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News reached me that glory was asking about me

أتاني أن المجد عني سائل

1. News reached me that glory was asking about me,
And that the exalted one no longer reproaches me for you.

١. أَتانِيَ أَنَّ الْمَجْدَ عَنِّي سائِلٌ
وَأَنَّ الْعُلى لَمْ يَعْدُنِي فِيكَ عَتْبُها

2. O pride of one whose mention is a secret delight,
O joy of a soul made happy by your nearness!

٢. فَيَا فَخْرَ شَخْصٍ حَلَّ سِرَّكَ ذِكْرُهُ
وَيا سَعْدَ نَفْسٍ سَرَّ مِثْلَكَ قُرْبُها

3. My only excuse is that an infatuated heart enslaved me –
A forgiven sin, thanks to your generosity.

٣. وَلا عُذْرَ إلاّ أنَّ لُبّاً شَدَهْنَهُ
نَوائِبُ مَغْفُورٌ بِجُودِكَ ذَنْبُها

4. Without you, the land would not have been my dwelling place,
Even if others pitied me and sympathized.

٤. وَما كانَ لِي لُوْلاكَ بِالرَّيِّ مَنْزِلٌ
وَإِنْ شَعَفْتْ غَيْرِي وَتَيَّمَ حُبُّها

5. It is nothing but a land – let its soil pride itself
On being trodden by you!

٥. وَما هِي إِلاّ كَالْبِلادِ وإِنَّما
بِوَطْئِكَ فَلْيَفْخَرَ عَلَى الْمِسْكِ تُرْبُها