أَظباءُ رامَةَ بِالظبى آرامُها
فَتَكَت بِأَفئِدَةٍ نَمَت آلامُها
The gazelles of Ramah peacefully graze
Piercing hearts that grew pains and aches
أَم تِلكَ أَعيُنِ عينيها حَكَمَت بِنا
فَقَضَت بِسَلب عُقولِنا أَحكامُها
Or are those her eyes that judged us
And with deprivation, ruled our minds
تَسطو بِأَلحاظ نبال جُفونها
أَمضى مِن الأَجَل المُتاح سِهامُها
They conquer with glances, arrows of their eyelids
Their arrows more fatal than fate's limited time
مِن كُلّ هَيفاءِ المَعاطف كُلَّما
قامَت تُجاذب ردفَها وَقَوامها
Of all the beauties in their veils, whenever
She stands, swaying her hips and figure
مَرَّت وَقَد صَدحت حَمائم حليها
وَكَذاك تَصدح في الغُصون حمامُها
She passed by, her jewelry ringing
And so ring the doves in the branches
وَمَهاة سِربٍ في الفُؤاد مَحلّها
كَثرت عَليَّ بِحُبِّها لوّامُها
And a flock's commotion within my heart
With her love, her blames on me multiplied
أَمسى الغَرام غريمها بي مثلَما
أَضحى غَريمي في الأَنام غَرامُها
Passion became her prisoner, just as
My passion among people became hers
هامَت بِها روحي جَوىً وَصَبابَةً
وَلَطالَما بِهَوايَ كانَ هيامُها
My soul craved her, fervently and longingly
And for long my love has been infatuated
لَم أَنسَ لَيلة زارَ طَيف جَمالها
سحراً وَقَد جَافى الجُفون مَنامُها
I have not forgotten the night her beauty's specter
Visited at dawn, while eyes were asleep
بِتنا وَقَد ظَنَّ الوُشاة بِنا الخَنا
إِنَّ الظُنون كَثيرة أَوهامُها
They accused us of immorality, those malicious people
Indeed, their suspicions are but illusions
مَن لي بِأَوقات المَسَرَّة في الحِمى
وَعُهود أُنسٍ لا يُملُّ دَوامُها
Who can bring back the joyful times in encampments
And eras of companionship with no end to its longevity
حَيّا الحَيا تِلكَ المَعاهدَ إنَّها
مَولاة عَهدي وَالزَمان غُلامُها
Greet the living one, those eras, for they
Are loyal to my covenant, and time is their lad
حَيث المَنازل لِلبُدور مَطالع
يَكسو أَهلّتها الجَمالَ تَمامُها
Where the abodes are crescent shaped prospects
Dressed by their celebration in perfected beauty
حَيث الرِياض أَريجة أَرجاؤُها
لِلَّهوِ طابَ مَحلُّها وَمقامُها
Where the gardens have intoxicating rose petals
For leisure - beautiful is their place and stay
حَيث الحَدائق أَحدقت بِورودنا
أُنساً وَأَينَع وردُها وَخُزامُها
Where the gardens stared at us, fascinated
With intimacy, blossoms and flowers in their prime
حَيث النَسيم رَوَت لَنا خَبر الهَوى
عَنها فَنمَّ بسرّها نمّامُها
Where the breeze conveyed to us the passion’s tale
Her gossiper spreading her secret
حَيث الحَيا وَشّى بِساطَ رَبيعها
وَطِراز مَربعها فتمّ نِظامُها
Where the life has furnished its spring’s carpet
And the format of its square is complete
لِلّه معتلّ الصبا كَم مُهجَةٍ
مُعتَلّة برئت بِها أَسقامُها
My Lord, how many diseased have been cured
By your grace, their illnesses remedied
لَم أَلقَ أَطيَب مِن شَذا أَراجها
إِلّا إِذا مَدح الأَمين همامها
I have not sensed sweeter fragrance than her scent
Unless the trusted one praises her protector
شَمس الإِمارة بدرها مقدامها
سَيف المَعالي درعها صمصامها
The sun of rule, its full moon leads the way
The sword of glory, its armor clanks
شهم بعزّة قَدرِهِ الرُتب العُلى
رَفعت عَلى هام الكَواكب هامها
Noble in the honor of his rank, the highest positions
Raised above the stars' orbit
قُل لِلمناظر أَن يُقلَّ فَقلَّما
يَدع الفَريسة للسوى ضرغامُها
Tell the viewer to rarely
Let the prey escape his snare
أَبت المَراتب أَن تُفارق أَهلَها
شَرَفاً لِكَيلا يُستَهان مقامُها
The positions refused to abandon their people
So they are not degraded from their stand
أَبَت المَناصب أَن تُفارق أَهلَها
حَتّى تَحلّ ذرى حِماه خِيامُها
The ranks refused to abandon their people
Until the protection of its pillars shelter their tents
أَنّى يُناظره السِوى بِشَمائل
لا تَستَوي أَنوارُها وَظَلامُها
How can an equal observe his attributes?
For its lights and shadows are not the same
إِن عُدَّت البُلغاء فَهوَ خَطيبها
أَو عُدَّت النبلاء فَهوَ إِمامها
If the eloquent are counted, he is their orator
Or the noble their imam to guide
أَو عُدّت الأمراءُ فَهوَ أَميرها
أَو عُدَّت الخُلَفاء فَهوَ حُسامُها
Or the princes their emir, their champion
Or the caliphs, he is their sword
يا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي نعماؤُه
عَمَّ الأَنام بِبَذلِهِ إنعامُها
O You, whose blessings have spread
Bestowing gifts, benefiting all people
أَعجَزت أَلسِنة المَلا عَن شُكرِها
ولَقَد تحار بِوَصفِها أَفهامُها
The tongues of scholars cannot thank You enough
And their minds are perplexed in Your description
فَإليك بكراً عَن سِواك تَحجّبت
حَتّى أُميط لَدى عُلاك لثامُها
So to You, I secluded from all except You
To unveil before Your supremacy, her cover
قامَت بِخدمة بابك العالي كَما
حتمٌ عَلَيها أَن يَكون قِيامُها
She stood in service of Your high court, as
It’s her duty that her stand remains
أَعلى مَقامكَ في الأَنام مَقالها
فَسَمَت بِمَدحك في الوَرى أَعلامُها
Your supreme position among people is her statement
So praising You, her flags soared
وَأَتَت وَسيلَتها التَهاني وَالهَنا
أَرجى الوَسائل أَن يَطيب كَلامُها
She came with congratulations and delight
The best sending, may her words be sweet
فَاِستجل شَمس كُؤوسِها فَلَطالَما
رَقّت زُجاجتها وَراقَ مدامُها
So pour its goblets' sunshine, for long has
Her glass poured, her wine flowed
وَليهنك العيد السَعيد فَلَم تَزَل
أَمثالُهُ بِكَ تَزدَهي أَعوامُها
And may this happy Eid rejoice you, for the likes of it
Through you, flourish each year
عيد بِهِ نَحر الحَسود ألذّ من
نَحر الضَحايا سُوِّمت أَغنامُها
A feast in which the jealous are slaughtered, more delicious
Than ritual slaughter of sacrifice sheep
فاِسلمِ فَأَنتَ العيد لا أَعيادنا
فَهيَ المَواسم تَنقضي أَيّامُها
So submit, for you are the Eid, not our festivals
For they are seasons, their days pass
واِرقَ عَلى فلك السَعادة وَالعُلى
فَلَكَ التَهاني بدؤها وَخِتامُها
Ascend the sphere of bliss and nobility
For congratulations begin and end with you
