هَل لِأَخي صَبوَةٍ نِزوعُ
أَم لِزَمانِ الحِمى رُجوعُ
Does my brother have a short return
Or is there a comeback of the time of distress
أَم هَل لِأَقمارِهِ السَواري
بَعدَ سِرارِ النَوى طُلوعُ
Or will his shining moons rise again
After the concealment of purpose
لِلَّهِ أَيّامُنا بِجَمعٍ
وَشَملُ أَحبابِنا جَميعُ
By God, our days are all together
And all our loved ones embraced
وَما خَلَت مِنهُمُ المَغاني
وَلا عَفَت مِنهُمُ الرُبوعُ
The songs did not stop singing about them
Nor did the meadows stop being lush
وَأَسهُمُ البَينِ طائِشاتٌ
عَنّا وَتَيرُ النَوى وُقوعُ
And their arrows of separation wander aimlessly
Missing us, while the purpose falls down
وَما سَعى بِالفِراقِ ساعٍ
وَلا أَذاعَ الهَوى مُذيعُ
No striver worked for separation
Nor did a lovesick one spread love
بانوا بِشَرخِ الهَوى وَأَبقوا
قَلباً بِهِ لِلنَوى صُدوعُ
They showed separation’s rift and kept
A heart that the purpose made susceptible
وَزَفَراتٍ تَكادُ وَجداً
تَنفَضُّ مِن حَرِّها الضُلوعُ
And sighs that almost
Shed from their heat ribs
كَيفَ يَزورُ الخَيالُ جَفناً
جَفاهُ مُذ بِنتُمُ الهُجوعُ
How can imagination visit an eyelid
That has been sleeping since you settled
أَو يَنجَعُ العَذلُ في مُحِبٍّ
دُموعُهُ فيكُمُ نَجيعُ
Or yearning comfort a lover
Whose tears in you are streaming
لا رَقَأَت فيكَ لِلغَوادي
يا بُرقَتَي عاقِلٍ دُموعُ
No tears cured your intelligent lightning O one crying over the valleys
And O songs of passion, heaps of sorrow
وَيامَغاني اللِوى أَرَبَّت
عَليكِ هَطّالَةٌ هَموعُ
Have piled upon you
Until when you decided to depart
حَتّى إِذا أَزمَعَت رَحيلاً
أَقامَ في رَبعِكَ الرَبيعُ
Spring stayed in your meadow
Do I have a messenger to Loa
هَل لي إِلى عَلوَةٍ رَسولٌ
أَم هَل إِلى وَصلِها شَفيعُ
Or do I have an intercessor to her connection
A white one that rain drips
بَيضاءُ يَستَمطِرُ المَآقي
مِن ثَغرِها مُزنَةٌ لَموعُ
From her mouth a trembling juicy redness
Dawn shines on her face
يُشرِقُ في وَجهِها صَباحٌ
عَلَيها مِن فَرعِها هَزيعُ
From her branch, a youthful vigor
Innovating in beauty, my fervor found her
مُبدِعَةٌ في الجَمالِ وَجدي
بِها عَلى أَنَّهُ بَديعُ
As if she were the ultimate in wonderful
And my father found her virtues
وَجَدَ أَبي الفَضلِ بِالمَعالي
وَهوَ بِها مُغرَمٌ وَلوعُ
While he is enamored and burning with desire
A rip behind the veil a fragrant
خِرقٌ وَراءَ اللِثامِ مِنهُ
فَجرٌ إِذا شِمتَهُ صَديعُ
Radiance when you smell it
Her excuses out of shyness fell short
ضا قَت مَعاذيرُهُ حَياءً
وَباعُ مَعروفِهِ وَسيعُ
And her good deeds are plentiful
Her place of disobedience is barren
مَورِدُ عِصيانِهِ وَخَيمٌ
وَرَوضُ إِحسانِهِ مَريعُ
And the meadow of her beneficence fertile
Call upon her, she responds to his call
ناديهِ يَستَجِب نَداهُ
فَهوَ بَصيرُ النَدى سَميعُ
For she is perceptive of the call, hearing
