زُفَّت عَلى بَدر العُلى الأَفراح

وَبَدا السُرور فَزالَتِ الأَتراحُ

Joy was brought to the full moon at dawn

And happiness appeared, worries gone

فَاِنهَض إِلى الرَوض الأَريض فَقَد بَدا

زَهر الرُبى وَزَهَت بِهِ الأَرواحُ

So rise to the gentle garden, for the flower of companionship has appeared

And spirits have been delighted by it

أوَ ما تَرى النمّام نَمَّ بِسرِّه

أَرج النَسيم وَنَشره الفَوّاحُ

Don't you see the breeze whispering its secret

The fragrant morning breeze spreads it

وَالآس أَشبه بِالعذار فَحسبنا

مِن ورده بِظلاله اِسترواحُ

And the myrtle is like a maiden, so for us

Its shade suffices for rest

وَكَأَنَّ أَحداق الجآذر نَرجس

وَثُغور غيد الغانيات أَقاحُ

As if the cheeks of the blossoms are narcissi

And the lips of singing maidens, smiles

وَكَأَنَّما خَدّ الشَقيق مِن الحَيا

ياقوتة وَكَأَنَّها مِصباحُ

And the petal of the anemone as if

A ruby, as if it is a lamp

وَكَأنَّ زَهر الياسمين سُحيرةً

زهرُ النُجوم زَهابها الإِصباحُ

And the jasmine flower is like a sorceress

The stars are its flowers, the dawn is its awakening

وَكَأَنَّما المصفرُّ مِن مَنثورِهِ

مضنىً أَضرّ بِهِ الجَوى ملتاحُ

And as if saffron in its scatterings

Is a tear wiped by affliction while dreaming

وَكَأَنَّ غُصن البان مِن فنن الرُبى

خودٌ يرنِّحها الدلال رداحُ

And as if the hyacinth branch among the garden’s arts

Is a cheek caressed by the flirt’s hand

نَسج الجَمال لَها مَلابس سُندس

فَشَكى المَجال عَلى الكَثيب وشاحُ

Beauty wove for it garments of silk

So the expanse complained about the dune and plain

وَثَنَت مَعاطفها الصبا فَكَأَنَّها

هيفٌ ثَنَت أَعطافهنّ الراحُ

The morning breeze bent its robes, as if

A gale bent the wings of winds

وَكَأَنَّما شغفت بِها ريح الصبا

فَلَها غدوٌّ بَينَها وَرواحُ

As if the morning breeze was enchanted by it

It has an awakening and spirit between them

وَعَلى الأَراك كَأَنَّما ورق الحِمى

قيناتُ أَفصَحَ عودها الإصلاحُ

And upon the meadow, as if the leaves of the preserve

Are singing girls whose harmony is reformed

وَسميرنا بَين العَباهر ساجِعٌ

دَنفٌ وَحسبك بلبل صيّاحُ

Our nightingale among the rose bushes is a lover

A finch, and a singing bulbul is enough for you

هجمَ السُرور عَلى الرِياض فَلاحَ لي

بَينَ الخَمائل وَالنَسيم كِفاحُ

Joy attacked the gardens, so for me

There was struggle between the beauties and the breeze

وَالفَجر قَد هَزم الدجا مُتهلّلا

حَتّى اِستَنار جَبينه الوَضّاحُ

And dawn defeated darkness exultantly

Until its luminous forehead shone

وَالرَعد قَد دَهم السيول فَجرّدت

لِلبَرق مِن غمد الغَمام صفاحُ

And thunder stormed the torrents, so it bared

For lightning, a blade from the cloud's scabbard

ما زالَ بَرق سَحابه متبسّماً

حَتّى تَهلّل دَمعه السفّاحُ

The lightning of its clouds does not cease smiling

Until its streaming tears exult

فَاِطرب عَلى رَقص الغُصون فَإِنَّما

يَجلو صبوح الخندريسِ صباحُ

So be merry at the dance of the branches, for

The dawn's awakening dispels the depression of the drunkard

وَعَلى العذارى وَالعذار صبابَةً

اِخلَع عذارك ما عَلَيك جُناحُ

And to the virgins and flirts, passionately

Cast off your virginity, no sin upon you

أَتُرى عُيون الغيد مِن أَحداقِها

دارَت عَلى أَهل النُهى أَقداحُ

Do you see the eyes of the gazelles from their eyelids

Circling the forbidden wine's cups?

فاِشرب فديتك يا نَديم وَعاطني

راحاً لَها أَرواحنا تَرتاحُ

So drink, my boon companion, and give me

A wine whose spirits relax

مِن كَفّ شادٍ شادنٍ سلبَ النُهى

بِجَماله وَهَوى المَها فَضّاحُ

From the palm of a happy, joyful one, who stole coyness

With his beauty - and the sigh of passion exposed it

غَنّى فَأَغنتنا طلُاه عَن الطلا

وَرضابه كَأس الطِلا وَالراحُ

He sang, so his singing made us forget wishing

And his agreeableness is the wine cup and comfort

يا راحة الأَرواح رفقاً بي فمن

عُشّاق حُسنك راحَتِ الأَرواحُ

Oh comfort of spirits, gently with me, for

The lovers of your beauty, their spirits found comfort

وَلَقَد أَقول لشانئٍ قَد لامَني

دَعني وَشَأني فَالمِزاح مُزاحُ

And I would say to the critic who blamed me

Leave me be, joking is joking

لا يُغرينّك ذا التَمنّع في الهَوى

حُكم الغَرام تَمنّع وَسماحُ

Let not this aloofness tempt you in love

The rule of passion is aloofness and leniency

كَيف الإِقالة وَاللحاظ صَوارِمٌ

وَبمَ التَخلَّصُ وَالقُدود رِماحُ

How can there be abstinence when the glances are swords

And how can there be escape when the spears are straight?

