لأية حالٍ فيْضُ دمعِكَ هتّانُ

لأية حالٍ فيْضُ دمعِكَ هتّانُ

وما هذه نعْمٌ ولا تلك نَعمانُ

وما هذه نعْمٌ ولا تلك نَعمانُ

For what reason does your flood of tears stream down?

For what state is the flowing of your tears submissive?

This is not Nuʿm, nor is that Naʿman.

And this is neither a blessing nor that a blessing

أكلُّ مكانٍ للبخيلةِ منزلٌ

أكلُّ مكانٍ للبخيلةِ منزلٌ

وكلُّ حمولٍ للبخيلةِ إظغانُ

وكلُّ حمولٍ للبخيلةِ إظغانُ

Is every place a dwelling of the miserly beloved,

Every place for the miserly is a house

and every laden caravan her departing train?

And every burden for the miserly is a groan

وإلا فهلْ أسررت رأي متمّمٍ

وإلا فهلْ أسررت رأي متمّمٍ

فبانَ على آثارِهم عندما بانوا

فبانَ على آثارِهم عندما بانوا

If not, did you conceal Mutammim's thought,

Unless you have secretly resolved a counselor's opinion

only for it to show in their tracks when they departed?

So by their traces when they appeared was made clear

سقى اللهُ نُعمانَ الأراك مدامعي

سقى اللهُ نُعمانَ الأراك مدامعي

وقلتُ ولو أن المدامعَ طوفانُ

وقلتُ ولو أن المدامعَ طوفانُ

May God water Nuʿman of the arak trees with my tears;

May God water the plains with my tears as Nu'man's

I said so, even were those tears a deluge.

And I said though the tears be a deluge

ديارٌ بها للسُمْرِ غابٌ وللظِّبا

ديارٌ بها للسُمْرِ غابٌ وللظِّبا

جداولُ أنهارٍ وللجردِ غِزْلانُ

جداولُ أنهارٍ وللجردِ غِزْلانُ

Dwellings where tawny spears are a forest, and sword-blades

Abodes wherein for the wild cows a thicket, and for the gazelles

are river-channels, and sleek horses are gazelles.

Brooks of rivers, and for the bare ground fawns

إذا رتَعَتْ آرامُها قلتُ وجْرةٌ

إذا رتَعَتْ آرامُها قلتُ وجْرةٌ

وإن ربضَتْ آسادُها قلتُ خُفّانُ

وإن ربضَتْ آسادُها قلتُ خُفّانُ

When its gazelles grazed, I said, “Wajra”;

When their she-camels Big with Young repose I said a pregnant one

and when its lions crouched, I said, “Khuffan.”

And when their lions crouch I said a lioness

نعمتُ بها والعيشُ أخضرُ يانعٌ

نعمتُ بها والعيشُ أخضرُ يانعٌ

وغصنُ الصِبا لدِنُ المعاطفِ ريّانُ

وغصنُ الصِبا لدِنُ المعاطفِ ريّانُ

I lived in bliss there, while life was green and ripe,

I had delight therein what time the life was green and blooming

and youth's branch, supple in its bends, was lush.

And the boughs of youth to the garments' skirts fluttering

فما نهدَتْ عن شرْعةِ الحبِّ ناهدٌ

فما نهدَتْ عن شرْعةِ الحبِّ ناهدٌ

ولا أوهنَ الشملَ المجمّعَ وهْنانُ

ولا أوهنَ الشملَ المجمّعَ وهْنانُ

No budding-breasted maiden strayed from love's path,

So no chanter unto law of love chanted a ditty

nor did a languid one weaken our united company.

Nor the league united enfeebled any weakness

أما وبدورٍ في غُصونٍ تمايلتْ

أما وبدورٍ في غُصونٍ تمايلتْ

وما هي أقمارٌ ولا تلك أغصانُ

وما هي أقمارٌ ولا تلك أغصانُ

Ah, by full moons amid branches that swayed—

Lo! towers on the boughs were nodding

yet they are no moons, nor are those branches—

Yet neither planets they nor are those boughs

لقد جبتَ عرْضَ البيد وهي فسيحةٌ

لقد جبتَ عرْضَ البيد وهي فسيحةٌ

ودُسْتَ عيرنَ الليثِ والليثُ غضبانُ

ودُسْتَ عيرنَ الليثِ والليثُ غضبانُ

indeed, you crossed the breadth of the deserts, vast as they are,

You have attained the dove's honour though she be wide-spread

and trod the lion's lair while the lion raged.

