1. لغةُ البيانِ جمالُها لا يُحْجَبُ

    تبقى المليكةَ مُلْكُها لا يُسلَبُ

    The language of eloquence—her beauty cannot be veiled.

    She remains the queen; her dominion cannot be stolen.

  2. أحتاجُ أُفْصِحُ عن مدى حُبِّي لها

    فَتُعينُني .. فلها بها أتقرَّبُ

    I need to express the extent of my love for her,

    so she helps me; and so, through her, I draw close to her.

  3. لغةٌ بها نزلَ الكِتَابُ منَ السَما

    فلذا وأيمُ اللهِ تاهتْ يَعْرُبُ

    A language in which the Book descended from heaven:

    thus, by God, Ya'rub swelled with pride.

  4. لُغَةٌ بها نطقَ النبيُّ (محمدٌ)

    وهوَ النبيُّ اليَعْرُبيُّ الأَطيَبُ

    A language spoken by the Prophet Muhammad,

    and he is the Arab prophet, the purest.

  5. دَرَسَتْ لُغَاتٌ جَمَّةٌ لكنَّها

    ستظلُّ تُشْرِقُ شَمْسُهَا لا تَغْرُبُ

    Many languages have faded away, but she

    will keep shining; her sun never sets.

  6. دانتْ لهَا كُلُّ اللغَاتِ على المدَى

    ولها الخلودُ لآيها أتعجَّبُ

    All languages have bowed to her throughout the ages,

    and hers is immortality; I marvel at her signs.

  7. لو رُمْتُ أذكرُ مِنْ مناقِبِ فَضْلِهَا

    لمضى الزمَانُ وسورُها لا يُنْقَبُ

    Were I to try to recount some merits of her excellence,

    time would pass, and her wall would remain unbreached.

  8. أمشي على جَمْرِ الوصولِ لدُرِّهَا

    كُلَّ الحروبِ أخوضُ لا أتهيَّبُ

    I walk over embers to reach her pearls;

    I plunge into every war without fear.

  9. وأغوصُ أبحثُ عن جواهِرِهَا التي

    سَهْلٌ لها عندي الذي يُسْتَصْعَبُ

    And I dive, seeking her jewels, for which

    what is deemed difficult comes easily to me.

  10. فإذا وَلجتُ البابَ بابَ أميرتي

    فإذا المعاني والجواهِرُ تُوهَبُ

    So when I enter the gate—my princess's gate—

    then meanings and jewels are bestowed.

  11. يا فرحتي بالضَّادِ حينَ تَخُصُّني

    بودَادِهَا فالعيشُ عيشٌ طيِّبُ

    Oh, my joy in the language of ḍād when she singles me out

    with her affection! Then life is a good life.

  12. أُمسي وأُصبحُ في هوى محبوبتي

    وأظلُّ بينَ نعيمِهَا أتقلَّبُ

    I pass evening and morning in love with my beloved,

    and I remain amid her bliss, reveling in it.

  13. أنا عاشِقٌ لبهائِها وجمالها

    أنا في هواهَا رائِدٌ لا يكذِبُ

    I am a lover of her splendor and beauty.

    In my love for her, I am a scout who does not lie.

  14. لغةٌ سمَتْ فوقَ اللُّغَاتِ جميعِها

    لغةٌ بها ينجابُ ذاكَ الغيهَبُ

    A language that rose above all other languages,

    a language through which that deep darkness is dispelled.

  15. لغةٌ بكُلِّ المَكْرُمَاتِ حقيقَةٌ

    وإلى مكارمِها المكارِمُ تُجلَبُ

    A language worthy of every honor,

    and all noble qualities are brought to her own.

  16. مَنْ فَازَ منها بالوصالِ فمَا لَهُ

    بعدَ الوصالِ اليومَ شيئٌ يُطلَبُ

    Whoever wins union with her has nothing

    left to seek today after that union.

  17. يا مَنْ على عرشِ اللُّغَاتِ تربَّعَتْ

    ماذا يراعي عَنْ جمالِكِ يكتُبُ

    O you who have taken your seat upon the throne of languages,

    what can my reed pen write of your beauty?

  18. ولقدْ رأيتُ لكِ المحاسِنَ جَمَّةً

    ورأيتُ كُلَّ فضيلةٍ لكِ تُنْسَبُ

    Indeed, I have seen your many charms,

    and I have seen every virtue ascribed to you.

  19. أنا كمْ نَهَلْتُ وكمْ عَلَلْتُ وإنَّني

    ما زَالَ قلبي في الزيادَةِ يرغَبُ

    How often I have drunk, and drunk again! And indeed,

    my heart still longs for more.

  20. وأنا بشهدِ الشهدِ أُسْقى دائماً

    مِنْ ثَغْرِ فاتنتي يطيبُ المشرَبُ

    And I am always given the honey of honey to drink;

    from my enchantress's lips, the drink is sweet.

  21. تدنو كما تدنو الثمارُ لطالبٍ

    فيذوق منها كُلَّ ما هو يَعذُبُ

    She draws near as fruit draws near to one who seeks it,

    so he tastes from her all that is sweet.

  22. سارتْ لغاتٌ للشعوبِ بموكبٍ

    وهي المليكَةُ حينَ سَارَ الموكِبُ

    The peoples' languages marched in a procession,

    and she was the queen as the procession marched.

  23. ولها المعاني الساحراتُ حروفُهَا

    وبيانُها .. وبديعُها .. لا يَنْضَبُ

    Hers are enchanting meanings; her letters

    and her eloquence and artistry never run dry.

