أَبْدَعْتَ فِي دِيوَانِ شِعْرِكْ

أَبْدَعْتَ فِي دِيوَانِ شِعْرِكْ

فَجَعَلْتَهُ مِرْآةَ عَصْرِكْ

فَجَعَلْتَهُ مِرْآةَ عَصْرِكْ

You excelled in your volume of verse,

You excelled in your book of poetry

So you made it a mirror of your age.

Making it a mirror of your time

وََكَفى لِذَلِكَ مَا جَلاَ

وََكَفى لِذَلِكَ مَا جَلاَ

لِلنّاسِ مِنْ مِرْآةِ عُمْرِكْ

لِلنّاسِ مِنْ مِرْآةِ عُمْرِكْ

And for that, what was revealed sufficed

And it was enough for that what appeared

To people from the mirror of your life.

To people from the mirror of your life

هَلْ أَمْرُ هَذَا النَّاسِ إِنْ

هَلْ أَمْرُ هَذَا النَّاسِ إِنْ

حَقَّقتَ إِلاَّ عَيْنُ أَمْرِكْ

حَقَّقتَ إِلاَّ عَيْنُ أَمْرِكْ

Is the condition of these people, if

Is the matter of these people, if

You examine it, anything but your very own?

You realized it except the essence of your matter

تَتَشَاكَلُ النَّزَعَاتُ فِي

تَتَشَاكَلُ النَّزَعَاتُ فِي

الدُّنْيَا وَيَخْتَلِفُ المُحَرِّكْ

الدُّنْيَا وَيَخْتَلِفُ المُحَرِّكْ

Inclinations resemble one another in

Perspectives in the world conflict

The world, while the driving force differs.

And what moves them differs

وَمَعَ الإِجَادَةٍ جِدَّةٌ

وَمَعَ الإِجَادَةٍ جِدَّةٌ

إِنْ تَأْتِ مِنْ تَمْثِيلِ فِكْرِكْ

إِنْ تَأْتِ مِنْ تَمْثِيلِ فِكْرِكْ

And with mastery comes freshness,

And with eloquence a renewal

If it springs from expressing your thought.

If it comes from portraying your thought

يَا لُطْفَ مَا أَوْدَعْتَ فِي ال

يَا لُطْفَ مَا أَوْدَعْتَ فِي ال

أَلْفَاظِ مِنْ نفَثاتِ سِحْرِكْ

أَلْفَاظِ مِنْ نفَثاتِ سِحْرِكْ

How exquisite what you have placed in the

O gentleness of what you placed in

Words—breaths of your magic!

Words of the outpourings of your sorcery

وَكَشَفْتَ مِنْ تِلكَ المَعَا

وَكَشَفْتَ مِنْ تِلكَ المَعَا

نِي الغُرِّ فِي لَمِّاحِ دُرِّكْ

نِي الغُرِّ فِي لَمِّاحِ دُرِّكْ

And you unveiled some of those meanings,

And you uncovered from those meanings

Radiant, in the gleam of your pearls.

The secrets in the flashes of your pearls

كَمْ ضَاقَ بَحْرٌ لاَ يُحَدُّ

كَمْ ضَاقَ بَحْرٌ لاَ يُحَدُّ

بِمَا احْتَوَتُهُ حُدُودُ بَحْرِكْ

بِمَا احْتَوَتُهُ حُدُودُ بَحْرِكْ

How often a boundless sea proved too narrow

How narrow is a sea that cannot be limited

For what the bounds of your sea contained!

By what your boundaries of your sea contained

أَدَبٌ هُوَ العُنْوَانُ فِي

أَدَبٌ هُوَ العُنْوَانُ فِي

المَأْثُورِ مِنْ آدَابِ دَهْرِكْ

المَأْثُورِ مِنْ آدَابِ دَهْرِكْ

Literature that is the hallmark among

Literature is the title in

The literary works handed down from your age.

The oral history of the morals of your time

آيَاتُ نَظْمِكَ أَحْكَمَتْ

آيَاتُ نَظْمِكَ أَحْكَمَتْ

تَفْصِيلَهَا آيَاتُ نَثْرِكْ

تَفْصِيلَهَا آيَاتُ نَثْرِكْ

The marvels of your verse were perfected

The verses of your prose perfected

In their exposition by the marvels of your prose.

Its detailed composition, the verses of your writing

عِشْ مَا تَشَاءُ مُوَفَّقاً

عِشْ مَا تَشَاءُ مُوَفَّقاً

وَمُهَنَّأ بِخُلُود ذكرَكْ

وَمُهَنَّأ بِخُلُود ذكرَكْ

Live as long as you wish, blessed with success,

Live as long as you wish successful

And congratulated on your undying renown.

And congratulated for the eternity of your fame