I resisted the changing of time against her
قارَعتُ صَرفَ الزَمانِ مِنهُ
بِماجِدٍ مالَهُ قَريعُ
With glories that time has no power to erode
He carries in the day of excitement from her
يَحمِلُ يَومَ الهِياجِ مِنهُ
مَتالِفاً طَرفُهُ التَليعُ
A sideglance that is flirtatious and glancing
The battlefields are stamped with his determination
مِن عَزمِهِ تُطبَعُ المَواضي
وَرَأيِهِ تُنسَجُ الدُروعُ
And his opinion weaves the coats of mail
A palm that stopped the misfortunes from her
كَفَّت يَدَ الخَطبِ مِنهُ كَفٌّ
كَالدَهرِ ضَرّارَةٌ نَفوعُ
Like time, harmful yet beneficial
He rains his call upon us constantly
يَمطُرُنا دائِماً نَداها
فَدَهرُنا كُلُّهُ رَبيعُ
So our time is entirely spring
He unsheathes a sword if roused against her
يُجيلُ رُقشاً إِذا اِنتَضاها
لَم يُرقَ مِن كَيدِها لَسيعُ
No feeble one pierced her plot
Her saliva is honey for the loyal
ريقَتُها لِلوَلِيِّ شَهدٌ
وَسُمُّها للِعِدى نَقيعُ
And her poison ruin for the enemy
By God, how many times did the wilderness
لِلَّهِ كَم قَلَّدَ البَرايا
صَنيعَةً سَيفُهُ الصَنيعُ
Emulate the craftsmanship of his sword
It warded off the calamities of time from us
ذَبَّ عَوادي الزَمانِ عَنّا
ذُبابُهُ الباتِرُ القَطوعُ
Its penetrating, cutting plague
When adversities afflict us
إِذا أَلَمَّت بِنا الرَزايا
فَرَأيُهُ المَعقِلُ المَنيعُ
His opinion is the stronghold, the unassailable
He extended over us the porch of justice
مَدَّ عَلَينا رُواقَ عَدلٍ
وَنَحنُ في ظِلِّهِ رُتوعُ
And we in its shade are calm
Eyes watching over the subjects for him
تَرعى الرَعايا لَهُ جُفونٌ
مُستَيقِظاتٌ وَهُم هُجوعُ
Stay awake while they are sleeping
Misfortunes made pilgrimage to his door
حَجَّت إِلى بابِهِ المَطايا
يَقذِفُها النازِحُ الشَسوعُ
The repeller pushes them back ferociously
Ships whose riders are deluded
تَخوضُ بَحرَ السَرابِ مِنها
سَفائِنٌ رَكبُها القُلوعُ
Traverse from them the mirage sea
He left of their snouts only the ruins
لَم يُبقِ في خُطمِها المَوامي
مِنها سِوى أَذرُعٍ تَبوعُ
Except for forearms that are decaying
As if they are plummeting in humiliation
كَأَنَّها في النُسوعِ تَهوي
بِشُعثِ رُكبانِها نُسوعُ
With the disheveledness of its riders, humiliated
They prayed with their hopes to him
صَلّوا بِآمالِهِم إِلَيهِ
فَهُم بِأَكوارِها رُكوعُ
So they bow down on its knees
Until it rested on a generous one
حَتّى أُنيخَت عَلى كَريمٍ
يُعطي وَصَوبُ الحَيا مَنوعُ
Who gives while the living forbid
A group whose roots originated
مَن مَعشَرٍ أَنجَبَت أُصولٌ
لَهُم فَطابَت بِهِم فُروعُ
Noble branches flourished through them
Their lineage is like the bright day
أَحسابُهُم كَالنَهارِ بيضٌ
غُرٌّ وَأَعراضُهُم تَضوعُ
Honorable and their standards exalted
They built the house of the kings’ glory
شادوا بِعِزِّ المُلوكِ بَيتاً
بِناؤُهُ باذِخٌ رَفيعُ
Its construction elevated and lofty
Neither wealth feels safe from it
