كُن عَزيزاً أَو عَزَّ عَمّا يَعِزُّ

كُن عَزيزاً أَو عَزَّ عَمّا يَعِزُّ

سَتُرِح مِن قِرانِ هَمٍّ يَلِزُّ

سَتُرِح مِن قِرانِ هَمٍّ يَلِزُّ

Be noble—or do without whatever is dear.

Be dignified, or turn away from what is hard to attain;

You will be relieved of the company of a clinging sorrow.

You will find relief from the bond of a clinging worry.

وَاِسرَحَ القَلبُ في المَقدِسِ بِالمَس

وَاِسرَحَ القَلبُ في المَقدِسِ بِالمَس

جِدِ الأَقصى هُناكَ لِلجَذعِ هُزُّ

جِدِ الأَقصى هُناكَ لِلجَذعِ هُزُّ

And let the heart roam through Jerusalem, in the Mas—

And let the heart roam in the Holy City, in the mos-

—jid al-Aqsa; there, give the trunk a shake.

que of al-Aqsa; there the trunk is shaken.

وَاِسقِهِ كُلَّما اِشتَكى غَلَّةً مِن

وَاِسقِهِ كُلَّما اِشتَكى غَلَّةً مِن

عَينِ سَلوانَ حَيثُ بورِكَ نَزُّ

عَينِ سَلوانَ حَيثُ بورِكَ نَزُّ

And water it whenever it complains of thirst, from—

And give it drink whenever it complains of burning thirst, from

Silwan’s spring, where its trickling flow was blessed.

the spring of Silwan, where the seeping water was blessed.

فَبِسَلوانَ رَيُّهُ لا سِواهُ

فَبِسَلوانَ رَيُّهُ لا سِواهُ

وَهوَ يَنفي عَنهُ كُلوماً تَحَزُّ

وَهوَ يَنفي عَنهُ كُلوماً تَحَزُّ

For in Silwan alone lies its quenching,

For its thirst is quenched by Silwan, by nothing else,

and it drives from the heart wounds that cut deep.

And it banishes the wounds that lacerate the heart.

فَاِغسِلِ القَلبَ بِالسُلُوِّ إِلى أَن

فَاِغسِلِ القَلبَ بِالسُلُوِّ إِلى أَن

لا تَراهُ بِحادِثٍ يُستَفَزُّ

لا تَراهُ بِحادِثٍ يُستَفَزُّ

So wash the heart with solace until—

So wash the heart in forgetfulness until

you see it no longer provoked by anything that befalls.

You no longer see it shaken by any event.