رسميمن الصاحب الكبير

رسميمن الصاحب الكبير

ما جاء يا ذا الندى الغزيرِ

ما جاء يا ذا الندى الغزيرِ

My stipend from the great Sahib

A poem from the great companion

has not arrived, O man of abundant bounty.

What has come, O one with abundant dew

ولم يزل سيل راحتيه

ولم يزل سيل راحتيه

منتجع السائل الفقيرِ

منتجع السائل الفقيرِ

And the torrent from his two palms has always been

And his stream of comfort did not cease

a resort for the poor petitioner.

A resort for the poor seeker

فاذكره وأعرض عليه نظما

فاذكره وأعرض عليه نظما

لي فيه كاللؤلؤ النشيرِ

لي فيه كاللؤلؤ النشيرِ

So remind him, and present him with verse

So remember him and present to him a poem

of mine about him, like scattered pearls.

In which I am like scattered pearls

ما لعبيد ولا لبيد

ما لعبيد ولا لبيد

رونقه لا ولا جريرِ

رونقه لا ولا جريرِ

Neither Ubayd nor Labid

It has neither the elegance of slaves nor poets

has its splendor—no, nor does Jarir.

Neither Labeed nor Jareer

لعله أن يسر شخص

لعله أن يسر شخص

في قبضة الهم كالأسيرِ

في قبضة الهم كالأسيرِ

Perhaps he may gladden someone

Perhaps it may delight a person

in sorrow’s grip, like a captive.

In the grip of anxiety like a captive

لولاك لم يعط يوم عيد

لولاك لم يعط يوم عيد

بالشِّعر خبرزا من الشعيرِ

بالشِّعر خبرزا من الشعيرِ

But for you, on a feast day he would not be given

Without you, he would not have given on Eid

barley bread in return for poetry.

With poetry, news of barley bread

تمم فعال الإحسان وأخلد

تمم فعال الإحسان وأخلد

ما خلدت هضبتا ثبيرِ

ما خلدت هضبتا ثبيرِ

Complete your deeds of kindness, and live on

Complete the acts of kindness and perpetuate

as long as the two heights of Thabir endure.

What you perpetuated on Mount Thabeer