بِروحي جَمالاً صوّرته يَد القُدره
سَقاه البَها ماءَ المَحاسن وَالنضرَه
With my soul he pictured beauty, the hand of destiny molded it
The Creator quenched it with the water of charms and radiance
مَصون عَن الآمال إِلّا لِناظِرٍ
فَلا نَظرةٌ إِلّا وَقَد أَعقبَت حَسرَه
Safeguarded from hopes unless for the onlooker
So no glance without subsequent regret ensued
سَبَت مُهجَتي خودٌ حَوَت كُلَّ بَهجَةٍ
فَما تَرَكَت لِلشَمس في مُقلَةٍ أسره
My essence captivated a self that comprised all delight
Leaving no cheer for the sun in any eye's pupil
مَهاة عَراني أُلفةٌ بِاِمتناعِها
كَما قَد عَراها بِاِنقِيادي لَها نَفرَه
A coy beloved, familiar in her aloofness
As though her avoidance endeared her to me
تَمَنَّيت سرّاً أَن أَرى وَجهَها كَما
تَمَنّى أُناس أَن يَروا رَبَّهُم جَهرَه
Secretly I wished to see her face as
People wish openly to see their Lord apparent
مِن الظَبيات الآنسات إِذا بَدَت
مِن الخِدر أَنستني مَعاني ظِبا وَجره
Of the lovely gazelles, when she appeared
From the cheeks, she made me forget the charms of a gazelle and flock
رَنَت فَدَعانا مُرسل اللَحظ لِلهَوى
فَآمنت خَوفاً مِن هَلاكيَ بِالفتره
She glanced, so the messenger of the eyes summoned me to passion
And I believed in fear of my ruin in separation
وَما كُنتُ أَدري أَنَّ في الخَدِّ جنّةً
إِلى أَن نَظَرت الوَرد وَالماءَ وَالخُضره
I did not know there was a garden in the cheek
Until I saw the rose, water and green
بِوجنتها وَالثَغر ما في حشاشَتي
لِأَنّي مَتى صَحّفته خِلتهُ جَمره
With her cheek and mouth, nothing in my passion for her
For if I made an error, I found it a live coal
وَما خَفضت قَدري لِرفعةِ قَدرِها
على نصبِ أَشراك الجُفون سِوى كسرَه
I lowered my worth only to raise hers
By setting up the tent pegs of the eyelids save for humility
وَما طرَّ عَقلي في هَواها وَغَرَّني
بِها قطّ إِلّا طرّةٌ تَحتَها غرَّه
Never did my mind wander madly for her love
Except a wander enwrapped in madness
وَكافر خالٍ حَلَّ جَنّة خَدِّها
مَتى اِنسابَ فَحل العيس في مثقب الإبرَه
An unbelieving mole breached the garden of her cheek
When it crept in, so the staff entered the eye of the needle
لَها مِن بَني الرَيّان قَدّ غَرامنا
بِهِ يَنتَمي في حُبِّها لِبَني عذرَه
For her, we who love the well-watered land are enamored
Through it, in love for her we belong to the people of excuse
وَلي في هَواها مِن كِلاب عَواذلٌ
مَلامتهم في السَمع تعزى إِلى مرّه
And for me in love for her are reproachers
Blaming them is excused for bitterness
خَليّون لَو ذاقوا الهَوى أَحرَقتهم
بِهِ زَفرة أَو أَغرقتهم لَهُ عَبرَه
Had they tasted love, it would have burnt them
With a groan or drowned them, teaching them a lesson
كَثيرون لَكن جَمعهم جَمع قلّةٍ
لتأنيثه لا خير في هَذِهِ الكثرَه
Many they are, though their group is few
For its femininity, no good is in this multitude
وَلا شين في نَجل الحسين محمّد
فَلا رَأبنا فيهِ الزَمان بِما نَكرَه
No blemish is in the progeny of Hussein, Muhammad
We have not seen the days malign what we dislike in him
