إنها أعرضَتْ عن الإعراضِ

إنها أعرضَتْ عن الإعراضِ

فاقضِ يا عاذلي الذي أنتَ قاضي

فاقضِ يا عاذلي الذي أنتَ قاضي

She has turned away from aversion;

She turned away from turning away

so pronounce whatever judgment you will, my reproacher.

So pass judgment, O my blamer, as you are the judge

غادةٌ أمرضَتْ جُسوماً صِحاحاً

غادةٌ أمرضَتْ جُسوماً صِحاحاً

بجفونٍ ذواتِ سُقمٍ مِراضِ

بجفونٍ ذواتِ سُقمٍ مِراضِ

A graceful maiden has sickened healthy bodies

Gada made healthy bodies sick

with ailing eyelids, full of languor.

With eyelids having chronic illness

جمعَتْ في الهوى جنودَ سُهادي

جمعَتْ في الهوى جنودَ سُهادي

مثل ما فرّقتْ جفونَ اغتماضي

مثل ما فرّقتْ جفونَ اغتماضي

In love she gathered the armies of my sleeplessness,

She gathered in love troops of madness

just as she parted my sleep-closed eyelids.

As she dispersed the eyelids of my gloom

ريقُها خمرَتي وفي وجنتَيْها

ريقُها خمرَتي وفي وجنتَيْها

روضةٌ لي فاقتْ جميع الرّياضِ

روضةٌ لي فاقتْ جميع الرّياضِ

Her saliva is my wine, and on her two cheeks

Her saliva is my wine, and in her cheeks

is a garden for me surpassing all gardens.

Is a meadow for me surpassing all gardens

ذاتُ طرْفٍ ما أبصرَ الطّرفُ أحلى

ذاتُ طرْفٍ ما أبصرَ الطّرفُ أحلى

من سوادٍ قد حازَه في بياضِ

من سوادٍ قد حازَه في بياضِ

She has an eye—no eye has seen anything lovelier

A glance whose glance saw nothing lovelier

than the blackness it holds within whiteness.

Than blackness which whiteness has gained

فتكَتْ بي جُفونُها في هواها

فتكَتْ بي جُفونُها في هواها

مع عزّي كفتكةِ البرّاضِ

مع عزّي كفتكةِ البرّاضِ

Her eyelids slew me in my love for her,

Her eyelids killed me in her love

despite my might, like al-Barrāḍ's murderous stroke.

Like the killing of leopards

كلُّ سيفٍ يكلُّ غيرَ سيوفٍ

كلُّ سيفٍ يكلُّ غيرَ سيوفٍ

جُرِّدَتْ لي من ألحاظِ مواضي

جُرِّدَتْ لي من ألحاظِ مواضي

Every sword grows blunt, except the swords

Every sword fails except her swords

unsheathed against me from keen glances.

That were bared for me from the glances of the watcher

وغزالٍ قضى عليّ غرامي

وغزالٍ قضى عليّ غرامي

في هواهُ منه بتركِ التّقاضي

في هواهُ منه بتركِ التّقاضي

And a gazelle—my passion has ruled against me:

And a gazelle that finished me off in his love

in loving him, I must forgo demanding my due from him.

By abandoning litigation

أنا راضٍ بذِلّتي وخضوعي

أنا راضٍ بذِلّتي وخضوعي

في هواه فهل تُرى هو راضِ

في هواه فهل تُرى هو راضِ

I am content with my abasement and submission

I am content with my humiliation and surrender

in loving him—so is he content, I wonder?

In his love, so does he see me content?

ذو عذارٍ يمشي على وردِ خدّيْ

ذو عذارٍ يمشي على وردِ خدّيْ

هِ الهُوَيْنا كالحيّةِ النّضناضِ

هِ الهُوَيْنا كالحيّةِ النّضناضِ

He has cheek-down creeping across the roses of his cheeks

With a tender mouth that walks on my cheek

gently, like a tongue-flicking snake.

Is our love like the writhing serpent?

مُستفاضٌ هواي فيه وصبري

مُستفاضٌ هواي فيه وصبري

عن هواهُ فليس بالمستفاضِ

عن هواهُ فليس بالمستفاضِ

My love for him is widely known; my patience

My love in him is abundant, and my patience

in abstaining from loving him, however, is not widely known.

For his love, but it is not abundant

صاحِ دعْ كرَه سِرْ في الفيافي

صاحِ دعْ كرَه سِرْ في الفيافي

وتغرّبْ كالحرث بنِ مُضاضِ

وتغرّبْ كالحرث بنِ مُضاضِ

Friend, leave aversion behind; travel through the deserts,

Shout, leave the hate of secrets and

and roam abroad like al-Ḥārith ibn Muḍāḍ.

Alienate yourself like the plow of Muḍāri

سر مجدّاً الى طِلابِ المعالي

سر مجدّاً الى طِلابِ المعالي

فوقَ ظهرِ السّواهمِ الأنقاضِ

فوقَ ظهرِ السّواهمِ الأنقاضِ

Travel with resolve in pursuit of lofty honors,

Travel with glory to the seekers of greatness

on the backs of lean, travel-worn mounts.

Above the back of the lofty ruins

وانْحُ بابَ الإمامِ سيّدِنا الحا

وانْحُ بابَ الإمامِ سيّدِنا الحا

فظِ تظفَرْ بسائِرِ الأغراضِ

فظِ تظفَرْ بسائِرِ الأغراضِ

And make for the gate of the Imam, our master al-Ḥāfiẓ;

And head to the door of our Imam and master

you will attain all your aims.

