1. قد مضى شهرُ الصّيامِ

    عارياً من كلّ ذامِ

    The month of fasting has already passed,

    free of every reproach.

  2. صُمْتَ عن كلّ قبيحٍ

    وأثامٍ وحرامِ

    You fasted from every ugly deed,

    and sin and forbidden things.

  3. لا كقومٍ عن شرابٍ

    صومُهمْ أو عن طعامِ

    Not like those who abstain from drink,

    or whose fast is from food.

  4. وأتى العيدُ بشيراً

    بالتحيّاتِ الجِسامِ

    And Eid has come as a herald

    of grand greetings,

  5. وبظلٍّ لك ممدو

    دٍ على هذي الأنامِ

    and of your shade, stretched

    over these people,

  6. ونُزوحٍ عن حذارٍ

    وبلوغٍ لمرامِ

    and distance from fear,

    and attainment of your aim,

  7. وقرارٍ وسرورٍ

    وثباتٍ ودوامِ

    and repose and joy,

    and stability and permanence,

  8. يدع الأعداءَ ما بي

    ن قعودٍ وقيامِ

    leaving the enemies between

    sitting and standing.

  9. كم مقامٍ لك فيه

    للورى خيرُ مقامٍ

    How many a station where you have taken

    the finest stand for mankind,

  10. حيث ليس الأمر إلّا

    للقنا أو للحسامِ

    where command belongs only

    to the spears or the sharp sword!

  11. ومواضٍ تملأ البِي

    د خليّاتٍ بهامِ

    And sharp blades fill the deserts,

    once empty, with heads.

  12. ما يُغادِرْنَ وقد دَحْ

    رجن بيضاتِ النّعامِ

    What do they leave behind, having rolled

    the ostriches' eggs?

  13. لك وجهٌ في الوغى يُش

    رق ما بين القَتامِ

    You have a face in battle that shines

    amid the dust,

  14. مثلما أشرق صبحٌ

    بين أثناء الظّلامِ

    just as dawn shone

    among the folds of darkness.

  15. كم أيادٍ لك في النّا

    سِ كأطواق الحَمامِ

    How many favors you have bestowed on people,

    like the neck-rings of doves!

  16. وعطاءٍ يُخجلُ الدَّر

    راتِ من ماء الغَمامِ

    And gifts that put to shame

    the downpours of water from the clouds!

  17. وسُرىً في ظُلَمِ اللّي

    لِ إلى فعل الكِرامِ

    And night journeys through the darkness of

    night, toward the deeds of the noble!

  18. لم تزلْ تعدِلُ عن دا

    رِ مَعابٍ ومَلامِ

    You have always turned away from

    the abode of disgrace and blame,

  19. غيرَ راضٍ من ظهور ال

    عيسِ إلّا بالسَّنامِ

    never content, upon the backs of

    pale camels, with anything but the hump.

  20. فاِفخَرِ اليومَ بأنْ لي

    س مُناوٍ ومُسامِ

    So boast today that there is

    no rival or equal.

  21. ما توازى أبداً بالن

    نَبْعِ عِيدانُ الثُّمامِ

    Never can nabʿ wood be matched

    by the stalks of thumām,

  22. لا ولا الماضي من الأسْ

    يافِ بالسّيفِ الكَهامِ

    no, nor a keen blade among swords

    with a blunt sword.

  23. قل لقومٍ غرّه من

    ه تَغاضٍ وتحامِ

    Say to a people deceived by his

    forbearance and restraint,

  24. واِزورارٌ عن مُكافا

    ةٍ لجانٍ ذي اِجترامِ

    and his turning away from requital

    of an offender guilty of wrongdoing:

  25. ليس إطراقُ أُسودِ ال

    غابِ إطراقَ النّيامِ

    The bowed heads of the lions of

    the forest are not the bowed heads of sleepers.

  26. إنّما يخشى الّذي يع

    جل عن طيشِ السِّهامِ

    Only he is feared who outstrips

    the errant flight of arrows.

  27. قد رأوا عاقبةَ الإبْ

    قاء عاماً بعد عامِ

    They have seen the outcome of clemency,

    year after year.

  28. وإذا ما قيس فضلٌ

    بانَ هَضْبٌ من شَمامِ

    And whenever merit is measured,

    a hill is distinguished from Shamām.

  29. وجيوشُ الحكم كم أغْ

    نين عن جيشٍ لُهامِ

    And how often the hosts of judgment

    have spared the need for a vast army!

  30. لم تزلْ كفاّك فينا

    بين عفوٍ واِنتقامِ

    Your two hands have ever been among us,

    between pardon and vengeance,

  31. وَاِصطِناعٍ لكِرامٍ

    وَاِمتناعٍ من مَضامِ

    and favors to noble men,

    and refusal to suffer wrong,

  32. وَبلوغٍ في الأعادي

    للأماني واِحتكامِ

    and attaining, against your enemies,

    your wishes and mastery,

  33. وَاِجتِذابٍ من أُنوف ال

    خَلْقِ صَغْراً بالزّمامِ

    and tugging at the noses of

    people, humbled, with the halter.

  34. لا قَضى اللَّهُ لما أعْ

    طاك إلّا بالتّمامِ

    May God decree for what He has

    given you nothing but completeness,

  35. وثنى عنه سريعاً

    كلَّ خَرْمٍ واِنثلامِ

    and swiftly turn away from it

    every breach and notch,

  36. وَاِختلالٍ واِنحلالٍ

    وَاِنقطاعٍ وَاِنصرامِ

    and disorder and dissolution,

    and interruption and ending.

  37. فَاِستَمعْها كلماتٍ

    صادراتٍ عن غرامِ

    So hear these words,

    springing from ardent love,

  38. وصريحٍ من ولاءٍ

    وصفاءٍ كالمُدامِ

    and unalloyed loyalty,

    and clarity like wine,

  39. ناقعاتٍ إن حساهُن

    نَ الفتى كلَّ أُوامِ

    quenching—if a youth sips them—

    every burning thirst.

  40. ما جرى إلّا ولائي

    لك ما بين عظامي

    Nothing flows but my loyalty

    to you, between my bones.

  41. وله منك رَضاعٌ

    دام من غير اِنفطامِ

    And you have nursed it,

    unceasingly, without weaning.

  42. وإذا ناجاك مدحٌ

    فاِطّرحْ عنّي كلامي

    And when praise whispers to you,

    then cast aside my words.