  24. لغتي لها لحن الوفاءِ عزفتهُ

    نغمَاً لهُ كُلُّ المسامِعِ تَطْرَبُ

    My language—I have played for her a melody of fidelity,

    a tune that makes every ear rejoice.

  25. وإذا تلوتُ حروفَ فاتنتي غدتْ

    بحروفِها صحراءُ روحي تُخْصَبُ

    And when I recite my enchantress's letters,

    through her letters, my soul's desert grows fertile.

  26. والفِكْرُ يورِقُ والقصائِدُ تَزدَهي

    وكأنَّما روضاتُ عقلي تُعْشِبُ

    Thought puts forth leaves, and poems grow resplendent,

    as though the gardens of my mind were sprouting grass.

  27. لو ظَلْتُ عُمريَ مادِحَا لجمالهاً

    فجميعُ مدحي بعضُ ما تَستوجِبُ

    Were I to spend my lifetime praising her beauty,

    all my praise would be but part of what she deserves.

  28. هذي لُغاتُ الأرضِ نَجماتٌ بدتْ

    وحبيبتي بينَ النجومِ الكوكَبُ

    These languages of the earth are stars that have appeared,

    and my beloved among the stars is the planet.

  29. هي للحبيبِ ورودُهَا قدْ أزهَرَتْ

    وعلى العِدا نيرانُها تَتَلَهَّبُ

    For her beloved, her roses have indeed blossomed,

    and against her foes her fires flare.

  30. ووقفتُ مَشدوهَاً بحُسنِ جمالها

     هذا الجمالُ البِكْرُ دومَاً يُخْطَبُ

    And I stood astonished at the loveliness of her beauty;

    this pristine beauty is forever courted.

  31. لكِ ظَاهِرٌ: الكُلُّ يعرفُ قصدَهُ

    وبواطنٌ فيها يتوهُ مُجَرِّبُ

    You have an outward meaning whose intent everyone knows,

    and hidden meanings in which the experienced seeker loses his way.

  32. مَنْ رَامَ يسلو عَنكَ ليسَ لهُ هُنا

    مِنْ حَظِّكِ الأسمَى نَصيبٌ يُطْلَبُ

    Whoever seeks to forget you has no share here

    to seek in your most exalted fortune.

  33. خسئَ الأُلى ضَلُّوا الطريقَ وليتَهمْ

    عَرفوا الحقيقةَ ثمَّ لمْ يتنكَّبوا

    Shame on those who lost the way! If only they

    had known the truth and then not strayed.

  34. الجودُ أنتِ وكفُّكِ البحرُ الذي

    يُعْطي ويُعْطي فيضُهُ لا يُحْجَبُ

    You are generosity, and your palm is the sea that

    gives and gives; its flood cannot be held back.

  35. وعلى يَديْكِ تَحقَّقَتْ كُلُّ المُنى

    وظُنونُ مَنْ يرجو سِوَاكِ تُخَيَّبُ

    At your hands, every wish has come true,

    and the expectations of those who hope in anyone but you are dashed.

  36. عادَاكِ بعضُ المرجِفينَ بجهلِهِمْ

    فعقُولُهمْ عن كُلِّ فهمٍ تُحْجَبُ

    Some rumor-mongers have opposed you in their ignorance,

    so their minds are veiled from all understanding.

  37. قد قَيَّضَ اللهُ المجامِعَ في الدُّنا

    تحمي الحبيبةَ عَنْ عِدَاةٍ تَحْجُبُ

    God has appointed academies in the world,

    to protect the beloved and shield her from enemies.

  38. فيها ليوثُ الفِكرِ قادةُ أُمَّةٍ

    وهمُ الأُلى آراؤُهمْ هيَ أصوَبُ

    Within them are lions of thought, leaders of a nation,

    and they are those whose opinions are the soundest.

  39. وهمُ الأُلى للهِ جُرِّدَ عزْمُهمْ

    كُلٌّ على حفظِ الأميرةِ يَدْأَبُ

    And they are those whose resolve is devoted solely to God;

    each works tirelessly to preserve the princess.

  40. سَلُّوا الصوارِمَ لا يُشَقُّ غُبَارُهَا

    يَذَرُونَ مَنْ عادَاهُمُ يَتَرَقَّبُ

    They drew keen swords; none can pierce their dust.

    They leave whoever opposes them waiting in suspense.

  41. فاللهَ أسألُ أنْ يُبَارِكَ جَهْدَهمْ

    واللهُ ربِّي قادِرٌ .. لا يُغلَبُ

    So I ask God to bless their efforts,

    and God, my Lord, is powerful and cannot be defeated.

  42. ولَيَجْعَلَنِّي اللهُ مِنْ حُرَّاسِهَا

    فهيَ السعَادَةُ والنعيمُ الأَطيَبُ

    And God will surely make me one of her guardians,

    for she is happiness and the sweetest bliss.

  43. ولأَرْفَعَنَ لواءَهَا فَوقَ الذُّرى

    قلمي وقِرطاسي هُنالِكَ أَصْحَبُ

    And I shall surely raise her banner above the peaks;

    there I take my pen and paper with me.

  44. لأُدَبِجَنَّ لها القَصائِدَ مادِحَاً

    تُتْلى إلى يومِ القيامَةِ.. تُكتَبُ

    I shall surely compose poems for her in praise,

    recited until the Day of Resurrection, written down.