واُبتزَّني رأْيَ عزّ الدّينِ مُستلِباً

من بعدما عمّنِي إحسانُه وضَفَا

And I'm impressed by how excellent Aziz al-Din's view is,

Seeking it after his kindness has taught me,

أضَافَنِي عتبهُ همّاً شَجِيتُ بهِ

أبانَ عن نَاظِري طِيبَ الكَرى ونَفَى

His blame added worries that made me suffer,

Revealing my observer's amicable sight and denied,

أتَتهُ عَنِّي أحاديثٌ مُزَخرفَةٌ

ما إنْ بِها عنهُ وهْو الألمَعيُّ خَفَا

Stories embellished came to him about me,

Nothing of which against him, for he is most brilliant, was hidden,

لكنّها وافَقتْ من قَلبِهِ مَلَلاً

لم يَسْتبِنْ صحّةَ الدّعوَى ولا كَشَفَا

But they coincided with boredom in his heart,

He didn't verify the validity of the claim nor uncover,

وما الرِّضَا ببعيدٍ من خَلائِقِهِ

وهي السّلافَةُ راقتْ رقّةً وصَفَا

And satisfaction with one far from his traits isn't

When affability appealed to him and joined,

يا مَن حَوَى قصَباتِ السّبقِ أجمعَها

فما يُرى اُثْنانِ في تفضيلِهِ اُختلَفَا

O you who contained all the glories of precedence,

So none are seen differing in preferring him over another,

أَنفقْتُ مُذهَبَ عُمرِي في رضاكَ وما

رأيتُ مُنفِقَ عُمرٍ واجداً خَلَفَا

I spent my life's doctrine pleased with you and haven't

Seen anyone spend a lifetime and find a replacement,

لَكِنّني اُعتضْتُ منه حُسنَ رأيِكَ لي

فَنِلتُ منه العُلا والعزَّ والشّرفَا

But I'm prevented by the goodness of your view for me

So I attained through it height, honor, and nobility,

حتّى إذَا أنَا ماثَلْتُ النجومَ عُلاً

وقلتُ قَد نِلتُ من أيامِيَ الزُّلَفَا

Until when I equaled stars in height

And said that I got intimacy from my days,

أريتَنِي بَعد بِشْرٍ هجرةً وقِلىً

وبَعد بِرٍّ ولُطفٍ قَسوةً وجَفَا

You showed me after good tidings estrangement and agony,

And after righteousness and kindness harshness and aloofness,

فَعُدتُ صِفَر يدٍ ممّا ظَفِرتُ بهِ

كأنَّ ما نِلْتُهُ من كَفّيَ اخْتُطِفَا

So I returned empty-handed from what I had attained,

As if what I got was snatched right out of my palms,

هبْنِي أتيتُ بِجَهلٍ ما قُذِفتُ به

فأَين حِلمُكَ والفضلُ الّذِي عُرِفَا

Drive me, I came in ignorance of what was cast upon me,

So where is your forbearance and excellence that was known?

ولاَ ومَن يعلمَ الأسرارَ حِلْفَةَ من

يَبَرُّ فيما أتَى إن قَال أو حَلَفَا

And who knows the covenants of the inner self of one

Who shows integrity whether he said or swore?

ما حدّثَتْنِيَ نَفسي عندَ خَلوتِها

بما تُعَنِّفُنِي فيهِ إذا اُنكَشَفَا

My soul didn't tell me in its solitude

What it reproaches me for when uncovered,

لكنّها شِقوةٌ حَانَتْ وأَقضِيَةٌ

حَبَتْنِيَ الهمَّ مذُ عَامَينِ والأَسفَا

But it's wretchedness that transpired and a decree

That loved me worries for two years and sorrow,

تداولَتْنِي أمورٌ غيرُ واحدةٍ

لو حُمِّلَ الطَّوْدُ أدنَى ثِقْلِهَا نُسِفَا

Various matters have switched me,

If the slightest weight of them was carried, it would be shredded,

وأقْصَدَتْني سهامُ الحاسِدِيّ عَلَى

فَوزِي بقُربِكَ حتى قَرطَسُوا الهَدَفا

And the arrows of enviers struck me

For my access to you until they pierced the target,

وبعدَ مَا نَالني إن جُدتَ لي برضاً

فقد غفرتُ لدَهرِي كلَّ مَا سلَفَا

And after what befell me, if you're kind to me again,

Then I've forgiven my fate all that's passed,

وذاكَ ظَنّي فإن يَصدُقَ فأنت لِما

رجوتُ أهلٌ وإنْ يُخفِقْ فوا أسفَا

And that's my assumption, so if it's true you're worthy of what

I hoped, and if it fails, oh what regrets!

حاشَاكَ تَغدُو ظُنوني فيكَ مُخفِقَةً

أو يَنثني أمَلي باليأسِ مُنْصرَِفاً

Far from you, my assumptions of you fail

Or my hopes fold in despair and turn away,

وجُنَّتِي من زماني حُسنُ رأيكَ بي

أكرِمْ بها جُنّةً لا البِيضَ والزَّغَفَا

And my paradise in my time is your good view of me

Honor it with a paradise, not with white or green,

أَلِفتُ منكَ حُنُوَّاً منذ كنتُ وقَد

فقدتُهُ وشديدٌ فقدُ ما أُلِفَا

I'm accustomed to your affection since I was, and have

Lost it, and the loss of what is accustomed is severe,

وغيرُ مُستنكَرٍ منكَ الحُنُوُّ علَى

مثِلي ولو زَاغَ يوماً ضَلّةً وهَفَا

And unsurprising from you is affection for

The likes of me, even if he once strayed and slipped,

فَعُدْ لأحسَن ما عَوَّدتَ مِن حَسَنٍ

يا مَن إذا جَادَ وفَّى أو أذَمَّ وَفَى

So return to the best of goodness you've accustomed,

O you who when you give, fulfills, or if he wrongs, makes amends

واُسلَمْ لنا ثالِثاً للنَّيِّرَينِ عُلاً

وزِدْ إذا نَقصَا واُسرُفْ إذا كُسِفَا

And submit to us a third time in height for the two brilliants,

And add if they're lacking and exceed if they're disappointed,

أيّامُنا بك أعيادٌ بأجمعِهَا

فدُم لنا ما دَجَا ليلٌ وما عَكَفَا

Our days with you are celebrations altogether,

So let remain what night has brought and dusk has wrapped.