وَأَغَنَّ مَعسولِ المَراشِف

كَالبَدرِ مَصقولِ السَوالِف

And he sang with the honeyed pillows

Like the polished full moon of tales

يَتَظَلَّمُ الخَصرُ الضَعيفُ

إِلَيهِ مِن ثِقَلِ الرَوادِف

The weak waist complains

To it from the weight of the saddlebags

وَسَّدتُهُ كَفّي وَبا

تَ مُوَسِّدي خَدّاً وَسالِف

And I blocked it with my palms and spent

My pillow a cheek and tales

فَلَثَمتُهُ حُلوَ اللِما

وَضَمَمتُهُ لَدنَ المَعاطِف

So I kissed it sweet softness

And pressed it to the folds of the robes

وَغَنيتُ عَن كَأسِ المُدا

مِ بِما أَدارَ مِنَ المَراشِف

And I was content without a cup of wine

With what he elicited from the pillows

وَشَكَوتُ بَرحَ صَبابَتي

فيهِ فَأَنكَرَ وَهوَ عارِف

And I complained of the loss of my youth

So he denied while knowing

وَلَقَد أَسِفتُ عَلى الصِبى

لَو رَدَّ ماضي العَيشِ آسِف

And indeed I regretted the boy

If the past life would go back regretting

لِلَّهُ لَيلاتٌ خَلَت

مِنهُ وَأَيّامٌ سَوالِف

To God nights have passed

From it and days of tales

حَيثُ الحَبيبُ مُساعِدٌ

لي وَالزَمانُ بِهِ مُساعِف

Where the beloved is a helper

To me and time is cooperating with it

قُم يا نَديمُ مُلَبِّياً

داعي الصَبوحِ وَلا تُخالِف

Rise O boon companion obeying

The caller of dawn and do not oppose

بادِر فَقَد جَشَرَ الصَبا

حُ وَغَنَّتِ الوُرقُ الهَواتِف

Take the initiative for the dawn has chirped

And the leaves sang the carols

أَو ما تَرى هيفَ الغُصونِ

تَميسُ في خُضرِ المَلاحِف

Or do you not see the nodding of the branches

Mingling in the green of the pillows

وَالنورُ يَبسِمُ ثَغرُهُ

طَرَباً وَدَمعُ المُزنِ واكِف

And the light smiles with its mouth

Elated and the dew of sadness ceases

وَالأَرضُ حالِيَةُ الرُبى

وَالجَوُّ مِسكِيُّ المَطارِف

And the ground adorned with dew

And the air musky with the feathers

فَاِستَجلِها كَرخِيَّةً

بِنتَ الشَمامِسِ وَالأَساقِف

So seek it out like a rolling meadow

The daughter of partridges and bishops

حَمراءَ صِرفاً لا يَطو

فُ بِرَحلِها لِلهَمِّ طائِف

Reddish yellow not followed

In her carpet by care wandering

كَدَمِ الغَزالِ إِذا بَكى

راوُوقُها خِلناهُ راعِف

Like the tear of a gazelle when it weeps

Its cheek we kissed it quivering

وَاِعصِ العَذولَ وَبِت لَوَردِ

الخَدِّ بِاللَحَظاتِ قاطِف

And avoid celibacy and spend the night plucking

The cheek’s rose with glances

وَإِذا عَكَفتَ فَلا تَكُن

إِلّا عَلى الصَهباءِ عاكِف

And if you devote do not be

Except to the blond one devoted

وَاِمدَح إِماماً دَأبُهُ

مُذ كانَ إِسداءُ العَوارِف

And praise the imam whose habit

Since the noble virtues were protecting

المُستَضيءَ وَمَن لَهُ

ظِلٌّ عَلى الإِسلامِ وارِف

The enlightened one and the one who has

A shadow over Islam extending

رَبَّ الصَنائِعِ وَالأَيا

دي الغُرِّ وَالمِنَنِ السَوالِف

Lord of crafts and days

