أصبحتI have become لمdid not أخشَfear للزَّمانfrom Time أذىًharm
أصبحت لم أخشَ للزَّمان أذىً
وشافعيّand the Shafi‘i الزَّمانthe age ليfor me شافعan intercessor
وشافعيّ الزَّمان لي شافع
I now fear no harm from Time,
I no longer fear the harm of time,
And the Shafi‘i of the age is my intercessor.
And time intercedes for me as an intercessor,
حيَّتكgreeted you قاضيjudge القضاةthe judges منfrom مدحٍpraise
حيَّتك قاضي القضاة من مدحٍ
نجومstars حمدٍacclaim سعيدةauspicious الطالعthe rising
نجوم حمدٍ سعيدة الطالع
Chief of Judges, from praise you have been greeted
Greetings, O Judge of judges, with praise,
By stars of acclaim, auspicious in their rising.
Stars of happy praise, auspicious rising,
وجاءَand came قدرstature الإمامthe Imam سيدناour master الحal-Hu- (name fragment)
وجاءَ قدر الإمام سيدنا الح
سينsayn (completing al-Husayn) صوبٌa downpour منof الرّضاfavor هامعstreaming
سين صوبٌ من الرّضا هامع
And there came to the stature of the Imam, our master al-Hu-
And the fate of the Imam our master Al-Hussein came,
sayn, a streaming downpour of favor.
A glimpse of satisfaction flashed,
ذاكthat one الحسينal-Husayn الذيwho مضىdeparted فأناso I
ذاك الحسين الذي مضى فأنا
لاnot هوhe ظامٍthirsty إلىfor اللقاthe meeting جائعhungry
لا هو ظامٍ إلى اللقا جائع
That is al-Husayn who has departed; so I—
That is Al-Hussein who passed away so I
Not he—am thirsty and hungry for the meeting.
Am not a confused one yearning for the meeting,
ذاكthat one الذيwho كنتI used to منfrom عوارفهhis favors
ذاك الذي كنت من عوارفه
أسندI cite an authority عنfrom عاصمٍ‘Asim (protector) وعنand concerning المنىhopes نافعNafi‘ (beneficial)
أسند عن عاصمٍ وعن المنى نافع
That is the one through whose favors I used to
That one whom I was of his mystics
Cite ‘Asim—and, concerning hopes, Nafi‘.
Reliant from a protector and from Al-Minna a benefactor,
مباشرواadministrators الجامعِthe mosque الذينwho همُthey
مباشروا الجامعِ الذين همُ
صبحيmy dawn ولكنand yet علىto المنىhopes مانعa hindrance
صبحي ولكن على المنى مانع
The mosque’s administrators, who are
Those who frequented the all-inclusive
My dawn, and yet a hindrance to my hopes—
My morning but preventing at Al-Minna,
لولاwere it not for نداكyour bounty العميمall-embracing يشملناcovers us
لولا نداك العميم يشملنا
ماnot كانthere would be بينيbetween me وبينهمand between them جامعa uniting bond
ما كان بيني وبينهم جامع
Were it not for your all-embracing bounty covering us,
If not for Your all-encompassing call that includes us
There would be no bond between me and them.
There would have been no unifier between them and me
Sol 6.1