not attain

Seeker of the difficult, Najeeb aids

أَتَرَانِي أُحْصِي مَزَايَا نَجِيبٍ

وَهْيَ تَعْصِي التَّقيِيْدَ بِالتَّعْدَادِ

Undeterred by any obstacles from success

Everyone who takes refuse with Najeeb

مُبْدِعٌ فِي طَرَائِقِ النُّبلِ هَلْ

أُبْدِيءَ فَضْلٌ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِالْبَادِي

Has taken refuge in bent branches and strong fortification

Every knowledge and every art

عَادِلُ النَّفسِ وَاقِفٌ فِي سَبِيلِ الْ

حَقِّ لِلظَّالِمِينَ بِالمِرْصَادِ

Finds its share of sustenance in his company

And unique creations have come from him

صَادِقُ الْوَعْدِ صِدْقَ حُرٍّ وَلَكِنْ

قَدْ يُرَى وَهْوَ مُخْلِفُ الإِيعَادِ

That encompassed every Arabic dialect

If a garden of eloquence blossomed in the East

وَلَهُ فِي سِيَاسَةِ النَّاسِ وَحْيٌ

شَفَّ عَنْ رَأْي حَاذِقٍ نَقَّادِ

From his thickets in the uninhabited area

What thing is more craved by the soul than

رُبَّما خِلْتَ أَنَّه مُسْتَشَاطٌ

غَضَباً وَهْوَ سَاكِنُ الطَّبعِ هَادِي

Listening to his wild ducks - and the pouring of a Chanter?

Pride for a nation with glory - its pride

أَوْ ظَنَنْتَ الطَّرِيقَ غَيْرَ الَّتِي يَسْ

لُكُهَا وَهْوَ فِي طَرِيقِ السَّدَادِ

In nobilities and glories

May God have mercy on you, O Najeeb, a father you

يَبْلُغُ الأَمْرَ بِالتَّقاصُرِ لاَ يَبْ

لُغُهُ غَيْرُهُ بِطُولِ النِّجادِ

Represented with meanings of generosity

Which remainder persists in the page of praise?

