بثّ المشيبُ على الشجيّ بزاته

بثّ المشيبُ على الشجيّ بزاته

وبدا فنفّر ظبيه ومهاته

وبدا فنفّر ظبيه ومهاته

Gray hair loosed its hawks upon the grief-stricken man,

The grey hair spread over the brisk young man

And appeared, frightening away his gazelle and his oryx.

And appeared, so his deer and does were startled

لا مت يا لاحي الشجي على الأسى

لا مت يا لاحي الشجي على الأسى

وحييت بعد الظاعنين حياته

وحييت بعد الظاعنين حياته

May you not die, O reproacher of the grieving man for his sorrow,

Do not die, O inhabitant of the brisk land, of sorrow

And may you live his life after those who journeyed away;

And you lived after the complainers their life

أو عشت عيشي عند جفوةَ سيدٍ

أو عشت عيشي عند جفوةَ سيدٍ

عوّدت منه ميله ولهاته

عوّدت منه ميله ولهاته

Or live my life amid the coldness of a lord

Or I lived my life with the aloofness of a master

Whose affection and gifts I had grown accustomed to.

Who accustomed me to his leaning and whispers

هذاك قد خصف الحيا أوراقه

هذاك قد خصف الحيا أوراقه

وأنا الذي هشم الجفاءُ نباته

وأنا الذي هشم الجفاءُ نباته

That one's leaves the rain has stitched together,

That one's life leaves have withered

While I am he whose shoots estrangement shattered,

While I am the one whose steadfastness broke its plants

وأتى إلى حجر الكرام فطاف في

وأتى إلى حجر الكرام فطاف في

حجّ الرجاءِ معاوذا ميقاته

حجّ الرجاءِ معاوذا ميقاته

And who came to the sanctuary of the generous, then circled during

And he came to the rock of generosity, so he circled

The pilgrimage of hope, seeking refuge at its appointed station.

The pilgrimage of hope, visiting its station

سادوا الزمانَ كما ترى عباده

سادوا الزمانَ كما ترى عباده

وسرَاته وهداتهُ وكماته

وسرَاته وهداتهُ وكماته

They ruled time, as you see—its servants,

They ruled the time as you see its worshippers

And its nobles, its guides, and its champions.

And its elite, guides and silent ones

لا زال سارٍ نور بيتهمُ ولا

لا زال سارٍ نور بيتهمُ ولا

عدِمَ النزيلُ وسامع أبياته

عدِمَ النزيلُ وسامع أبياته

May no night-traveler be parted from their house's light, nor

The light of their house still shines

A guest or a hearer of its verses ever lack it.

Nor is the guest absent, hearing its verses