بَدا وَسقاة الراحِ تجلى بدورُها

وَشَمس الطلا يَمحو دَجا الهمّ نورها

The butlers of comfort have appeared in their abodes

And the sun of radiance has erased the gloom with its light

وَحَيّا الندامى بِالحميّا وَإِنَّما

بِباهي المحيّا قامَ يَسعى مُديرها

It greeted the repentants with affection as only

The most beautiful of greetings, from its leader, makes its way

غَزال بِأَلحاظ المَها قَد غَزا النُهى

مغازلة وَالقَلب مِنّي أَسيرها

A gazelle with the glances of allure has trespassed prohibitions

Flirting while my heart is its prisoner

عُيون لَها تَعنو مِن الحور عينها

إِذا ما بِها حارَت مِن العين حورها

Eyes that shy away, more bashful than a houri’s eyes

When perplexed by a stare from those eyes and their splendor

حذار مِن الأَجفان إِن جالَ سحرها

فَفتّانها الفَتّاك مِنها فتورها

Beware of the eyelids when their sorcery moves

For their captivating coquetry is their weakness

فَلا غروَ أَن تغرى الأَنام عَلى الهَوى

فَبالغرّة الغَرّاء كانَ غُرورها

No wonder they make people crave passion

For with a crafty coyness was their deception

وَبي ظبية السرب التي حَول حَيِّها

أسودٌ يَردّ الزائِرين زَئيرها

I have a gazelle among a herd that surrounds her abode

Lions that scare off visitors with their roaring

يَغار قَضيب البان مِن قَدّها كَما

يَغار عَلَيها إِن تثنّت غيورها

The staff of the full moon envies her stature

As does the jealous one if she sways her hips

أَقول إِذا ما البَدر قيس بِوجهها

كَفى البَدر حُسناً أَن يُقال نَظيرها

I say, when the full moon is compared to her face

The perfection of the moon's beauty is to be called her peer

عَلى الوَجنة الحَمراء جَنّة حُسنِها

وَفي الكَبد الحرّى يَشبّ سَعيرها

On her rosy cheek is the garden of her beauty

And in the fiery liver burns its blaze

فُؤادي كَليم الوَجد آنس نارها

فَخرّ وَأَطواد القوى دكَّ طورها

My heart is a lover consumed by passion, intimate with its fire

It fell and the mountains of strength crumbled

فَيا عاذِلي كُن عاذِري لَستُ قائِلاً

خَليليّ هَل مِن رَقدة أَستعيرها

So my critic, be forgiving, I cannot say

My friend, might I borrow a rest?

هَلمَّ بِنا يا صاح نَسعى لِرَوضة

عَلى عَذبات البان هاجَت طُيورها

Come, my friend, let's head to a meadow

Where birds chirp over the sweet waters

تشابهُ أَعطاف الغَواني غُصونها

وَتَسمو عَلى زهرِ النُجوم زُهورها

The branches of its trees resemble the loops of necklaces

And its flowers rise above the stars’ radiance

كَأَنّ شَذاها حينَ هَبَّت شمالها

شَمائل إِسماعيل فاحَ عَبيرها

It's as if its aroma, when the north wind blew

Were the features of Ishmael diffusing its fragrance

حَليم إِذا ما الناس جَلّت خُطوبها

لآرائهِ الحُسنى تقاد أُمورها

Wise, when people face calamities,

Through its excellent opinions their affairs are directed

كَريم لَهُ ذلّ النضار مَواهِباً

فَلا بدع إِن عَلياه عزّ نَظيرها

Noble, with the bloom of youth its gifts

So it’s no wonder its highness has no peer

كَفى بِبِحار الشعر عجزاً فَطالَما

بِبَحر ذَكاءٍ مِنهُ غاصَت بُحورها

The oceans of poetry fall short, though for so long

Their depths were plunged by a sea of brilliance

إِلى سنّة المُختار كانَ اِتّباعه

فَأَضحى بِها في الناس وَهوَ وَقورها

Following the way of the Chosen was his path

Thus with it among people his dignity remained

بِآيات حُسن قَد تَلاها عذاره

عَلَينا وَفي الخَدّين يُشرق نورها

With verses of beauty he recited them to us

While on the cheeks shines their light

لَها أَرّخوا أَبهى كَمال بِحُسنِها

طروس مِن البَلّور مسك سطورها

To it they ascribed the epitome of perfect beauty

Lines of pearl, musk sealed its volumes

فَيا أَيُّها الشَهم الَّذي بِرِحابِهِ

شُموس الهَنا أَخفى الهُموم ظُهورها

So O noble one, in whose courtyard

The suns of bliss concealed worries

لِيَهنك عيد النَحر فاِنحر بِهِ العِدا

وَضحّ ضَحاياها تَنلك أُجورها

Celebrate Eid Al-Adha and sacrifice the enemies

Slaughter its offerings, you’ll attain their rewards

فلا بَرحت منّي التَهاني لَدَيكُم

يُباهي سَناء النيّرين منيرُها

My congratulations have not ceased for you

Outshining the radiance of lamps is its illumination