And you raided the wolf's eye though he be furious

ولا صاحبٌ إلا تنسمُ نفحةٍ

ولا صاحبٌ إلا تنسمُ نفحةٍ

هزَزْتَ لها عِطْفي كأنيَ نشوانُ

هزَزْتَ لها عِطْفي كأنيَ نشوانُ

And no companion but the breathing of a fragrant breeze,

Nor friend but the zephyr of him breathes

for which you made my body sway, as though I were drunk.

Which stirs my tenderness as if I were a tender sprig

يميلُ إليها أخدعُ الصبِّ كبكبٌ

يميلُ إليها أخدعُ الصبِّ كبكبٌ

ويَلوي لها عِطفَ المتيّم ثَهْلانُ

ويَلوي لها عِطفَ المتيّم ثَهْلانُ

Kabkab bends a yearning lover's neck toward it,

To it the slender sprouts of youth like Palm-spathe lean

and Thahlan turns a lovesick lover's flank for it.

And to it the loving sigh like one bereft of sense

فعُجْتُ مع الشوقِ المبرّحِ طوعَه

فعُجْتُ مع الشوقِ المبرّحِ طوعَه

ولي كلما لامَ العواذلُ عِصْيانُ

ولي كلما لامَ العواذلُ عِصْيانُ

So I turned aside with tormenting longing, obedient to it,

I marvelled with longing free in its bondage

and whenever the reproachers blamed me, I rebelled.

While for me whenever the deniers blame infraction

فلما رأيتُ الدارَ حيّيْتُ ربْعَها

فلما رأيتُ الدارَ حيّيْتُ ربْعَها

وللطَرْفِ إنكارٌ وللقلبِ عِرْفانُ

وللطَرْفِ إنكارٌ وللقلبِ عِرْفانُ

When I saw the dwelling, I greeted its grounds,

So when I was the house I gave its stead greetings

my eyes finding it strange, my heart recognizing it.

While to the eye refusal and to the heart recognition

وقلتُ لها قلبي كأهلكِ قد نأى

وقلتُ لها قلبي كأهلكِ قد نأى

فها أنتِ إطلالٌ وها أنا جُثْمانُ

فها أنتِ إطلالٌ وها أنا جُثْمانُ

I said to it, “My heart, like your people, has gone far away;

And I said unto it my heart from your people has fared far

here you are ruins, and here I am a lifeless body.”

So you are a ruin and I a crumbling body

فأينَ أفنانُ القدودِ وقد هفَتْ

فأينَ أفنانُ القدودِ وقد هفَتْ

فأشْجَتْ لطيرِ الحَلْي فيهنّ ألحانُ

فأشْجَتْ لطيرِ الحَلْي فيهنّ ألحانُ

Where are those branch-like figures that swayed,

Where then are the blooms of the curved vine that here

while songs of the jewelry-birds upon them stirred sorrow?

Hath brought to birds' warbling the sweet melody?

لياليَ تُزْري بالكواكبِ أكؤسٌ

لياليَ تُزْري بالكواكبِ أكؤسٌ

تداورُ بالشمسِ المنيرةِ نُدْمانُ

تداورُ بالشمسِ المنيرةِ نُدْمانُ

Nights when cups outshone the stars,

Nights flaunting in goblets with stars a-brim

and drinking companions passed the shining sun around.

Handing round the brilliant sun in passing cup

تصرّمُ ذاك العيشُ إذا تذكُّراً

تصرّمُ ذاك العيشُ إذا تذكُّراً

شَببْتُ له بين الأضالعِ نيرانُ

شَببْتُ له بين الأضالعِ نيرانُ

That life has ended; whenever I recall it,

That life is spoiled for me whenever by recollection

I kindle fires for it between my ribs.

I ignite for it between the ribs consuming fires

فإن كنتَ من ماءِ الجزيرةِ راوياً

فإن كنتَ من ماءِ الجزيرةِ راوياً

فإني الى عَذْبِ العُذَيْبِ لظمآنُ

فإني الى عَذْبِ العُذَيْبِ لظمآنُ

If you are quenched by the waters of al-Jazira,

But an you be of the Peninsula's water a relator

I am thirsting for al-ʿUdhayb's sweet water.

