حزتُ الزمانَ بتسطيري مديحك فاحـ

حزتُ الزمانَ بتسطيري مديحك فاحـ

ـتوى كتابي على الدنيا وما فيها

ـتوى كتابي على الدنيا وما فيها

I took possession of time by inscribing your praise; so—

I have encompassed time by inscribing your praise, so my book

—my book encompassed the world and everything within it.

Contains the world and all that is in it.

مداده الليلُ والطرسُ النهارُ وأفـ

مداده الليلُ والطرسُ النهارُ وأفـ

ـكاري البحارُ وألفاظي لياليها

ـكاري البحارُ وألفاظي لياليها

Its ink is night, its page is day, and my—

Its ink is the night and dawn is its paper,

—thoughts are the seas, and my words their nights.

Its ideas are the seas and its words their nights.

وهو الجبال ثباتاً والزمان ثناً

وهو الجبال ثباتاً والزمان ثناً

لا بل سماءُ على أنتم دراريها

لا بل سماءُ على أنتم دراريها

It is mountains in steadfastness, and time in [an unclear respect];

It is steadfast as the mountains, and time is its fold,

No, rather a heaven of loftiness—you are its radiant stars.

Nay, it is a heaven with you as its stars.