1. معَ الأيام تلتَئِمُ الجِراحُ

    وبعدَ الليلِ ينبلجُ الصَّباح

    As days pass, wounds heal,

    and after night, morning breaks.

  2. ولا تحزَن لحادثَةٍ تجلَّت

    فإن الحُزنَ يَعقُبه انشِرَاحُ

    And do not grieve over a misfortune that has arisen,

    for sorrow is followed by relief.

  3. وكافِح في الحَياة جيوشَ همٍّ

    فإنَّ العيشَ في الدنيا كِفاحُ

    And in life, battle the armies of worry,

    for living in this world is a struggle.

  4. ألَستَ بناظِري من قبل يَومٍ

    وزَندُ الهَمِّ فِيَّ له اقتِدَاح

    Did you not see me a day ago,

    while sorrow's firestick struck sparks within me,

  5. وقد ضَاقَت بِىَ الدنيا مَجَالا

    وأضحَى العِبءُ عني لا يُزَاحُ

    and the world had grown cramped around me,

    and the burden could not be lifted from me?

  6. وُأتبِعُ زَفرةً حرَّى باخرَى

    يكادُ يمَسُّني منها افتِضَاحُ

    And I followed one burning sigh with another,

    nearly bringing disgrace upon me,

  7. إلى أن قد حلَلتُ برَبعِ شهمٍ

    بِجودِهِ هزَّ عِطفَيهِ السَّمَاحُ

    until I alighted at a noble man's dwelling,

    whose shoulders generosity stirred through his bounty.

  8. فساورني سرور وابتهاج

    وعاودني هناء وارتياح

    Then joy and delight swept over me,

    and contentment and ease returned to me.

  9. همام للصديق أجل ذخر

    ولكن للعدو أجل متاح

    A valiant man, a friend's greatest treasure,

    yet for an enemy, an appointed death.

  10. خلاله تعجز الأرقام عدا

    وتخرس ألسن عنها فصاح

    His virtues are more than numbers can count,

    and eloquent tongues fall mute before them.

  11. يَهَشُّ لِزائر كرَماً ولُطفا

    كما هشَّت لِقَطرِ نَدىً بِطَاحُ

    He beams at a visitor with generosity and kindness,

    as plains rejoice at drops of dew.

  12. وتَفترُّ المُنَى لِحِماه ثَغراً

    كَأن عن ثَغرِها افترَّ الأقَاحُ

    And hopes part their smiling lips at his sanctuary,

    as though daisies had blossomed from their lips.

  13. وأخلاقٌ كما نَفَحت زهورٌ

    ومازجَ راحَه الماءٌُ القَرَاحُ

    And virtues like flowers breathing fragrance,

    and pure water mingled with his wine.

  14. بليغُ القولِ يَعجِزُ عنهُ وَصفاً

    ويَقصُرُ عنه شعرٌ وامتِداحُ

    An eloquent speaker cannot describe him,

    and poetry and praise fall short of him.

  15. ويَعرفُه بِنادِي القوم صدُرُ

    وتَعرِفُه الصَّوارِمُ والرِّمَاحُ

    And the place of honor in the people's assembly knows him,

    and sharp swords and spears know him.

  16. محمَّدُ يابنَ إبراهيمَ يا مَن

    بمَجدِه حدَّثَت كتبٌ صِحَاحُ

    Muhammad, O son of Ibrahim, O you

    whose glory trustworthy books have recounted:

  17. سَمِىُّ قد عرفتُك مِن زمانٍ

    كما عَرفت مَجارِيهَا الريَاح

    Namesake, I have known you for a long time,

    as the winds have known their courses.

  18. عرفتكَ إن سطا عنِّي زمانٌ

    فأنتَ له بِيُمنايَ السِّلاحُ

    I have known you: should Time assail me,

    then you are the weapon in my right hand against it.

  19. ودونَكَها كَعذرَا مِن صدِيق

    يًُحيطُ بوجهِها خجلاً وِشَاحُ

    And take her, like a maiden, from a friend,

    a shawl encircling her face in bashfulness.