Then I for the sweet fresh water I'm athirst

وقد أقطعُ البيداءَ والبدرُ فارسٌ

وقد أقطعُ البيداءَ والبدرُ فارسٌ

له الليلُ طرفٌ والكواكبُ خُرْصانُ

له الليلُ طرفٌ والكواكبُ خُرْصانُ

Often I cross the desert while the full moon is a horseman,

And I traverse the waste and the moon is a horseman

whose steed is night and whose spearheads are the stars,

For him the night a fillet and stars necklaces

بمنجردٍ في الوعرِ وعلٍ وفي النَقا

بمنجردٍ في الوعرِ وعلٍ وفي النَقا

عقابٌ وفي سهْلِ البسيطةِ سرْحانُ

عقابٌ وفي سهْلِ البسيطةِ سرْحانُ

on a sleek horse: an ibex on rough ground, and on the dunes

With one loosed in danger and Ali amongst valiant warriors

an eagle, and on the level plain a wolf.

An eagle or else an elevation then 'tis a garden

سَرى وكأنّ الريحَ ملءُ حِزامِه

سَرى وكأنّ الريحَ ملءُ حِزامِه

بها وكأنّي في مَطاهُ سُلَيمانُ

بها وكأنّي في مَطاهُ سُلَيمانُ

It sped by night, as though wind filled its girth,

And a pleasaunce wherein for the river to run

through the desert, and as though I upon its back were Solomon.

And for the blossoms to be fed by abundant rains,

وأخضرَ مرهوبِ الغرارِ إذا بكى

وأخضرَ مرهوبِ الغرارِ إذا بكى

فحاملُهُ طلْق الأسرّة جَذْلانُ

فحاملُهُ طلْق الأسرّة جَذْلانُ

And a green-hued sword with a fearsome edge: when it weeps,

To which the coursers' illustrious highbred steeds repaired

its bearer is bright-faced and rejoicing.

So for the light he made them collars and ear-rings

وأرقطَ إما نسبةٌ حين يَنتَمي

وأرقطَ إما نسبةٌ حين يَنتَمي

فصقرٌ وإما نصْبةٌ فهو بُسْتانُ

فصقرٌ وإما نصْبةٌ فهو بُسْتانُ

And a speckled bird: in lineage, when it is traced,

Gliding across the flower-gathering ether as though

a falcon; in appearance, a garden.

O'er those hillocks were trailing trains of clouds

وروضٌ به للنهرِ تجري مجرّة

وروضٌ به للنهرِ تجري مجرّة

وللزَهْرِ غذّتهُ المواطرُ شَهبانُ

وللزَهْرِ غذّتهُ المواطرُ شَهبانُ

And a meadow where the river flows as a Milky Way,

He reddened them a bevy some day of onslaught and battling

and rain-nourished flowers are shooting stars.

Wherein for the seeking of peace is provaunt and for war is piercing

وقد أتْلَعَتْ أجيادَها قُلَلَ الرُبى

وقد أتْلَعَتْ أجيادَها قُلَلَ الرُبى

فقلّدَها للنورِ دُرٌّ وعَقْيانُ

فقلّدَها للنورِ دُرٌّ وعَقْيانُ

The hilltops have stretched their necks high,

Of men what alter palaces to their homes

and blossom's pearls and gold have garlanded them.

Foundation save altering spikenard and pillars?

يعبّرُ عن نشرِ الأثيرِ كأنّما

يعبّرُ عن نشرِ الأثيرِ كأنّما

تجرُّ على تلك الرُبى منه أردانُ

تجرُّ على تلك الرُبى منه أردانُ

It speaks of the favored one's fragrance, as though

Whenas their swords' white flash they bared naught was theirs

his sleeves were trailing over those hills.

Save heads of slaughtered game lids to preserve

أغرّ له حالا نوالٍ وفَتكةٍ

أغرّ له حالا نوالٍ وفَتكةٍ

ففي السِلْمِ مِطْعامٌ وفي الحربِ مِطْعانُ

ففي السِلْمِ مِطْعامٌ وفي الحربِ مِطْعانُ

A radiant man of two ways: bounty and fierce assault;

Thirsting for fray from hearts of their haters

in peace a lavish host, in war a mighty lancer.

