للهِ شعرُكَ يا بليغُ فإِنَّني

للهِ شعرُكَ يا بليغُ فإِنَّني

نَزَّهتُ طرفي في رياضِ بديعهِ

نَزَّهتُ طرفي في رياضِ بديعهِ

God bless your poetry, O Baligh, for I

Your poetry is for Allah, O eloquent one, for I have delighted my eyes in His beautiful gardens.

Have let my gaze roam the gardens of its artistry.

It combines rhetoric altogether, with its two edges between His making and His making.

متناسبٌ ضمَّ البَيانَ بِأَسرهِ

متناسبٌ ضمَّ البَيانَ بِأَسرهِ

طَرفَيهِ بينَ صنيعهِ وَصنيعهِ

طَرفَيهِ بينَ صنيعهِ وَصنيعهِ

Harmoniously proportioned, it gathers eloquence entire

The deaf listen to the gravity of its wording, and the water of virtue overflows in its variation.

Within its two ends, between his artistry and his beneficence.

Literature becomes distinct in it, dispersed, and appears clearly in its collection.

يُصغي الأَصَمُّ إِلى جزالةِ لَفظِهِ

يُصغي الأَصَمُّ إِلى جزالةِ لَفظِهِ

ويفيضُ ماءُ الفَضلِ في تَنويعهِ

ويفيضُ ماءُ الفَضلِ في تَنويعهِ

Even the deaf man listens to the vigor of its wording,

In it, meter is unneeded, for we are guided by its correctness to its scansion.

And the water of excellence overflows in its varied forms.

O you who dresses in the garments of traits perfectly, though all of them, by Allah, are but some of His creation.

تَتَبينُ الآدابُ فيه مُفرَّقاً

تَتَبينُ الآدابُ فيه مُفرَّقاً

وَتَلوحُ ظاهرةً على مَجموعهِ

وَتَلوحُ ظاهرةً على مَجموعهِ

The literary arts are evident in it, part by part,

You have bestowed favor upon me, so I will bestow praise upon you, O expert in the beauty of His creation.

And shine plainly across its gathered whole.

Like pearls in their stringing, musk in its spreading, and coolness in its cooling.

فيه الغنيُّ عن العَروضِ لأنَّنا

فيه الغنيُّ عن العَروضِ لأنَّنا

نُهدَى بصحَّتهِ إلى تَقطيعِهِ

نُهدَى بصحَّتهِ إلى تَقطيعِهِ

In it there is no need for prosody, for we

And poetry is too noble to stand deviant in composition, its rising substitutes for its origin.

Are guided by its soundness to its scansion.

And virtue with you is all of it, and its essence is what was most radiant in the time of its youth.

يا مُلبِسي حُللَ الصِّفاتِ مُنمنِاً

يا مُلبِسي حُللَ الصِّفاتِ مُنمنِاً

وَجَميعُها واللهِ بَعضُ خليعِهِ

وَجَميعُها واللهِ بَعضُ خليعِهِ

O you who clothe me in robes of praise, embroidering them,

So you remain lofty in elevation, no glory except from you and what you relate of its elevation.

And all of them, by God, are part of his cast-off raiment.

أَوليتَني مِنَناً سَأُوليها ثَناً

أَوليتَني مِنَناً سَأُوليها ثَناً

لكَ من خبير في جميلِ بديعهِ

لكَ من خبير في جميلِ بديعهِ

You granted me favors; I shall repay them with praise

For you, from one versed in the beauty of his artistry:

كالدُّرِّ في تَرصيعهِ والمِسكِ في

كالدُّرِّ في تَرصيعهِ والمِسكِ في

تَضويعِهِ والبُردِ في تَوشيعِهِ

تَضويعِهِ والبُردِ في تَوشيعِهِ

Like pearls in its jeweled setting, and musk in

Its wafting fragrance, and a striped mantle in its patterned weave.

والشِّعرُ أَشرفَ أَن يَقومَ ضَلالةً

والشِّعرُ أَشرفَ أَن يَقومَ ضَلالةً

في النَّظَمِ ظالعُهُ مَقامَ ضَليعِهِ

في النَّظَمِ ظالعُهُ مَقامَ ضَليعِهِ

And poetry is too noble for there to stand, misguidedly,

In verse, its limping practitioner in the place of its master.

والفَضلُ عِنَدكَ كُلُّهُ وخِلالَه

والفَضلُ عِنَدكَ كُلُّهُ وخِلالَه

ما كانَ أَزهرَ في أَوانِ رَبيعهِ

ما كانَ أَزهرَ في أَوانِ رَبيعهِ

All excellence is with you, and within it

Is what was in bloom in the season of its spring.

فَبقيتَ مَرفوعَ العُلىَ لا مَجدَ إلاَّ

فَبقيتَ مَرفوعَ العُلىَ لا مَجدَ إلاَّ

عَنكَ ما تَرويهِ من مَرفوعِهِ

عَنكَ ما تَرويهِ من مَرفوعِهِ

So may you remain exalted in eminence; there is no glory but

What is transmitted from you in the lofty accounts you relate.