تَصاحى نَديم الحان مِن نَشوة السُكرِ

فَحيّا عَلى الأَلحان بِالحَمد وَالشُكرِ

The companion woke from the intoxication of wine

And greeted the tunes with praise and thanks

وَشَوَّقه سَجع الحَمائم لِلحِمى

فَأَوصى بِهِ أَوصابه في الهَوى العذري

And the cooing of doves aroused his passion for his beloved

To whom he entrusted his companions in innocent love

وأشجاه بَرق الأَبرقين فَقَلبه

تقلّبهُ أَيدي الغَرام عَلى الجَمرِ

And the flashing of lightning stirred him

As the hands of passion turned him over embers

وَمَرّ بِهِ الرَكب الحِجازيُّ فَاِغتَدى

يُهاديه بِالأَشجان مِن حَيث لا يَدري

And the Hejazi caravan passed him by so he followed

Greeting it with yearning from where it did not know

فَيا حادِياً لِلرَكب بِالرَكب شادِياً

رُوَيداً وَدَع ذِكر النَوى وَاِغتنم أَجري

So O guide of the caravan by the caravan depart

Slow down and forget the past, be hopeful of my reward

وَسر بي إِلى سربٍ أَضاعوا مَوَدَّتي

فَيا لَيت شِعري مَن أحلَّ لَهُم هَجري

And walk with me to a troop that lost my affection

Oh, if only I knew who made their estrangement lawful to them

صَبَرتُ فَما أَحلى اِصطِباري عَلَيهم

وَلَكنّهُ عَنهُم أَمرُّ مِن الصَبرِ

I was patient so how sweet was my patience with them

Yet with them it was more bitter than patience

وَأصمى البُكا إِنسان عَيني وَهَل أَتى

سِواه عَلى الإِنسان حينٌ مِن الدَهرِ

And I deafened my crying eyes, has there come

A time other than it in life to try man?

وَقاسيت ما لَو أَنَّ في الخَلق بَعضَهُ

لَأَلهاهُمُ خَلع العذار عَن العُذرِ

And I endured what if it were upon people generally

They would be divested of reproach upon reproach

بِكُلّ رَشيق القَدّ هاروت لَحظه

لِسَلب النُهى يَتلو بِنا آية السحرِ

By every slender, swaying glance, Harut's eye

Takes away resolve reciting magic to us

فَنُح يا حَمام الأيك إِن قُلوبَنا

غَزَتها جُيوش الحُبّ بِالبيض وَالسُمرِ

So fly away O doves of the valley, our hearts

Have been invaded by the armies of love, white and brown

وَيا مُخجل الأغصان لين قَوامه

دَلالاً وَلَكن قَلبه قدّ مِن صَخرُ

And O one who shames the branches, gentle of figure

Alluring, but his heart is indeed hard

يُعاقبني مِنكَ البعاد عَلى الوَفا

مُعاقبة الجاني المصرّ عَلى الوزرِ

He punishes me with your distance for loyalty

Like the obstinate sinner is punished for his crime

وَقالوا شَهِدنا حَرب بَدر عَواذِلي

فَهَلّا رَأوني مِنكَ في شُهدا بَدرِ

And they said: we witnessed the battle of Badr, audacious ones

Why did they not see me with you on the day of Badr?

