1. ما لِلحَبيب المُعرض المُتَلاهي

    أَخذ الفُواد وَلَم يَخَف مَن آهِ

    What ails the beloved, aloof and heedless?

    He stole my heart and feared no sigh of pain.

  2. أَجرى المَدامع طامِعاً إِذ أَهلُهُ

    يَتَوَقعون مَوارد الأَمواه

    He set tears flowing in eager hope, for his people

    Await the sources of water.

  3. إِن قُلت كَالبَدر المُنير أَو الغَزا

    لة وَالغَزال يَجل عَن أَشباه

    If I liken him to the radiant full moon, or the sun,

    And the gazelle—he transcends all likenesses.

  4. هُو صَيقل الأَرواح في وَجناتِهِ

    نزهُ العُيون وَكُل مَعنى لاهي

    He is the burnisher of souls; in his cheeks

    Are delights for the eyes and every playful charm.

  5. إِن لَم تَكُن مِنهُ زَكاة مَحاسن

    قَبلاً فَنظرَتُهُ زَكاة الجاه

    If no alms of beauty come from him

    In kisses, his glance is the alms of rank.

  6. مُتَحجب مُتَمنع كَم مِن شَجٍ

    مُلقى عَلى عَتَباتِهِ أَوّاه

    Veiled and unapproachable—how many a sorrowing lover

    Lies cast upon his thresholds, sighing in anguish!

  7. أيس العَواذل مِن أفاقة مُغرَم

    شرب الهَوى في سُكرِهِ مُتَناهي

    The reproachful women have despaired of a lover's sobering,

    Who drank love and is utterly intoxicated.

  8. وَتَقاصَرَت أَفهامُنا عَن مَدح مَن

    صانَ العُلا عَن كُلِ رُكن واهي

    And our minds have fallen short of praising him who

    Kept high honor free of every tottering pillar.

  9. وَنَشا مَصوناً ما لَهُ مِن زاجر

    إِلّا الهِداية وَالتُقى مِن ناهي

    And grew up protected, with no restrainer

    But guidance, and no forbidding voice but piety.

  10. نَجل المُحبيّ الأَغَر وَمَن لَهُ

    شَرَف لِأَقمار السَماءِ يُضاهي

    Al-Muhibbi's illustrious son, and one whose

    Honor rivals the moons of heaven.

  11. إِنسان عَين بَني الأَماجد لَم نَجد

    مِمَن يُفاخر مَجدَهُ وَيُباهي

    The pupil of the eye of noble scions; we have found none

    To rival his glory and vie in splendor.

  12. آباؤُهُ أَحيت رُبوع عَدالة

    وَمَحَت رُسوم كَبائر وَمَلاهي

    His forefathers revived the abodes of justice

    And effaced the traces of grave sins and idle pleasures.

  13. دار المُحبيّ المَكارم مُلؤُها

    وَالفَضل مُجتَمع بِفضَل اللَهِ

    Al-Muhibbi's house is filled with noble virtues,

    And excellence is gathered there, by God's grace.

  14. حسن المُحاضرة الَّتي هِي نَشوة

    لِلسامِعين وَلِذة الأَفواه

    His gracious conversation is rapture

    For listeners and a delight to mouths.

  15. قُل ما تَشاءُ إِذا أَرَدت صِفاتَهُ

    فَهُوَ الحري بِكُل وَصفٍ باهي

    Say what you will when you wish to describe him,

    For he is worthy of every splendid description.