أَروَعُ لا المالُ في آمانٍ
مِنهُ وَلا جارُهُ مَروعُ
Nor its neighbor fearful
Its feast comes slowly
وَعيدُهُ نازِحٌ بَطيءٌ
وَوَعدُهُ مُكشِبٌ سَريعُ
And its promise arrives quickly
He surrenders to God utterly
يَخضَعُ لِلَّهِ مُستَكيناً
وَالناسُ طُرّاً لَهُ خُضوعُ
While the people bow down to him fully
He begins with his authority obeyed
يُمسي وَسُلطانُهُ مُطاعٌ
وَهوَ لِسُلطانِهِ مُطيعُ
And he obeys his own authority
The Imam stripped his wrath from him
جَرَّدَ مِنهُ الإِمامُ عَضبا
ذا شُطَبٍ حَدُّهُ قَطوعُ
With a cutting edge, its limit decapitation
He presented himself advancing swiftly
قَدَّمَهُ مُقدِماً جَرِيّا
فَلا جَبانٌ وَلا هَلوعُ
No coward and no timid one
He took on its burdens competently
قامَ بِأَعبائِهِ ضَليعاً
وَقَد وَنى الرَازِخُ الظَليعُ
While the firm towering one despaired
A status no merit reached
مَنزِلَةٌ ما اِرتَقى إِلَيها ال
فَضلُ وَلا نالَها الرَبيعُ
And no springtime attained
O gift of God, O the one whose
ياهِبَةَ اللَهِ ذا الأَيادي
يَفديكَ مَن بَرقُهُ خَدوعُ
Lightning is brilliant when unsheathed
No treacherous one has access to his riverbank
لَيسَ عَلى وِردِهِ لِعافٍ
وَلا لِذي غُلَّةٍ شُروعُ
Nor one with deceitful thoughts intentions
He never cared for a pact before him
لَم يُرعَ يَوماً لَديهِ عَهدٌ
وَلا زَكا عِندَهُ صَنيعُ
Nor was a deed refined in his eyes
Justice is to ransom the generous not the
وَالعَدلُ أَن يَفدِيَ الجَوادَ ال
بَخيلُ وَالحافِظَ المُضيعُ
Miserly one, and the neglectful preserver
You sought the highest aspiration and sale value
طُلتَ الوَرى هِمَّةً وَباعاً
وَقَصَّرَت أَذرُعٌ وَبوعُ
While forearms tired and became exhausted
So describe to her with the traits of
فَاِجتَلِ بِكراً لَها بِوَصفِ ال
جَمالِ مِن نَفسِها شَفيعُ
Beauty from her own being an intercessor
She who makes the soul musical, no greed resembled her
عازِفَةَ النَفسِ لَم يَشُبها
حِرصٌ وَلا عابَها قُنوعُ
Nor did contentment fault her
When called upon, she accepts
لَها إِذا اِستُجلِيَت قَبولٌ
كَأَنَّها غادَةٌ شَموعُ
As if she were a candle being lit
The one sitting with her attains a share
يَنالُ مِنها الجَليسُ حَظّاً
يُحرَمُهُ عِندَها الضَجيعُ
Denied to the one lying with her
A loyal poet purified her
نَقَّحَها شاعِرٌ وَلِيٌّ
لِدَرِّ إِحسانِكُم رَضيعُ
For the pearl of your benevolence an infant
He spreads from her in every club
يَنشُرُ مِنها بِكُلِّ نادٍ
لَطائِماً نَشرُها يَضوعُ
A shining whose spread is flowing
And the vile one with the lofty building rages
وَاِبقَ رَفيعَ البِناءِ يَشجى
بِغَيظِهِ ضِدُّكَ الوَضيعُ
With fury, your foe the despicable one
In a blessing whose shade is extended
في نِعمَةٍ ظِلُّها مَديدٌ
وَدَولَةٍ طَودُها مَنيعُ
And a state whose pillars are strong
No parting of friends occurred carousing
ما خَلَعَت صَبوَةٌ عِذاراً
وَما اِنتَشى شارِبٌ خَليعُ
Nor did a vile drinker cheer