So you may gain all purposes

الكريمِ النِّجارِ والطاهرِ الموْ

الكريمِ النِّجارِ والطاهرِ الموْ

لِدِ بين الأنام والأعراضِ

لِدِ بين الأنام والأعراضِ

Noble in lineage and pure in birth

The generous carpenter and the pure birth

among mankind, and pure in honor.

Among people and reputations

صيغَ من جوهرِ المكارمِ صِرْفاً

صيغَ من جوهرِ المكارمِ صِرْفاً

وكرامِ الورى من الأعراضِ

وكرامِ الورى من الأعراضِ

He was fashioned from the pure substance of noble virtues,

Formed from the essence of virtues purely

while mankind's noble men are mere accidents.

And the world’s nobilities from reputations

ذو ارتفاعٍ على السِّماكَيْنِ والنّسْ

ذو ارتفاعٍ على السِّماكَيْنِ والنّسْ

رِ كما أنّ ضدّه ذو انخِفاضِ

رِ كما أنّ ضدّه ذو انخِفاضِ

He rises above the two Simāk stars and the Eagle,

With a loftiness over the two heights and stars

just as his adversary sinks low.

As its opposite has lowness

هو يعطي بُزْلاً وكلُّ كريمٍ

هو يعطي بُزْلاً وكلُّ كريمٍ

غيرَهُ باخِلٌ ببنْتِ مِخاضِ

غيرَهُ باخِلٌ ببنْتِ مِخاضِ

He gives full-grown camels; every generous man

He gives squandering while every generous one

but him is miserly with a yearling she-camel.

Other than him is stingy with the daughter of childbirth

ما لهُ ساخطٌ عليه مدى الده

ما لهُ ساخطٌ عليه مدى الده

رِ كما أنّ عِرضَه عنه راضِ

رِ كما أنّ عِرضَه عنه راضِ

No one is displeased with him for all time,

No one is angry with him for an epoch

just as his honor is pleased with him.

Just as being away from him makes one content

قطّ لم يُحوِجَ العُفاةَ ولا المسا

قطّ لم يُحوِجَ العُفاةَ ولا المسا

ئِلَ جدوى يمينه الفيّاضِ

ئِلَ جدوى يمينه الفيّاضِ

Never have supplicants or their requests been left in need

He never disappointed the poor and the beggars

by the bounty of his overflowing right hand.

Due to his overflowing right hand

هو قاضٍ على لُهاهُ بجورٍ

هو قاضٍ على لُهاهُ بجورٍ

وهو بالعدْلِ في البريّةِ قاضِ

وهو بالعدْلِ في البريّةِ قاضِ

He judges his own largesse with injustice,

He is unjust to his ignoramus with injustice

yet among mankind he judges with justice.

And with justice in the wilderness, he is the judge

ذو فخارٍ ضخمٍ وعزٍّ منيع

ذو فخارٍ ضخمٍ وعزٍّ منيع

ونوالٍ جمٍّ وأيْدٍ عِراضِ

ونوالٍ جمٍّ وأيْدٍ عِراضِ

Of mighty glory and unassailable power,

With enormous pride and firm honor

abundant gifts and broad hands.

And abundant success and spreading hands

إيتِ يا صادياً حياضَ نداهُ

إيتِ يا صادياً حياضَ نداهُ

وارْو منها وخلِّ كلَّ الحياضِ

وارْو منها وخلِّ كلَّ الحياضِ

Come, thirsty one, to the pools of his bounty,

Come O yearner to his call’s basin

and drink your fill from them; leave all other pools.

And drink from it and leave all the basins

لم يزَلْ مذْ عرفتُه ذا انبساطٍ

لم يزَلْ مذْ عرفتُه ذا انبساطٍ

وسواه طولَ المدى ذات انقباضِ

وسواه طولَ المدى ذات انقباضِ

Since I have known him, he has always been open-handed,

Since I knew him he was always genial

while all others remain forever tight-fisted.

While others are always contracted

أيها الحافظُ الإمام المفدّى

أيها الحافظُ الإمام المفدّى

جُدْتَ فالمكرماتُ عنك رَواضِ

جُدْتَ فالمكرماتُ عنك رَواضِ

O al-Ḥāfiẓ, the Imam for whom we would sacrifice ourselves,

O guardian Imam, O redeemer

you have given generously, so noble virtues are pleased with you.

Your virtues are meadows

هاك بكراً كسوتُها ثوب فخرٍ

هاك بكراً كسوتُها ثوب فخرٍ

أيُّ ثوبٍ من سؤددٍ فضفاضِ

أيُّ ثوبٍ من سؤددٍ فضفاضِ

Take this virgin poem: I have clothed her in a robe of glory—

What garment of felicity is more loose?

what an ample robe of eminence!

She disdains the poetry of al-Mutanabbi

فغدَتْ تزدري بشعر المعرّي

فغدَتْ تزدري بشعر المعرّي

وبمهيارَ والشريفِ البَياضي

وبمهيارَ والشريفِ البَياضي

So she came to sneer at the poetry of al-Maʿarrī,

And that of Muhyi al-Din al-Bayati

and at Mihyār and al-Sharīf al-Bayāḍī.

So stay and be safe as long as the birds sing in the thickets

فابْقَ واسلَم ما غرّد الطيرُ في الأي

فابْقَ واسلَم ما غرّد الطيرُ في الأي

كِ وهز النسيمُ زهرَ الرياضِ

كِ وهز النسيمُ زهرَ الرياضِ

So live on and stay safe as long as birds sing in the thickets

And the breeze shakes the flowers of the gardens

and the breeze stirs the gardens' blossoms.