A heart is theirs and stout-hearted are they

من القومِ ما غيرُ الظُبى لبيوتِهم

من القومِ ما غيرُ الظُبى لبيوتِهم

أساسٌ ولا غيرُ الذّوابل أركانُ

أساسٌ ولا غيرُ الذّوابل أركانُ

Of a people whose houses have nothing but sword-edges

They pastured those that befriended them and regarded their foes

for foundations, and nothing but slender spears for pillars.

So their folk were honoured while their adversaries were scorned

إذا جرّدوا بيضَ السيوفِ فما لَها

إذا جرّدوا بيضَ السيوفِ فما لَها

سوى أرؤسِ الصِيْدِ البَهاليلِ أجفانُ

سوى أرؤسِ الصِيْدِ البَهاليلِ أجفانُ

When they unsheathe their gleaming swords, those blades have

He undertook them for glory the best undertaker

no scabbards but the heads of proud, noble chiefs.

And nourished them on very cream of culture's milk,

ظِماءُ حروبٍ من قلوبِ عداتِهمْ

ظِماءُ حروبٍ من قلوبِ عداتِهمْ

لهم قُلُبٌ والسّمهريّةُ أشطانُ

لهم قُلُبٌ والسّمهريّةُ أشطانُ

Thirsting for battles: in their enemies' hearts

A natural purity in them, all-embracing munificence

they have wells, and stout spears are the ropes.

A graceful form and honour naught marring and minds

رعوا من يواليهم وراعوا عداتهم

رعوا من يواليهم وراعوا عداتهم

فأقوامهم عزوا وأضدادهم هانوا

فأقوامهم عزوا وأضدادهم هانوا

They cared for their allies and terrified their enemies,

When silent they concealed their speech and when they spoke they guided

so their peoples rose in honor and their foes were humbled.

And when they camped adorned and when mounted protected

تكفّلهُم للمجدِ أفضلُ كافلٍ

تكفّلهُم للمجدِ أفضلُ كافلٍ

وغذّتْهُمُ من صفوةِ الفضلِ ألبانُ

وغذّتْهُمُ من صفوةِ الفضلِ ألبانُ

The finest guardian fostered them for glory,

They gave refuge and no refuge took, they promised and plighted naught

and milk of the purest excellence nourished them.

They gave and gave not, kept troth and kept not, they protected and protected not

صفا منهمُ جودٌ عميمٌ ومنظرٌ

صفا منهمُ جودٌ عميمٌ ومنظرٌ

وسيمٌ وعِرْضٌ لا يُشابُ وأذهانُ

وسيمٌ وعِرْضٌ لا يُشابُ وأذهانُ

Their bounty is pure and universal, their appearance

And oh how oft the foeman's bitter draught they made

handsome, their honor untainted, and their minds clear.

Their keen swords drink while lapping eagerly!

إذا صمَتوا خفّوا وإن نطَقوا هُدوا

إذا صمَتوا خفّوا وإن نطَقوا هُدوا

وإن نزَلوا زانُوا وإن ركبوا صانوا

وإن نزَلوا زانُوا وإن ركبوا صانوا

If silent, they are unobtrusive; if they speak, they are guided.

Swords that harvested the lances' growth and hurled them

If they alight, they adorn; if they ride, they defend.

High and wide and not all tilting-places pleasing!

أجاروا وما جاروا وأوْلوا وما ألَوْا

أجاروا وما جاروا وأوْلوا وما ألَوْا

ومنّوا وما منّوا ومانُوا وما مانوا

ومنّوا وما منّوا ومانُوا وما مانوا

They gave shelter without injustice, and bestowed without stint;

A perfect perfection whose merit otherwise, save that it was

they granted favors without reproach, and provided without falsehood.

Nobler and ne'er degraded and faithfuller e'er betraying

وكم سقَتْ الأعداءَ كأساً مريرةً

وكم سقَتْ الأعداءَ كأساً مريرةً

صوارمُ تَثْنيهِمْ صريماً ومُرّانُ

صوارمُ تَثْنيهِمْ صريماً ومُرّانُ

How often their foes were made to drink a bitter cup

Yet you never see in Revelation's pages a chapter

by cutting swords that leave them mown down, and ash-wood spears.

That takes station of "The Praises "though all be Koran

سوامٍ رعَوْا نبتَ الرماحِ فهوّموا

سوامٍ رعَوْا نبتَ الرماحِ فهوّموا

عجافاً وما كلُّ المَسارِحِ سُعْدانُ

عجافاً وما كلُّ المَسارِحِ سُعْدانُ

Herds that grazed on sprouting spears, then dozed,

They have a nobility waxing glory in its fame

gaunt—not every pasture grows suʿdan.