هِلالٌ لَهُ بَدران في فلك العُلى
هُما لَقب عَن وَصفه أَغنَت الشُهرَه
A crescent moon, for him two full moons in the celestial orbit
Fame for his traits has made titles redundant
فَتىً طَبعُهُ أَندى مِن الماء رقّةً
وَأَخلاقُهُ أَذكى شَميماً مِن الزهرَه
A youth whose nature is gentler than water
And whose manners are more fragrant than blossoms
تَهذّب إِلّا أَنَّ تَهذيب لُطفه
بَجوهر تِلكَ الذات كانَ مِن الفطرَه
Well-mannered but that his gentle upbringing
Was of the innate essence of that being
رَوى عَن أَبيهِ كُلَّ لُطف فَلَم يَدَع
مِن اللُطف ما يَحوي النَسيم وَلا ذَرَّه
He related from his father every subtlety, leaving
No subtlety that air or mote contains
وَغار عَلى بَذل الكَمالِ كَأَنَّما
يجهّز جَيش المَجد في زَمَن العُسرَه
And he was jealous in bestowing perfection as though
He marshalled the army of glory in the time of hardship
وَلا بدعٍ فيهِ إِنَّ والده لَهُ
مِن الرَأي سهماً نافِذاً يَثقب الشَعرَه
No innovation in him, for his father is for him
A penetrating arrow that pierces the hair
حَليف تُقىً باهي السَجيّة وَالنُهى
أليف هُدىً صافي السَريرة وَالفِكرَه
Ally of piety, of splendid morals and prohibition
Familiar with guidance, pure in conscience and thought
أَبى عشرة الأدنى فَظَلَّ مُكرّماً
وَما يُنزل الأَعلى سِوى خسّة العشرَه
He refused the company of the lowly so remained revered
For the Most High brings down none but the lowest of the ten
وَقَد طَرَح الأنذال مِن جَمع ودّهِ
كَما يَطرَح الجاني النَواة مِن التَمرَه
He discarded the riffraff from the circle of his affection
As the sinner discards the pits from dates
لَهُ زُفّت الأَفراح بِالعزّ درَّةً
عَلى تاج هَذا العَصر ما مِثلها دُرَّه
For him the prime of joys in honor as a pearl
Upon the crown of this age, unmatched in its singularity
إِلى الرَوض تعزى وَالسَماءِ وَإِنَّما
يُفَسِّرُ ما قُلتُ اللَبيب أَخو الخِبرَه
It is attributed to the garden and heaven, but truly
The intelligent brother of experience explains what I said
ففُز بِالتَهاني يا مُحَمَّد وَاِغتَنم
بُلوغ الأَماني بِالصبيحة وَالبُكرَه
So congratulations Muhammad, and attain
The realization of hopes in the morn and early days
تَكافَئتُما وَزنَ الكَمال لياقَة
وَلا رَيبَ أنَّ الحرَّ أليق بِالحرَّه
You two equated in weight to perfection, compatibility
Surely the free is most suited to the noble
وَخابَت ظُنون الحاسِدين وَطالَما
بآدَمَ قَد خابَت ظُنونُ أَبي مرَّه
The hopes of the envious failed, and how much
With Adam failed the hopes of Father Murrah
فَسَوفَ نهنّي بِالبَنين بِعَونهِ
تَعالى وَنَأتي بَعد ذا الحَجّ بِالعُمرَه
We will congratulate with children, by His
Help exalted, and come after this pilgrimage with umrah
زَفافك قَد زفَّ الهَناءَ فَلَم يَزَل
لآمالنا فَوزاً وَأَعيُننا قرّه
Your wedding has ushered in joy, it did not cease
To grant our hopes success, and our eyes delight
زَفاف لَهُ في طالع السَعد أَرّخوا
هِلال سُرور لاحَ قَد قارن الزهرَه
A wedding for it in the stars of fortune they recorded
The crescent of joy rose, coinciding with Venus
