فديتكَ زائراً في كلِّ عامٍ

تحيِّ بالسلامةِ والسلامِ

I would sacrifice myself for you, visiting every year

Greeting with wellness and peace

وتُقبِلُ كالغمامِ يفيضُ حيناً

ويبقَ بعدَهُ أثرُ الغَمامِ

And kissing like pouring rain for a while

Leaving after it the trace of rain

وكم في الناسِ من دَنِفٍ مَشوقٍ

إليكَ وكمْ شجيِّ مُستهامِ

And how many soft, yearning people among the people

Longing for you, and how many burning with passion

رمزتُ لهُ بألحاظِ الليالي

وقد عيَّ الزمانُ عنِ الكلامِ

I signaled to him with the gazes of the nights

And time had given up on speaking

فظلَّ يعدُّ يوماً بعدَ يومٍ

كما اعتادوا لأيَّامِ السِّقامِ

So he kept counting a day after a day

As they were used to in the days of sickness

ومدَّ لهُ رواقُ الليلِ ظِلاً

ترفُّ عليهِ أجنحَةُ الظلامِ

And the night spread for him a shaded porch

On which the wings of darkness flutter

فباتَ وملءَ عينيهِ منامٌ

لتنْفُضَ عنهُما كَسَلَ المَنامِ

So he slept with his eyes full of slumber

To shake off the drowsiness of sleep

ولم أرَ قبلَ حبَّكِ من حبيبٍ

كفى العُشاقَ لوعاتِ الغرامِ

And I have not seen before your love anyone

Who sufficed the lovers the agonies of passion

فلو تدرِ العوالمُ ما درينا

لحنتْ للصلاةِ وللصيامِ

If the worlds knew what we knew

They would incline to prayer and fasting

بني الإسلامَ هذا خيرُ ضيفٍ

إذا غَشَيَ الكرِيمُ ذرى الكِرامِ

O my Islam, this is the best guest

When the generous man hosts the generous

يلُمكمْ على خيرِ السجايا

ويجمعكُم على الهِمَمِ العِظامِ

Bringing you together on the best manners

And uniting you on the greatest aspirations

فشُدُّوا فيهِ أيديكُم بعزمٍ

كما شدَّ الكَمِيُّ على الحُسامِ

So brace yourselves in it with determination

As Al-Kamil did with the swords

وقوموا في لياليهِ الغوالي

فما عاجتْ عليكُم للمُقامِ

And stand during its sublime nights

For they were not too hard for staying up

وكم نفرٍ تغرهمُ الليالي

وما خُلقوا ولا هيَ للدَوامِ

While a group are tempted by the nights

And they were not created for eternity

وخلوا عادةَ السفهاءِ عنْكم

فتِلكَ عوائدُ القَومِ اللئامِ

And leave the habit of fools

Those are the morals of mean people

يُحلُّونَ الحَرَامَ إذا ما أرَادوا

وقد بَانَ الحلالُ منَ الحرامِ

They make the unlawful lawful when they want

And the lawful and unlawful had become clear

وما كلُّ الأنامِ ذوي عُقولٍ

إذا عدَّوا البَهائِمَ في الأَنامِ

Not all people are reasonable

When they count beasts among people

ومن روتْهُ مرضَعةُ المعاصي

فقد جاءَتهُ أيَّامُ الفِطامِ

And whoever was nursed by the breastfeeding of disobedience

The days of weaning had come to him