They are the summit and it is but a man

تميمٌ تمامٌ فضلُهُم غيرَ أنّهُ

تميمٌ تمامٌ فضلُهُم غيرَ أنّهُ

أعزّ وما ذلّوا وأوْفى وما خانُوا

أعزّ وما ذلّوا وأوْفى وما خانُوا

Tamim is the fullness of their virtue, yet he

It possesses a pen as sharp as an Indian blade but its spittle

is mightier, though they were never lowly, and truer, though they never betrayed.

To the wine of boon appears honey and to the spear milk

ولستَ تَرى في مَحْكَمِ الذكرِ سورةً

ولستَ تَرى في مَحْكَمِ الذكرِ سورةً

تقومُ مقامَ الحمْدِ والكلُّ قُرآنُ

تقومُ مقامَ الحمْدِ والكلُّ قُرآنُ

You find no surah in the definitive Scripture

When one day it slithers the fingers swimming

that takes al-Hamd's place, though all is Qur'an.

And opening the inkpot overflowing its inkstand

لهُمْ شرفٌ يزدادُ فخْراً بذِكْرِه

لهُمْ شرفٌ يزدادُ فخْراً بذِكْرِه

فهُمُ المعالي ناظرٌ وهْو إنسانُ

فهُمُ المعالي ناظرٌ وهْو إنسانُ

They possess honor that grows prouder at his mention;

So his abounding knowledge singled him out amid his folk

they are high glory's eye, and he its pupil.

And they mid living tribes an individual

له قلمٌ كالصِّلِّ لكنْ لُعابُه

له قلمٌ كالصِّلِّ لكنْ لُعابُه

لِباغي النَدى شهدٌ وللقِرْنِ ذيفانُ

لِباغي النَدى شهدٌ وللقِرْنِ ذيفانُ

He has a pen like a viper, but its spittle

He is clement and he hides his clemency broadcasting it

is honey for the seeker of bounty, poison for his rival.

Eulogy though from perfumes wafts no secrecy

إذا جالَ يوماً فالأناملُ سابِحٌ

إذا جالَ يوماً فالأناملُ سابِحٌ

ومُنخَرِقُ الطُرْسِ المنمّقُ ميدانُ

ومُنخَرِقُ الطُرْسِ المنمّقُ ميدانُ

If it courses one day, the fingers are a galloping steed,

I loved the Sublime and to the utmost loved her

and the expanse of the ornamented page is its course.

And of things beloved waiting and eluding

فللهِ منه واحدٌ بين قومِه

فللهِ منه واحدٌ بين قومِه

وهمْ بين أحياءِ القبائلِ وحْدانُ

وهمْ بين أحياءِ القبائلِ وحْدانُ

God be praised: he is peerless among his people,

He flourished with the fair attribution so for the Lofty ones

and they are peerless among the clans of the tribes.

Is collected a union from which is no parting

يجودُ ويخْفى جودُه فيُذيعَهُ

يجودُ ويخْفى جودُه فيُذيعَهُ

ثناءً وما بالمِسْكِ يعبَقُ كَتْمانُ

ثناءً وما بالمِسْكِ يعبَقُ كَتْمانُ

He gives, his giving unseen, until it is proclaimed

Thus for the sublime Sun and shining Moon that brightened

in praise; concealment never clings to musk.

And for the strenuous arm of generosity flowing,

أحبَّ المعالي فاغتدتْ وهْي طوعُه

أحبَّ المعالي فاغتدتْ وهْي طوعُه

ومنْ شِيمِ المحبوبِ مَطْلٌ ولَيّانُ

ومنْ شِيمِ المحبوبِ مَطْلٌ ولَيّانُ

He loved high honors, and they became obedient to him,

And from wondrous that apportioned largesse amongst them

though delay and evasion are among the beloved's habits.

Nor sound apportioning from it is any diminishings

وأسعدَ بالندبِ السعيدِ فللعُلى

وأسعدَ بالندبِ السعيدِ فللعُلى

تجمُّع شملٍ لا دنا منهُ فُرقانُ

تجمُّع شملٍ لا دنا منهُ فُرقانُ

And what good fortune in the blessed gallant! High honors

High Heaven exalted them and the Emir Mohammed

are gathered as one, with no division drawing near.

