1. لِلَّهِ يَومانِ تَحكي غَمضَ أجفانِ

    مِن فَرطِ بَهجَتِها لِلَّهِ يَومانِ

    God be praised for two days, fleeting as the closing of eyelids,

    from their sheer delight—God be praised for two days!

  2. يَومانِ يَومانِ في أُوريكَةٍ سَلَفَت

    كَأَنَّهَا مِنحةٌ مِن كَفِّ رِضوانِ

    Two days, two days that passed in Ourika,

    as though a gift from Ridwan's hand.

  3. في مَنزِلٍ قد حَوى كُلَّ المَحاسِنِ مِن

    مُنى قُلوبٍ وأبصارٍ وآذانِ

    In a dwelling that held all the delights

    that hearts and eyes and ears could desire.

  4. ألرَّوضُ أضحى لِفَرطِ البِشرِ مُنتَشِياً

    فَتَلتَقِي فيهِ أغصانٌ بِأَغصانِ

    The garden grew intoxicated with sheer gladness,

    so branches met branches within it.

  5. ومَنظَرٌ خَلَعَ الحُسنَ عليه حُلًى

    يَدُ الطَّبيعةِ وَشَّتها بِإتقانِ

    And a vista clad in beauty's ornaments,

    embroidered with mastery by nature's hand.

  6. فَثَوبُهُ السُّندُسِىُّ رَصَّعَتهُ يَدا

    أزهارِهِ بَيَواقيتٍ ومَرجانِ

    So its fine-silk robe was studded by the two hands

    of its flowers with rubies and coral.

  7. أمامَ وادٍ به ذَوبُ اللُّجَينِ جَرى

    ماءً زُلالاً شَفَى غَلِيلَ ظَمآنِ

    Facing a valley where molten silver flowed,

    as limpid water that slaked a thirsty one's burning thirst.

  8. ومَحفلٌ بِوُجوهِ القَومِ مُزدَهِرٌ

    قَد أمَّهُ الناسُ مِن عُجمٍ وعُربانِ

    And a gathering radiant with the people's leading men,

    to which people flocked, non-Arabs and Arabs alike.

  9. ومِن عَذارَى كَباقاتِ الزُّهورِ شَذاً

    شواعرٌ صَدَحت تَشدو بِألحانِ

    And among maidens fragrant as bouquets of flowers,

    poetesses sang out in melodies.

  10. وصافِناتُ جِيادٍ في مَلاعِبها

    هَبَّت هُبوبَ رِياحٍ تحتَ فُرسانِ

    And fine steeds, standing poised in their exercise grounds,

    surged like winds beneath their riders.

  11. ولِلقِراءَةِ طُلاَّبٌ قدِ اجتَمَعوا

    وسادةٌ مِن ذَوي عِلمٍ وعِرفانِ

    And students had assembled for recitation,

    and dignitaries endowed with learning and insight.

  12. وللِصَّحيح البُخارِي في الضُّحى خَتَموا

    فَالنُّورُ مِنهُ ومِنها اليومَ نُورانِ

    And in the forenoon they completed al-Bukhari's Sahih;

    thus its light and the morning's are two lights today.

  13. وفي العَشِيَ لِمُحتاجٍ بِساحَتهِ

    مَوائِدُ صُفِّفت من كُلِّ ألوانِ

    And in the evening, for the needy in his courtyard,

    tables were laid with foods of every kind.

  14. تَرى وُفودَ الورى تَترى وَكُلُّهُمُ

    لِذلكَ الرَّبعِ شَوقاً جِدُّ لَهفانِ

    You see people's delegations arriving in succession, all of them

    aching with intense longing for that dwelling.

  15. يُقابِلُ الكُلَّ بِالتَّرحابِ ذو خُلُقٍ

    يَحكي شَذَا زَهرِ رَوضٍ غِبَّ هَتَّانِ

    He greets everyone warmly, a man whose character

    is like garden flowers' fragrance after steady rain.

  16. مَن غُرِسَت في حَشَا النَّاسِ مَحَبَّتُهُ

    وَهَيبَةٌ له مِن قَاصٍ ومِن دانِ

    One for whom love is planted deep in people's hearts,

    and whom those far and near regard with awe.

  17. محمدٌ يَا ابنَ عبد الله نَجمُ عُلاً

    سَمِىٌّ فَخرِ الوَرى مِن آلِ عَدنانِ

    Muhammad, O son of Abd Allah, star of glory,

    namesake of humankind's pride of the house of Adnan.

  18. أَلقائدُ القائِدُ الخَيراتِ طالِعُه

    اَخو مُحَيّا بِماءِ البِشرِ رَيَّانِ

    The commander, whose rising star ushers in blessings,

    whose countenance is steeped in the water of gladness.

  19. ما شِئتَ مِن أدَبٍ جَمٍّ ومِن كَرَمٍ

    يُزري بِحاتِمِ طَيٍّ وابنِ عَجلانِ

    All you could wish of abundant refinement and generosity,

    that puts Hatim of Tayy and Ibn Ajlan to shame.

  20. طَلقُ المُحَيَّا بشوشُ الوجهِ طَلعَتُهُ

    تُنسيكَ ما بِكَ مِن هَمٍّ وأحزانِ

    Open of countenance, cheerful of face, his presence

    makes you forget whatever cares and sorrows afflict you.

  21. ذو رُتبةٍ زانَها مِنه تَوَاضُعُهُ

    فَزَادَهُ في الوَرى شاناً على شانِ

    He holds a rank adorned by his humility,

    which has raised him among humankind, honor upon honor.

  22. لا عَيبَ فيهِ واللهِ غَيرُ واحِدَةٍ

    يَنسَى ضُيوفَه فِي أَهلٍ وأوطانِ

    He has no fault, by God, except for one:

    he makes his guests forget their families and homelands.

  23. اَلقلبُ فِي حُرَقٍ مِنِّي لِفرقَتِهِ

    يَزيدُ لاعِجَها شَوقي وتَحناني

    My heart burns with anguish at parting from him;

    my longing and yearning intensify its searing heat.

  24. اُوريكةَ بِجَنابِ القائدِ ابتَهِجى

    بِه فَإِفتَخِري عَن كُلِّ بُلدانِ

    Ourika, rejoice in the commander's presence;

    take pride in him above all other lands.

  25. كما أَحاطت بِبَدرِ التّضمِّ أنجُمُهُ

    بِهِ أَحيطوا يَكُن روحاً لأبدانِ

    As its stars encircle the moon at its fullness,

    surround him, and he will be a soul to your bodies.

  26. فإِنَّهُ السَّيِّدُ المَيمونُ طَالِعُهُ

    وذاكَ سارَ بِهِ حديثُ رُكبانِ

    For he is the lord whose rising star is auspicious,

    and riders' talk has carried that abroad.

  27. أللهُ يُبقيهِ لِلعَلياءِ مُفتَخَراً

    واللهُ يَعصِمُه من كُلِّ شيطانِ

    May God preserve him as the pride of greatness,

    and may God protect him from every devil.