رُبَّ لَحْظٍ مِنٍ نَاعِمِ الظَّفرِ فِيهِ

سَطْوَةٌ لاَ تَكُونُ فِي الآسَادِ

More enduring than professions your hand immortalized

The day armies prostrate in battle

رُبَّ قَوْلٍ يُخَافَتُ الصَّوْتُ فيهِ

وَاقِعٌ فَوْقَ مَوْقِعِ الإِرْغَادِ

And the face of earth is covered with corpses

And Damascus sighs under universal calamities

رُبَّ رَأْيٍ أَنالَ مَا لَمْ يَنَلْهُ

بَطْشُ غَازٍ بِعَسْكَرٍ وَعَتَادِ

Engulfing the valleys and deserts

O what a catastrophe has befallen my people

طَالِبُ الصَّعبِ وَالنَّصيرُ نَجِيبٌ

لَيْسَ تَعْدُوهُ عَنْ نَجَاحٍ عَوَادِي

Exhausting them in their cities and outskirts

Whenever what depicts it or what brings

كُلُّ آوٍ إِلَى نَجِيبٍ فَقَدْ لاَ

ذَ بِرُكْنِ النَّدَى وَحِصْنِ الذِّيَادِ

It close renews, I remember it with shuddering

Unprecedented severity every day -

كُلُّ عِلمٍ وَكُلُّ فَنٍّ مُصِيبٌ

فِي ذَرَاهُ حَظّاً مِنَ الإِمْدَادِ

Beyond what they told of the years of droughts

Every situation fear displaced until

وَلَهُ فِي النَّوَالِ مُبْتَكَرَاتٌ

شَمِلَتْ كُلَّ نَاطِقٍ بِالضَّادِ

The latter ones denied the ways back

Hunger did in souls a deed

إِنْ بِالشَّرْقِ رَوْضَةً مِنْ بَيَانٍ

بَرَزَتْ مِنْ حِلاَهُ فِي أَبْرَادِ

After which the free became like slaves

The last effort of the dying was spent

أَيُّ شَيءٍ أَشْهَى إِلَى النَّفسِ مِنْ

إِنصاتِ أَطْيَارِهَا وَفَيَّاضُ شَادِي

In a prostration to one of tyranny

My soul's eagerness for thousands killed

خَيْرُ فَخْرٍ لأُمَّة ذَاتِ مَجْدٍ

فَخْرُهَا بِالأَكَارِمِ الأَمْجَادِ

Of starving women and children

And men crumpled due to emaciation who before

رَحِمَ اللهُ يا نَجِيبُ أَباً مَثَّلْ

تَ فِيهِ مِنْ مَعَانٍ جِيادِ

Were like strong pillars

None survived besides those few who

أَيُّ بَاقٍ فِي صَفْحَةِ الحَمْدِ أَبْقَى

مِنْ مَسَاعٍ خَلَّدْتهَا وَأَيَادِ

Were secretly saved by patriots’ generosity

So they ransomed them from death though they

يَوْمَ تُصْلَى مَمَالِكُ الأَرضِ حَرْباً

وَيُغَطَّى وَجْهُ الثَّرَى بِجِسَادِ

Were at death's edge, most generous ransomer

And protected honors from disgrace -

وَيَئِنُّ الشَّآمُ تَحتَ كُرُوبٍ

شَامِلاَتِ الأَغوارِ وَالأنْجَادِ

Helped, not stingy with aid

My country, is there in agony like

يَا لَهَا نَكبَةً بِقوْمِيَ حَلَّتْ

أَرْهَقَتْهُمْ فِي مُدْنِهِمْ وَالبَوَادِي

The kinds of enslavement you suffered?

What misery rivals the misery of a house

كُلَّمَا جَدَّ مَا يُصَوِّرُهَا لِي

أَو يُدَانِي ذَكْرُتُهَا بِارْتِعَادِ

Upon which corruption compounds corruption?

Every army that rose in it under pretext

فَاقَ فِيها بِشِدَّةٍ كُلُّ يَومٍ

مَا حَكَوْا عَنْ سَبْعِ السِّنِينَ الشِّدَادِ

Of fighting an aggressor only enabled aggression

Or came victorious yet disgraceful gratitude

كُلُّ حَالٍ أَحَالَهَا الذُّعْرُ حَتَّى

أَنْكَرَتْ أُخْرَيَاتِهِنَّ المَبَادِي

The victorious demands of his soldiers

That chronic malady of renegades’ rebellion

فَعَلَ الجُوعُ فِي النُّفوسِ فِعالاً

عَادَ مِنها الأَحْرَارُ كالأَوْغَادِ

Gathering helpers, camel herders and carriers

When one assumes leading a people temporarily

آخِرُ الْجَهْدِ رَاحَ يُنْفِقُهُ المَائِ

تُ فِي سَجْدَةٍ لِذِي اسْتِبْدَادِ

Then hands over the leadership to his adversary

Disregard eras of humiliation in souls

لَهْفَ نَفْسِي عَلَى أُلُوفٍ تُوُفُّوا

مِنْ جِياعِ النِّساءِ وَالأَوْلاَدِ

Of ill preparedness and susceptibility

And recall what sequence of humiliation murders

وَرِجَالٍ دُكُّوا لِفَرْطِ هُزَالٍ

وَهُمُ قَبْلَ ذَاكَ كالأَطْوَادِ

Aspirations in people, and oppression and subjugation

You see what events left of an ancient nation

مَا نَجَا غَيرُ مَنْ تَدَارَكَ مِنْهُمْ

فِي خَفَاءٍ نَدَى هُمامٍ جَوَادِ

With long standing chains and shackles

In a country that beginnings were civilizations, glory,

فَفَدَاهُمْ مِنَ المَنُونِ وَكَانُوا

بَيْنَ أَيْدِي المَنُونِ أَكْرَمُ فَادِي

Yet we became in the ruins

You see what disunity of a people dragged along

وَأَقَالَ الأَعْرَاضَ مِنْ عَثَرَاتٍ

مُسْتَعَانٌ مَا ضَنَّ بِالإِنْجَادِ

Of hatred’s severed ties

Is this dispersal in everything how they

يَا بِلاَدِي هَلْ فِي الْعَنَاءِ كَمَا عَا

نَيْتِهِ مِنْ ضُرُوبِ الاسْتِعْبَادِ

Gather forces to confront enemies?

Or do they see it an achievement, boasting of

أَيُّ تَعْسٍ كَتَعْسِ دَارٍ عَلَيْهَا

يَتَوَالَى الفَسَادُ بَعْدَ الفَسَادِ

Their forefathers’ building from eras of Aad?

