1. خطوط الهَوى في صفحة القَلب تنسخ

    وَما فيه من حكم السلوّ فينسخ

    The lines of love are inscribed on the heart's page,

    And any decree of forgetting within it is annulled.

  2. خبا نار وَجدي أَن يشبّ لغيركم

    وَتذكاركم في القَلب يَسرو وَيرسخ

    The fire of my longing dies rather than blaze for anyone but you,

    And remembrance of you courses through the heart and takes root.

  3. خفيتم عَن الأَبصار فالقَلب ذائب

    عليكم وَأَمواه المَدامِع تنضخ

    You have vanished from sight, and the heart melts

    For you, while the waters of weeping eyes gush forth.

  4. خَلا القَلب من ودّ الحسان وَلَم يَزَل

    هواكُم بأَوكار الضلوع يفرخ

    The heart is empty of affection for beautiful women, yet still

    Love for you hatches in the nests of my ribs.

  5. خَليلي سيف البعد أَدمى جوانحي

    فَجِسمي بهاتيك الدمآء ملطخ

    My two friends, separation's sword has bloodied my ribs,

    So my body is stained with that blood.

  6. خَليع التَصابي بالدموع مضرج

    وَعاصي الندامى بالخلوق مضمخ

    The libertine of youthful dalliance is stained with tears,

    And the rebel against his drinking companions is steeped in saffron perfume.

  7. خلال لِهَذا الدهر أَبدَت غَرائِباً

    وَجاءَت بما منه الافاضل تصرخ

    The traits of this age have revealed strange wonders,

    And brought things at which the virtuous cry out.

  8. خيار الملا وسط الحَضيض مقرَّها

    وأَهل الخنا في قنة العيش ترزخ

    The best of humankind have their abode in the depths,

    While the people of vice are lodged on life's summit.

  9. خذوا حذركم من دهر سوء لأَنه

    زَمان به أَهل الرَذائِل تشمخ

    Beware an evil age, for it is

    A time when the people of vice hold their heads high.

  10. خطوب من الأَزمان أودَت بمهجَتي

    فَدَعني لنيران المهالك أَنفخ

    Calamities of the times have destroyed my soul,

    So leave me to fan the fires of ruin.

  11. خيامي لَقَد قوَّضَت من دار ذلة

    وأَي عَزيز للأراذِل يدنخ

    My tents have indeed been struck to leave an abode of humiliation,

    And what man of honor bows to the vile?

  12. خَفيفأ أَرى سير المطى لأَنها

    ترض الحصى في القائِلات وترضخ

    I find the mounts' pace swift, for they

    Crush the pebbles in the noonday heat and shatter them.

  13. خمولي نفت اذ قَرَبَتني لماجِد

    له شرف دون الأَكابِر يبذخ

    They banished my obscurity when they brought me near a noble man,

    Whose nobility towers before the grandees.

  14. خَليفة هَذا العَصرِ للعَدل أَحمد

    حَميد السَجايا أَرفع المجد أَشمخ

    Ahmad, this age's vicegerent for justice,

    Praiseworthy in character, highest in glory, most exalted.

  15. خَليق بما قد نال فخراً وَمَنصبا

    وَحق لمن حاز المفاخِر يجمخ

    Worthy of what he has attained in glory and rank,

    And whoever has won honors has the right to be proud.

  16. خَبير بِتَذليل الطغاة فَلَم تَزَل

    صوارمه للمارقين تدوّخ

    Skilled at subduing tyrants; unceasingly

    His keen swords overwhelm the renegades.

  17. خَفير لدين اللَه فالعَهد عنده

    مداماً عَلى طول المدا ليس يفسخ

    A guardian of God's faith: the covenant in his keeping

    Endures for all time and is never broken.

  18. خيول أَعاديه تحاذر بطشه

    اذا عاينت هام الفوارِس يشدخ

    His enemies' horses fear his onslaught

    When they see him crushing the horsemen's heads.

  19. خصوم من الباغين راموا نزاله

    فأمسوا عَلى حد البواتير يشلخوا

    Foes among the aggressors sought to fight him,

    So they ended up slashed upon the edges of cleaving swords.

  20. خصوصاً اذا ما صال يوماً بنفسه

    فَلَم تقه الا عَلى الرأس يلفخ

    Especially when he himself attacks one day,

    Then you meet him only as he strikes at the head.

  21. خواص الرماة الصيد تخشى نباله

    بحرب فأدنى رمية منه فرسخ

    The foremost of the proud archers fear his arrows

    In battle, for his shortest shot spans a parasang.

  22. خراج الملا جمعاً لديه كدرهم

    وَلَم تلق في الوعد يوماً يبذلخ

    All the people's tribute is to him like a single dirham,

    And never do you find him boasting idly in his promises.

  23. خَصيباً أَرى ربعى غداة ثوى به

    نوال خصيب للمحاويج يمدخ

    I see my dwelling fertile since the morning there settled within it

    A rich bounty, lavishly bestowed upon the needy.

  24. خَليج الندا من وسط كفيه قد جَرى

    فكل عديم منه يروى فيشرخ

    A stream of generosity has flowed from the midst of his two palms,

    So every destitute man drinks his fill from it and flourishes.

  25. خطابي لكم يا من غرار حسامه

    لكل أَديم من أَعاديه يسلخ

    My words are for you, O you whose sword's edge

    Flays every hide of his enemies.

  26. خصال لكم يوم الهياج عجيبة

    فصارمكم ان يمسح الهام يمسخ

    Yours are wondrous qualities on the day of battle,

    For your keen sword, if it brushes heads, disfigures them.

  27. خلا الفكر من مدح الكِرام وَلَم يَزَل

    به مدحكم رأس وهل ذاك يمضخ

    Thought is empty of praise for the noble, yet still

    Your praise is foremost within it—and could that be false?

  28. خَميلة هَذا الشعر تزهو بوصفكم

    ومن فوقها مآء المكارم ينضخ

    The grove of this verse blooms with your portrayal,

    And from above it the water of noble deeds gushes forth.

  29. ختامي بكم لا زلت في طيب نعمة

    مدى الدهر ما أَهدى النشيد مؤرخ

    I close with you: may you ever remain in the sweetness of blessing

    For all time, so long as a chronicler offers song.