هَيِّنٌ ما يَقولُ فيكَ اللاحي
بَعدَ إِطفاءِ غُلَّتي وَاِلتِياحي
How trivial what the slanderers say of you
After my rage has subsided and I feel relieved
كُنتُ أَشكو شَكوى المُصَرِّحِ فَالآ
نَ أُلاقي النَوى بِدَمعٍ صُراحِ
I used to complain the complaint of one being open
Yet now I meet adversity with flowing tears
هَل إِلى ذي تَجَنُّبٍ مِن سَبيلٍ
أَم عَلى ذي صَبابَةٍ مِن جُناحِ
Is it to one who avoids the path
Or one who is youthful and bright of wing?
فَسَقى جانِبَ المَناظِرِ فَالقَص
رِ هَزيمُ المُجَلجِلِ السَحّاحِ
So it watered the cheeks with slapping
The defeat of the rumbling, clamorous one
حينَ جاءَت فَوتَ الرَواحِ فَقُلنا
أَيُّ شَمسٍ تَجيءُ فَوتَ الرَواحِ
When the wafting breeze came, we said
What sun comes on the wafting breeze?
هَزَّ مِنها شَرخُ الشَبابِ فَجالَت
فَوقَ خَصرٍ كَثيرِ جَولِ الوِشاحِ
From it shook the bloom of youth
Above a waist of ample, billowing robe
وَأَرَتنا خَدّاً يَراحُ لَهُ الوَر
دُ وَيَشتَمُّهُ جَنى التُفّاحِ
And it showed us a cheek, for which the rose fades
And which the apple’s bloom envies
وَشَتيتاً يَغُضُّ مِن لُؤلُؤٍ النَظ
مِ وَيُزري عَلى شَتيتِ الأَقاحي
And a disarrayed pearlshell
That outshines the scattered pearls
فَأَضاءَت تَحتَ الدُجُنَّةِ لِلشَر
بِ وَكادَت تُضيءُ لِلمِصباحِ
So it shone under the canopy for drinking
And almost illuminated the lantern
وَأَشارَت إِلى الغِناءِ بِأَلحا
ظٍ مِراضٍ مِنَ التَصابي صِحاحِ
And it gestured to singing with glances
Of pleasing, eloquent intoxication
فَطَرِبنا لَهُنَّ قَبلَ المَثاني
وَسَكِرنا مِنهُنَّ قَبلَ الراحِ
So we were stirred by them before sobriety
And drunk with them before comfort
قَد تُديرُ الجُفونُ مِن عَدَمِ الأَل
بابِ ما لا يَدورُ في الأَقداحِ
The eyelids may whirl in the absence of causes
What whirls not in the cups
يا أَبا مُسلِمٍ تَلَفَّت إِلى الشَر
قِ وَأَشرِف لِلبارِقِ اللَمّاحِ
O Abu Muslim, turn to the east
And look out for the gleaming lightning
مُستَطيراً يَقومُ في جانِبِ اللَي
لِ عَلى عَرضِهِ مَقامَ الصَباحِ
A morning star rising on the side of night
Assuming the stance of dawn in its breadth
وَمُنيفاً يُريكَ مَنبِجَ نَصّاً
وَهِيَ زَهراءُ مِن جَميعِ النَواحي
And a bright one showing you the nectar gushing
As it is blossoming from all sides
وَرِياضاً بَينَ العُبَيدِيِّ فَالقَص
رِ فَأَعلى سِمعانَ فَالمُستَراحِ
And gardens between Ubaydi and the palace
Above Sim’aan, below Al-Mustarah
عَرَصاتٌ قَد أَبرَحَت حُرَقَ الشَو
قِ إِلَيهِنَّ أَيَّما إِبراحِ
Flat lands that have moved from burning passions
To them, however far the moving
فَإِذا شِئتَ فَاِرفَعِ العيسَ يَنحَت
نَ بِحَرِّ الوَجيفِ نَحتَ القِداحِ
So if you wish, then raise the noble one
To carve with the heat of carrion the cups
لِتُعينَ السَحابَ ثَمَّ عَلى إِس
قاءِ أَرضٍ غَربَ الفُراتِ بَراحِ
That you may help the clouds then to pour
Upon a land west of the Euphrates, pouring
لا تُتِمُّ السُقيا بِساحَةِ قَومٍ
لَم يَبيتوا في نائِلٍ وَسَماحِ
Complete not the irrigation in the field of people
Who have not spent the night in plenty and generosity
وَلَعَمري لَئِن دَعَوتُكَ لِلجو
دِ لَقِدماً لَبَيَّتَني بِالنَجاحِ
By my life, if I call you to generosity
You would spend the night causing me success
خُلُقٌ كَالغَمامِ لَيسَ لَهُ بَر
قٌ سِوى بِشرِ وَجهِكَ الوَضّاحِ
A nature like the clouds, having no lightning
Except the good tidings of your shining face
إِرتِياحاً لِلطالِبينَ وَبَذلاً
وَالمَعالي لِلباذِلِ المُرتاحِ
Comfort for the seekers and gifts
And the heights for the giver feeling comfort
أَيُّ جَدَّيكَ لَم يَفُت وَهُوَ ثانٍ
مِن مَساعيهِ أَلسُنَ المُدّاحِ
Which of your two ancestors missed, though late
The tongues of the eulogizers praising him?
وَكِلا جانِبَيكَ سَبطَ الخَوافي
حينَ تَسمو أَثيثُ ريشِ الجَناحِ
And on both your sides the noble descendants
When the furnishings of the wing rise high
شَرَفٌ بَينَ مُسلِمِ المَج
دِ وَعَبدِ العَزيزِ وَالصَبّاحِ
Noble between Muslim Al-Mujashshiʿ
And ʿAbdul ʿAziz and As-Sabbah