That situation Najeeb saw

كُلُّ جَيْشٍ إِنْ قَامَ فِيهَا بِدَعْوَى

رَدِّ عَادٍ أَقَامَ عُذْراً لِعَادِي

Healing the wound with needle and bandage

What hope remains for him in the dark days?

أَوْ أَتَى ظَافِراً فَيَا نُكْرَ شُكْرٍ

يَتَقَاضَاهُ ظَافِرُ الأَجْنَادِ

What consideration does he have for survival?

Who do we see realize a dream

كَيْفَ بِالْعِلَّةِ الدِّوِيَّة مِنْ فِتْ

نَةِ بَاغٍ جَمِّ النَّدَى كَيَّادِ

Not a mirage but a vision from the truthful?

A nation in our view cooperating

إِذْ تَوَلَّى قِيَادَ قَوْمٍ لِحِينٍ

ثُمَّ أَلْقى لِخَصْمِهِ بِالْقِيَادِ

And hearts unified like ours in solidarity

May a day come and may it be soon

عَدِّ عَمَّا تُجِدُّ أَدْهَارُ ذُلٍّ

فِي نُفُوسٍ مِنْ سُوءِ الاِسّتِعْدَادِ

When God grants honor to the countries and fulfils

For its most valued the intended aim

وَاذَّكِرْ مَا يُمِيتُ مِنْ هِمَمِ النَّ

اسِ تَوَالِي مَهَانَةٍ وَاضْطِهَادِ

My friend, what I said about you is true

And I permanently rely on truth

تَرَ مَا أَبْقَتِ الْحَوَادِثُ مِنْ شَعْ

بٍ قَدَيمِ الأَغْلاَلِ وَالأَصْفَادِ

I said it out of friendship and when

Your signs increase, it increases my friendship

فِي بِلاَدٍ كُنَّ الأَوَائِلَ عُمْرا

ناً وَعِزّاً فَصِرْنَ فِي الأَبْلاَدِ

And nothing is more lovable to me in a person

Than what he has of good repute among his people

تَرَ مَا جَرَّهُ عَلَى وَحْدَةِ الْقَوْ

مِ انْفِكَاكُ العُرَى مِنَ الأَحْقَادِ

And I think highly of a young man by

The extent of what his efforts do for the country

أَبِهَذَا الشَّتاتِ فِي كُلُّ شَيْءٍ

يَجْمَعُونَ القُوَى لِصَدِّ أَعَادِي

I have no ulterior motive or agenda

Other than this principle or consequence

أَمْ يَرَوْنَ البِنَاءَ أَنْ يَتَبَاهَوْا

بِبِنَاءِ الآبَاءِ مِنْ عَهْدِ عَادِ

تلْكَ حَالٌ وَقَدْ رَآهَا نَجيبٌ

دَارَكَ الْجُرْحَ بالأَسَا وَالضِّمادِ

وَلَهُ في الذَّمَاءِ أَيُّ رَجَاءٍ

وَلَهُ بالْبَقَاءِ أَيُّ اعْتدَادِ

مَنْ لَنَا أَن نرَى تَحَقُقَ حُلمٍ

لَيْسَ بابْن الْكَرَى بَل ابْنِ السُّهَادِ

أُمَّة عنْدَ ظَنِّنا تَتَآخَى

وَقُلُوبٌ كَهَمِّنا في اتِّحادِ

عَلَّ يَوْماً وَلاَ يَكُونُ بَعيداً

يَلْتَقي وَالمُنَى عَلَى ميعَادِ

فَيُعِزَّ اللهُ البِلاَدَ وَيَقْضِي

لأَعِزَّائِهَا بِنُجْحِ المُرَادِ

يَا صَدِيقِي مَا قُلْتُهُ فِيكَ حَقٌ

وَعَلَى الْحَقِّ مَا حَيِيتُ اعْتِمَادِي

قُلْتُهُ عَنْ صَدَاقَةٍ وَإِذَا آ

يَاتُكَ ازْدَدْنَ فَهْوَ رَهْنُ ازْدِيَادِ

وَأَنَالاَ أُحِبُّ فِي المرْءِ إِلاَّ

مَا لَهُ عِنْدَ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ أَيَادِي

وَأُجِلُّ الفَتَى عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا جَلَّ

تْ مَسَاعِيهِ فِي سَبِيلِ الْبِلاَدِ

لَيْسَ لِي مَطْمَعٌ وَلاَ لِيَ دِينٌ

غَيْرُ هَذَا لِمَبْدَإٍ أَوْ مَعَادِ