ما لي سِوى حَطِّ الرِحال بِساحةٍ

هِيَ لِلمُريد سَعادة وَنَجاحُ

I have nothing left but to pitch my tent in a field

Which is success and attainment for the disciple

في باب مَولى مِن بَني اليافيِّ مَن

لُذنا بِساحتهم فَلاحَ فَلاحُ

At the door of a Master from the Yafi clan, those who

Were delighted by their courtyards attained delight

مِن كُلِّ غَوثٍ في الملمّة مَلجأ

أَو كُلِّ غَيثٍ حَيث عُدّ سَماحُ

A refuge for every helper in adversity

Or every rain wherever deemed lenient

قَوم بِباب الحَقّ قام دَليلهم

لِوُصول مَن شَهدوا الفَسيح فَساحوا

A people at the door of truth, their guide stood up

For the arrival of those who witnessed the spacious and roamed

يسقون مِن خَمر الشُهود مُدامة

هامَت بِها الأَرواح وَالأَشباحُ

They serve from the wine of witnessing, an eternal draft

That intoxicates the souls and spirits

أَفلا نبيعُ نُفوسنا في حُبِّهم

وَلَنا بِذاك تضاعفُ الأَرباحُ

Shall we not sell our souls in loving them?

And in that for us profits are multiplied

مَولاي حَسبك يا سميّ محمّد

شَرف بجدّك نوره وَضّاحُ

My Master, suffice, oh eminent Muhammad

Whose light and splendor of ancestry elucidated

قُل لِلأُلى جَحدوا علاه وَفَضله

وَلَهُ المَكايد أضمروا وَأَباحوا

Tell the most high who rejected his eminence and grace

And for him the schemes they plotted and sanctioned

أَفلا ينال النَصر وَهوَ لَهُ أَبٌ

وَبِهِ لِأَحوال الأَنام صَلاحُ

Will he not attain victory when he has a father

Through whom is the salvation of all people?

ما ضَرّ أسد الغاب في آجامِها

أَن يستَطال مِن الكلاب نباحُ

The roaring of the lion in its lairs is not harmed

By the prolonged barking of dogs

إِنّ الزَمان وَإِن أَنالَهُم منىً

فَلسوف تَنسِف ما بَنوه رِياحُ

Verily time, even if it grants them wishes

Its winds will demolish what they built

يا صاح إِن دَهمتك دُهم خُطوبهم

وَلَها تَمادى في الأَنام جماحُ

Oh companion, if the calamities of their aggression befall you

And it exceeded limits among the people

فَاِدخُل حِماه مُعَطّراً بِثنائِهِ

أَرواحنا إِذ تَعبق الأَرواحُ

Then enter its sanctuary, fragrant with his praise

While our souls are fragrant with soul

فَطنٌ إِذا فَسدت شؤون ذَوي النُهى

فَلَها بِثاقب رَأيِهِ إِصلاحُ

Sharp-minded, when the affairs of the forbidden went corrupt

His penetrating insight repairs them

تَعلو ذُرى المَجد الرَفيع بِهِ كَما

يَعلو بِعزِّ مَقامِهِ التِمداحُ

The lineage of lofty glory rises through him, just as

Praise of his position rises with eulogies

يا مَن إِذا فُرَجُ المَسَرّة أُرتجت

بِيديك كانَ لِقفلِها مِفتاحُ

Oh you who when relief from distress was hoped

With your hands you unlocked its padlock

داوِ القُلوب وقيت مِن عِلل الرَدى

فَلرُبَّما اِندَمَلَت لَهُنَّ جِراحُ

Healer of hearts, protect them from the illnesses of depravity

For sometimes their wounds are mended

وَدَعِ الهُموم فَكُلّ ما سَبَق القَضا

بِقَضائِهِ لا رَيب فَهوَ مُتاحُ

And leave worries, for all that destiny preordained

Is inevitably accessible through its decree

وَاِغنَم سُرورك وَاِغتَنَم فرص الهَنا

إِنّ اِغتِنام صَفا السُرور مُباحُ

And enjoy your happiness and seize the opportunities for bliss

For seizing the purity of joy is permissible

وافتك شمسُ الخدر يا بَدر العُلى

وَأَنار مشكاةَ الهَنا مِصباحُ

The morning star beamed, oh full moon

And lit the lamp of bliss

اِنعم صَباحاً صبّحتك صبوحه

تجلى فَهبَّ نَسيمُهُ الفَوّاحُ

It wished you good morning, its dawn shone

The fragrant morning breeze blew

فَلأَنشرنَّ التَهنئات بِبابِكُم

وَأَروح أَرفل بِالهَنا فَأُراحُ

So I will spread the congratulations at your door

And comfort, stroll in bliss, so I relax

وَأَقول يا نسمات أنسي أَرّخي

زُفَّت عَلى بَدر العُلى الأَفراحُ

And I say, oh breezes, make comfortable, relax

Joy was brought to the full moon at dawn