ضَرَبت عَن العُذّال صَفحاً وَطالَما

عَلَوت الأَعادي بِالمهنّدة البترِ

I turned away from the unjust with forgiveness and often

I overcame enemies with the sharp, cutting sword

أَلا في سَبيل اللَه مُهجة عاشق

إِذا اِشتَدَّ عُسر مِنهُ أَيقَن بِاليُسرِ

Lo! In the path of God the passion of a lover

When hardship intensifies, is certain of ease

فَيا مَن غَدا في كُلّما يدّعي السِوى

مِن الحُبّ كَالعَنقاء في المهمهِ القفرِ

So O you who pretends in all he claims to be devoted

To love, like the ostrich in the dreadful, empty desert

دَعِ الناس فيما أَنتَ لِلّه مُخلص

وَإِن تَلقَ ضَيماً فَاِنتصر بِأَبي النَصرِ

Leave people to what you are sincerely devoted to God

And if you meet injustice, then seek victory in the aid of the victor

سَميّ اِبن عَبد اللَه مَن جاءَ بِالهُدى

وَأَثنى عَلَيهِ اللَه في مُحكَم الذكرِ

Name the son of Abdullah who came with guidance

And Allah praised him in the decisive scripture

فَأَكرم بِها مِن نسبة لمحمّدٍ

تَسلسل مِنها الفَضل لِلسَيّد البكري

So honor, from an ancestry to Muhammad

Nobility has continued, from him to the noble elders

هُوَ الحبر بحر العلم برّ التُقى الَّذي

رَوى العلم عن آبائِهِ السادة الغُرِّ

He is the spiritual guide, ocean of knowledge, dutiful and pious

Who quenched thirst for knowledge from his noble fathers

همام بِباب الحَقّ نالَ حَقائِقاً

بِها سُرّت الأَسرار مِن عالم السرِّ

Precise in the gates of truth, Hammam obtained mysteries

Through which the secrets were delighted, from the world of mystery

وَفي المَشهد القُدسي الرَفيع مَقامه

حَوى رفعة الذات المشرَّفة القَدرِ

And in the holy, lofty station, his position

Contained self-elevation, ennobled in worth

لَكَ اللَه يا مَن أمَّ ساحة فَضلِهِ

فَأَهدى إِلَيهِ حلية النَظم وَالنَثرِ

For you, O God, the one who led the field of his grace

And guided this garment of prose and verse to him

لَأَنتَ كَمَن باهى الحَليم بِجَهله

وَإِلا كَمَن أَهدى الجَواهر لِلبَحرِ

You are unlike one who boastfully gives pearls to the ocean

Or else like one who gives jewels to the sea

وَيا سَيّداً لِلّه أَخلَص سرّه

بِما نالَ من مَولاه في السرّ وَالجَهرِ

And O master sincerely devoted to God

In private and public, his secret he has kept pure

دَعاكَ لِبَيت اللَه حَجّ بلغتهُ

بِلَيلة أَجر قَد حَكَت لَيلَة القَدرِ

The call to God's house on a night you completed pilgrimage

A night whose reward recited the night of decree

فَلَبّيت حَتّى من مِنىً فُزت بِالمُنى

وَطُفت بِبَيت اللّه مُنشَرح الصَدرِ

So you declared until you attained all wishes at Mina

And circled the house of God, expanded of heart

وَلمّا بلَغت الفَوز مِن كُلّ غايَةٍ

لَدى طيبة المُختار طيّبة النَشرِ

And when you attained success from every aspiration

In the good company of the Chosen, the good tidings

سَرَيت بِخَير الصَحب مِن كُلِّ ماجد

لِنَحو الحمى كَالبَدر بِالأَنجُم الزُهرِ

You walked with the best companions, every glorious one

Towards the sanctuary, like the full moon among brilliant stars

وَلمّا شَمَمنا نَفحة القُرب مِنكُم

سرت مَع نسيمات اللقا بِشَذا العطرِ

And when we sensed the nearness of your fragrance

We walked with the breeze of meeting, the scent of perfume

قَدمتم فَيا للّه درُّ مُبَشّر

أَتانيَ بِالبُشرى فَهَلّلت بِالبشرِ

You arrived, by God the house of good news!

And I cheered with the tidings, ecstatic with joy

وأَضحَت بِكُم بَيروت يانِعَة الرُبى

كَما أَصبَحَت بِالأُنس باسِمَةَ الثَغرِ

And with you, Beirut became plentiful, wholesome land

As it greeted with fellowship, smiling maw

فَلا زِلت يا نَجل الأَفاضل كَعبَةً

تَطوف بِها الأَقوام في حرم الذكرِ

So I did not cease to be O son of the virtuous, like the Kaaba

Crowds circle around it, sanctified by mention

وَلا زالَ باري الخَلق يثني مُؤرِّخاً

عَلى حجّك المَبرور بِالحَمد وَالشُكرِ

And the Creator has continued praising the chronicler

For your accepted pilgrimage, with praise and thanks