1. حُلْوُ المجاني

    ما ضَرَّهُ لو أجْنَاني

    Sweet-fruited is he;

    What harm would it do him to let me pluck his fruit,

  2. كما عَنَاني

    شُغْلي به وعَناني

    Just as I have been wearied

    And held captive by my preoccupation with him?

  3. حُبُّ الجمالِ

    فرضٌ على كلِّ حرِّ

    Love of beauty

    Is a duty for every free man;

  4. وفي الدلالِ

    عُذْرٌ لخِلاعِ العُذُرِ

    And in coquetry

    Is an excuse for those who cast off their bridles.

  5. هل في الوصالِ

    عَوْنٌ على طولِ الهجرِ

    Is there, in union,

    Help against long estrangement,

  6. أو في التداني

    شيءٌ يَفِي باشجاني

    Or, in drawing near,

    Anything to assuage my sorrows?

  7. وفي ضماني

    أنْ يَنْتَهي مَنْ يلحاني

    And I guarantee

    That whoever reproaches me will desist.

  8. كيف السبيلُ

    إلى اختلاسِ التلاقي

    How may I find a way

    To steal a meeting?

  9. جاشَ الغليلُ

    فالنفسُ بين التراقي

    My burning thirst surges;

    So my soul is caught between my collarbones.

  10. أين العذولُ

    من لوعتي واشتياقي

    What does the reproacher know

    Of my anguish and yearning?

  11. وما أَراني

    إلا سأَثْني عناني

    And I see no other course

    But to turn back my reins

  12. عَنِ الغَواني

    فليس لي قلبٌ ثانِ

    From beautiful women,

    For I have no second heart.

  13. سَمَا عليُّ

    لإمرةِ المسلمينا

    Ali has risen

    To the command of the Muslims:

  14. صُبْحٌ جَلِيُّ

    راقَ النُّهَى والعيونا

    A radiant dawn

    That delights minds and eyes.

  15. سَمْحٌ أَبِيُّ

    يُرْضيكَ شَدّاً ولينا

    Generous and unbowed,

    He pleases you in firmness and gentleness,

  16. كالهُنْدُواني

    وكالغَمامِ الهتَّانِ

    Like an Indian sword,

    And like clouds pouring rain:

  17. وَفْقُ الأماني

    وملءُ عَيْنِ الزمانِ

    The fulfillment of wishes,

    And a sight to fill the eye of Time.

  18. دعِ القِتَالا

    فقد كفاكَ القتالا

    Leave battle aside,

    For battle has been warded off for you

  19. جدٌّ تَعالى

    عن كلِّ خطْبٍ تعالى

    By good fortune that towers

    Above every towering calamity;

  20. غالَ النّصالا

    وَغَلَّلَ الأبطالا

    It has laid low the blades

    And fettered the champions.

  21. كالدهرِ وانِ

    وما به من توانِ

    Like Time, unhurried,

    Yet there is no slackness in him;

  22. كالشمسِ داني

    على تنائي المكان

    Like the sun, close at hand,

    Though his place is far away.

  23. هاتِ البشارةْ

    فتلك قد امكنتكا

    Bring the glad tidings,

    For that is now within your reach;

  24. تلك الإشارة

    أغنتهم وأغنتكا

    That gesture

    Has enriched them and enriched you.

  25. أما الإمارة

    فاسمعْ لها إذا غنّتكا

    As for the emirship,

    Listen to it when it sings to you:

  26. وإِشْ كان دَهَاني

    يا قومْ وإِشْ كانَ بَلاني

    And what had befallen me,

    O people, and what had afflicted me,

  27. وإِشْ كان دَعَاني

    تبدلْ حبيبي بثانِ

    And what had prompted me

    To exchange my beloved for another?