لَمّا شَدَتِ الوُرقُ عَلى الأَغصانِ

بَينَ الوَرَقِ

When the leaves tightened on the branches

Between the leaves

ماسَت طَرَباً بِها غُصونُ البانِ

كَالمُغتَبِقِ

The branches of acacia swayed, enraptured

Like an embrace

الطَيرُ شَدا

وَمَنظَرُ الزَهرِ بَدا

The birds chirped

And the sight of flowers appeared

وَالقَطرُ غَدا

يوليهِ جوداً وَنَدى

And the rain passed

Bestowing generosity and dew

وَالجَونُ حَدا

وَمَدَّ في الجَوِّ رِدا

And the atmosphere stretched

And the narcissus, its languid eyelid

وَالنَرجِسُ جَفنُ طَرفِهِ الوَسنانِ

لَم يَنطَبِقِ

Did not shut

Rather it spent the night staring at the gardens of mint

بَل باتَ إِلى شَقائِقِ النُعمانِ

ساهي الحَدَقِ

Cheerful, awake

O night we spent with it, honor residing

يا لَيلَةً بِتنا وَبِها العِزُّ مُقيم

ما بَينَ حِياضٍ وَرياضٍ وَنَسيم

Between gardens and meadows and a breeze

Dawn did not give us time to enjoy bliss

ما أَمهَلَنا الصُبحُ لِنَحظى بِنَعيم

لَكِن تَجَلَّت عَلى الظَلامِ الواني

But the sun of the horizon appeared upon the fading darkness

Until it reddened the thickets of cane

شَمسُ الأُفُقِ

حَتّى خَضَبَت مِنَ النَجيعِ القاني

With the sword of dawn

When spring brandished its swords in the land

سَيفَ الشَفَقِ

لَمّا شَهَرَ الرَبيعُ في الأَرضِ نِصال

With fertility, it stretched out on the battlegrounds of beauty and connection

And the flowers flourished and the wind gained attributes

بِالخِصبِ سَطا في مَعرِكِ المَحلِ وَصال

وَالزَهرُ ذَكا وَأَكسَبَ الريحَ خِصال

And the rain intended with its floods the valleys

Between the paths

وَالغَيثُ هَمى بِوَبلِهِ الهَتّانِ

بَينَ الطُرُقِ

From a concealed place in the pasture of deceit

Or set free

مِن مُحتَبِسٍ في سَرحَةِ الغُدرانِ

أَو مُنطَلِقِ

The breaths of the morning breeze gave me

What the fragrance of flowers contains

أَهدَت لي أَنفاسُ نَسيمِ السَحَرِ

ما أَودَعَها طيبُ أَريجِ الزَهَرِ

I don't know, has it come with a scattering of perfume

With flowers, the slopes of Ardan became musky

لَم أَدرِ وَقَد جاءَت بِنَشرٍ عَطِرِ

بِالزَهرِ غَدَت مِسكِيَّةَ الأَردانِ

For the smeller

Or did the scattering of the Sultan's robe give it

لِلمُنتَشِقِ

أَم أَكسَبَها نَشرُ ثَنا السُلطانِ

A beautiful scent

A king whose shrouds encompassed every stranger

طيبَ العَبَقِ

مَلكٌ كَفَلَت أَكفانُهُ كُلَّ غَريب

How far he sends away with bestowal those who were close

He shrinks away shyly as if dreading him

كَم أَبعَدَ بِالنَوالِ مَن كانَ قَريب

يَنأى خَجَلاً كَأَنَّهُ مِنهُ مُريب

Shyness has distanced me from his presence

Not because of encounter

عَن حَضرَتِهِ الحَياءُ قَد أَقصاني

لا عَن مَلَقِ

Rather I distance myself from the places of floods

Fearing to drown

بَل أَبعُدُ عَن مَواقِعِ الطوفانِ

خَوفَ الغَرَقِ

Were it not for the intentions of the righteous king, I would not

Have seen the protection of the august made protection

لَولا عَزَماتُ المَلِكِ الصالِحِ ما

شاهَدتُ حِمى الشَهباءِقَد صارَ حِمى

Indeed what improves goes against obedience, even if it improves protection

If the possessors of crowns witnessed his might

إِنَّ صالَحَ ما يَعصي وَإِن صالَ حَمى

إِن شاهَدَ بَأسَهُ ذَوو التيجانِ

Under the threat

Because of his awe they fell to the chins

تَحتَ الحَلَقِ

مِن هَيبَتِهِ خَرّوا إِلى الأَذقانِ

Like a neck

His bounty brought me into existence after nothingness

مِثلَ العُنُقِ

قَد أَوجَدَني نَداهُ بَعدَ العَدَمِ

When he protected my face and blood from people

I did not clap my hands feeling regret before him

إِذ صانَ عَنِ الأَنامِ وَجهي وَدَمي

لَم أَصفُق كَفّي عِندَهُ مِن نَدَمِ

If I wished to the stretches of desolation my homelands

During drowning

لَو شِئتُ لِهامَةِ السُهى أَوطاني

عِندَ الغَرَقِ

Were it not for him I would not have turned away from my homelands

After anxiety

لَولاهُ لَما سَلَوتُ عَن أَوطاني

بَعدَ القَلَقِ

O son of the victorious king, O best successor

You who are a model of those past

يا اِبنَ المَلِكِ المَنصورِ يا خَيرَ خَلَف

يا مَن هُوَ أُنموذَجُ مَن كانَ سَلَف

How much treasure of money have you wasted without waste

When you distributed what the expanse of time contained

كَم أَتلَفَ كَنزَ المالِ مِن غَيرِ تَلَف

إِذ فَرَّقَ ما حَوى مَدى الأَزمانِ

Among the sects

For wealth is transient and everything passes

بَينَ الفِرَقِ

فَالمالُ فَني وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فانِ

And mention remains

Happy with the continuity of the kingdom, you have always been happy

وَالذِكرُ بَقي

إِسعَد بِدَوامِ المُلكِ لا زِلتَ سَعيد

Since you are nobler than I congratulate you on an occasion

You were congratulated and did not cease to show and repeat

إِذ أَنتَ أَجَلُّ مِن أَن أُهَنّيكَ بِعيد

هُنّيتَ وَلا بَرِحتَ تُبدي وَتُعيد

You show to people of aspiration and brethren

Good manners

تُبدي لِذَوي الرَجاءِ وَالإِخوانِ

حُسنَ الخُلُقِ

Since in you is the perfection of beauty and benevolence

They have not parted

إِذ فيكَ كَمالُ الحُسنِ وَالإِحسانِ

لَم يَفتَرِقِ