Of delights and prolonged tales

بَذَلَ النَوالَ لِكُلِّ را

جٍ وَالأَمانَ لِكُلِ خائِف

He gave gifts to every

Suitor and safety to every fearful one

مَلِكٌ أَطاعَتهُ المَما

لِكُ وَالقَبائِلُ وَالطَوائِف

A king whom the sovereigns

And tribes and factions obeyed

بِالمَشرَفِيّاتِ الرَواعِ

دِ وَالمُثَقَّفَةِ الرَواجِف

With the well-educated lands

And the cultivated plains

سَهلاً عَلى باغي النَدى

صَعباً عَلى الباغي المُخالِف

Easy on the seeker of dew

Hard on the opposing seeker

مُتَهَجِّداً واَلَيلُ دا

جٍ صائِماً وَاليَومُ صائِف

Staying up while the night is peaceful fasting while the day is hot

Let no pleasure of his appease you

لا يُؤنِسَنَّكَ مِن رِضا

هُ جَريمَةٌ فَلَهُ عَواطِف

For he has emotions

His virtues have ennobled him

شَرُفَت مَناقِبُهُ فَحَل

لَ مِنَ الخِلافَةِ في المَشارِف

So the caliphate was adorned with jewels

From a people whose loyalty

مِن مَعشَرٍ بِوَلائِهِم

تَبيَضُّ في الحَشرِ الصَحائِف

Whitens in the resurrection the scrolls

Red of tongues and gazelles

حُمرُ الأَسِنَّةِ وَالظُبى

بيضُ المَجالي وَالمَعارِف

White pure in knowledge and virtues

O rider whom has carried

يا راكِباً نَهَضَت بِهِ

مِن حَظِّهِ وَجناءُ شارِف

His fortune and lofty destination

He reached his purpose freely without

بَلَغَ المُنى عَفواً وَلَم

يَطوِ المَهامِهَ وَالتَنائِف

Experiencing anxiety and exhaustion

My God, My God if

اللَهَ ثُمَّ اللَهَ إِن

رُفِعَ الحِجابُ وَأَنتَ واقِف

The veil is lifted and you are standing

And you saw the brilliance of prophecy

وَرَأَيتَ لَألاءَ النُبُو

وَةِ وَهوَ بِالأَبصارِ خاطِف

Dazzling the sights

Then kiss its dust-covered cheek

فَاِلثِم ثَراهُ مُعَفِّراً

خَدَّيكَ في تِلكَ المَواقِفِ

In those situations

And say peace be upon you

وَقُلِ السَلامُ عَليكَ يا

خَيرَ الأَئِمَّةِ وَالخَلائِف

O best of imams and caliphs

O son of fierce tribes

يا اِبنَ الأَحامِسِ مِن قُرَي

شٍ وَالجَحاجِحَةِ الغَطارِف

And the loud rumbling torrents

When hopes come burdened

يامَن إِذا حَلَّت بِهِ الآ

مالُ مُسنِيَةً ضَعائِف

They leave lightly from his harbors

Shall I fear the shaking of steps

صَدَرَت ثِقالاً مِن مَوا

هِبِهِ وَقَد وَرَدَت خَفائِف

When you reveal to the glooms?

The caliph cannot blame

أَأَخافُ رائِعَةَ الخُطو

بِ وَأَنتَ لِلغِمّاءِ كاشِف

Those who blame him out of fear

For there is the age of caliphate

إِنَّ الخَليفَةَ لا يُلِم

مُ بِمَن يُلِمُّ بِهِ المَخاوِف

With long lasting survival aligning

And you remained as long as the breeze flowed

فَهَناكَ عُمرُ خِلافَةٍ

طولُ البَقاءِ لَها مُحالِف

And the passions blew tempestuous

Calling out rise at dawn

وَبَقيتَ ما رَكَدَ النَسيمُ

وَهَبَّتِ الهوجُ العَواصِف

Summoning the dawn insistently

Proclaiming the farmer with good tidings

وَدَعا بِحَيَّ عَلى الفَلاحِ

مُبَشِّراً بِالصُبحِ هاتِف

At dawn calling