1. حيَّتك تنهمِلُ انهمالا

    وطفاءُ مُرخيَةُ العُزالى

    May it greet you, pouring down in torrents—

    a dense cloud, its rainspouts let loose.

  2. يا دار لا سلبت أكفُّ

    الدهر حُسنكِ والجمالا

    O dwelling, may you never be robbed by the hands

    of time of your loveliness and beauty.

  3. وتنسَّمت فيكِ الرياحُ

    صَباً ولا هبَّت شِمالا

    And may the winds breathe gently through you,

    from the east, never blowing from the north.

  4. فلكَم على هيفاء قد

    ضربَ الغيورُ بكِ الحِجالا

    For many a time, over a slender-waisted beauty,

    a jealous man has raised bridal canopies within you:

  5. من كلِّ ناعمة الصِبا

    تثني معاطفَها دَلالا

    each a maiden of tender youth,

    swaying her form coquettishly.

  6. يا سعدُ عدّ عن الهوى

    فلقد أطلت به المقالا

    O Sa'd, turn away from love,

    for you have spoken of it at length.

  7. أعطِ المدائحَ حقَّها

    ودع الغُزالة والغُزالا

    Give poems of praise their due,

    and leave the female and male gazelles behind.

  8. خُفَّ الرجاءَ لمن نشأن

    أكفُّهم سُحباً ثِقالا

    Hasten in hope to those whose

    hands have risen as heavy-laden clouds.

  9. قومٌ على الزوراء أوجههم

    نجومُ دُجًى تلالا

    A people whose faces above al-Zawra

    are stars glittering in the darkness.

  10. بمحمد الحسن ارتقوا

    شرفاً على الجوزاء طالا

    Through Muhammad al-Hasan they rose

    to honor that towered above al-Jawza.

  11. داسوا النجومَ بفخرِه

    وبحلمِه وزنوا الجبالا

    They trod upon the stars through his glory,

    and with his forbearance they weighed the mountains.

  12. هو أمجدُ الدنيا أباً

    هو أكرمُ الثقلينِ خالا

    He has the world's most illustrious father;

    he has the noblest maternal uncle among humankind and jinn.