A round-faced moon riding a liberty steed,

فللمجتلي شمسٌ وبدرٌ تألّقا

فللمجتلي شمسٌ وبدرٌ تألّقا

وللمُجتَدي سيحانُ فاضَ وجَيْحانُ

وللمُجتَدي سيحانُ فاضَ وجَيْحانُ

For the beholder, a sun and a full moon gleam,

Free and easy his nature proved his origin honourable

and for the seeker of bounty, Sayhan and Jayhan overflow.

And at dawn radiant over dawn a sign

ومن عجبٍ أن قسّم الفضلَ فيهما

ومن عجبٍ أن قسّم الفضلَ فيهما

ولا واحدٌ في قسمة منه نُقْصانُ

ولا واحدٌ في قسمة منه نُقْصانُ

It is wondrous that excellence was apportioned between the two,

May the days glad and happy and due to your worth

yet neither suffered any loss in the division.

Embellished with grandeur joy every year

علاهُمُ سَماءٌ والأميرُ محمّدُ

علاهُمُ سَماءٌ والأميرُ محمّدُ

بها قمرٌ طلْقُ الأسرّةِ ضَحْيانُ

بها قمرٌ طلْقُ الأسرّةِ ضَحْيانُ

Their eminence is a sky, and Prince Muhammad

When you are feast for us throughout all periods

is its moon, bright-faced and radiant.

Past hath Muharram and expired Sha'aban

طلاقتُهُ دلّتْ على طيبِ أصلِه

طلاقتُهُ دلّتْ على طيبِ أصلِه

وفي الفجْرِ وضّاحاً على الصُبْحِ عُنوانُ

وفي الفجْرِ وضّاحاً على الصُبْحِ عُنوانُ

His open countenance revealed his noble origin,

Your lavishness stayed mine so sufficed me

and in bright dawn lies a sign of morning.

My hopes' barque and for parsimony a deluge

ليهنِكُمُ العيدُ السعيدُ وإن غَدا

ليهنِكُمُ العيدُ السعيدُ وإن غَدا

بفضلكُمُ يزهو جلالاً ويزدانُ

بفضلكُمُ يزهو جلالاً ويزدانُ

May the happy feast bring you joy, though it has come

My tongue a diver and my thought its sea

through your excellence to exult in grandeur and shine.

My verse a pearl extracted and coral

إذا كنتم عيداً لنا كلّ مدّةٍ

إذا كنتم عيداً لنا كلّ مدّةٍ

فقد باتَ شوّالٌ سواءً وشعبانُ

فقد باتَ شوّالٌ سواءً وشعبانُ

If you are a feast for us at every season,

Should its wearers throng it crowning

then Shawwal and Shaʿban have become alike.

Yet some dresses serve but for shrouds

أقامتْ على جودي جودِك فاكتفَتْ

أقامتْ على جودي جودِك فاكتفَتْ

سفينةُ آمالي وللبُخْلِ طوفانُ

سفينةُ آمالي وللبُخْلِ طوفانُ

It settled on the Judi of your bounty, content—

To number your favours the eyelids' sons would fail

the ship of my hopes—with stinginess a deluge.

And depicting my condition Hissan's strain

لساني غوّاصٌ وفكريَ بحرُه

لساني غوّاصٌ وفكريَ بحرُه

وشِعْري درٌّ يُستفادُ ومَرْجانُ

وشِعْري درٌّ يُستفادُ ومَرْجانُ

My tongue is a diver, and my thought its sea;

my poetry is pearls to be gained, and coral.

إذا اختالَ فيه لابِسوهُ فحِلّةٌ

إذا اختالَ فيه لابِسوهُ فحِلّةٌ

تزينُ ومن بعضِ الملابسِ أكفانُ

تزينُ ومن بعضِ الملابسِ أكفانُ

When its wearers strut in it, it is a robe

that adorns, while some garments are shrouds.

تقصّرَ عن نُعماكَ أولادُ جفنةٍ

تقصّرَ عن نُعماكَ أولادُ جفنةٍ

ويعصُرُ عن إدراكِ شأوي حسّانُ

ويعصُرُ عن إدراكِ شأوي حسّانُ

The sons of Jafna fall short of your beneficence,

and Hassan falls short of attaining my reach.