مُؤنِّبي في وَصْفِ عبّاسِ

مُؤنِّبي في وَصْفِ عبّاسِ

أنَّبتَ فيه أوصفَ الناس

أنَّبتَ فيه أوصفَ الناس

O you who rebuke me for describing Abbas,

My critics in describing Abbas

You have rebuked the best of all at describing him.

You described the best of people in him

الشمسُ والدِّعصُ وما بينَ ذا

الشمسُ والدِّعصُ وما بينَ ذا

وهذه غصنٌ من الآس

وهذه غصنٌ من الآس

The sun and the sand dune; what lies between the one

The sun, the palm tree and what’s between them

And the other is a branch of myrtle.

And this is a branch of Aas

يُغْني عن الرَّامُشْنِ إِطراقُهُ

يُغْني عن الرَّامُشْنِ إِطراقُهُ

وطَرْفُهُ يُغني عن الكاس

وطَرْفُهُ يُغني عن الكاس

His bowed head dispenses with the minstrel,

His lowering of his eyelids suffices over kohl

And his glance dispenses with the cup.

And his glance suffices over a cup

ما كنتَ يا عبَّاسُ في الفتكِ بي

ما كنتَ يا عبَّاسُ في الفتكِ بي

إلاَّ كعبَّاسِ بنِ مرداس

إلاَّ كعبَّاسِ بنِ مرداس

In your deadly assault on me, O Abbas, you were

O Abbas, in valor you are to me

Just like Abbas ibn Mirdas.

Nothing but Abbas ibn Mardas