كَتَبْتُI wrote وَوُدِّيand my affection فِيin الصَّفَاءِpurity كَمَاas زَهْرِيmy blossoms
كَتَبْتُ وَوُدِّي فِي الصَّفَاءِ كَمَا زَهْرِي
سَلاَماًa greeting كَأَنْفَاسِlike the breaths of الْحَدَائِقِthe gardens فِيat الْفَجْرِdawn
سَلاَماً كَأَنْفَاسِ الْحَدَائِقِ فِي الْفَجْرِ
I wrote, my affection as pure as my blossoms,
I wrote, my affection in its purity like my blooming flowers,
A greeting like the gardens’ breaths at dawn,
A greeting of peace, like the breath of gardens at dawn,
وَإِلاَّand if not فَكَالنِّسْرِينِthen like the wild rose فَاحَspread fragrance بِرَوْضَةٍin a garden
وَإِلاَّ فَكَالنِّسْرِينِ فَاحَ بِرَوْضَةٍ
يَهُبُّwafts بِهِthrough it عَرْفُthe fragrance of الصَّبَاthe east wind زَمَنَin the season of الْحَرِّthe heat
يَهُبُّ بِهِ عَرْفُ الصَّبَا زَمَنَ الْحَرِّ
Or else like the wild rose spreading fragrance in a garden,
Or else like the wild rose exhaling its fragrance in a meadow,
Where the east wind’s fragrance wafts in the season of heat,
Carried by the fragrant east wind in the season of heat,
تُفَاوِحُrivals in fragrance عَرْفَthe scent of النَّدِّblended perfume وَالْعُودُand aloeswood وَالْكِبَاand incense
تُفَاوِحُ عَرْفَ النَّدِّ وَالْعُودُ وَالْكِبَا
وَتُزْرِيand puts to shame بِنَشْرِthe fragrance of الْمِسْكِmusk مَعْtogether with عَنْبَرِambergris of الشَّحْرِal-Shihr
وَتُزْرِي بِنَشْرِ الْمِسْكِ مَعْ عَنْبَرِ الشَّحْرِ
Rivalling the scent of blended perfume, aloeswood, and incense,
Rivaling the scent of blended incense, agarwood, and aloes,
And putting musk’s fragrance and al-Shihr’s ambergris to shame,
And surpassing the wafting of musk and the ambergris of Shihr,
لِمَنْto the one whom هَزَّنِيshook me شَوْقٌlonging إِلَيْهِfor him مُبَرَّحٌagonizing
لِمَنْ هَزَّنِي شَوْقٌ إِلَيْهِ مُبَرَّحٌ
وَأَجْرَىand made flow دُموعِيmy tears مِثْلَlike مُنْسَجِمِpouring الْقَطْرِrain
وَأَجْرَى دُموعِي مِثْلَ مُنْسَجِمِ الْقَطْرِ
To one for whom an agonizing longing shook me,
To the one for whom an agonizing longing has shaken me,
And made my tears flow like pouring rain:
And caused my tears to flow like continuous pouring rain,
إِلَىto السَّيِّدِthe lord الأَرْضَىmost pleasing الْكَِرِيمِnoble نِجَارُهُhis lineage
إِلَى السَّيِّدِ الأَرْضَى الْكَِرِيمِ نِجَارُهُ
سَلِيلِa descendant of رَسُولِthe Messenger of اللهِGod حَقّاًtruly بِلاَwithout نُكْرِdenial
سَلِيلِ رَسُولِ اللهِ حَقّاً بِلاَ نُكْرِ
To the most pleasing lord, noble in his lineage,
To the most pleasing master, of noble lineage,
A true descendant of God’s Messenger, beyond denial.
The true descendant of the Messenger of Allah, beyond any denial,
عَلَيْهِupon him صَلاَةُthe blessing of اللهِGod مَاas long as هَبَّتِblows الصَّبَاthe east wind
عَلَيْهِ صَلاَةُ اللهِ مَا هَبَّتِ الصَّبَا
وَآلِهِand his family وَالأَصْحَابِand the companions مَاas long as غَرَّدَsings الْقُمْرِيthe turtledove
وَآلِهِ وَالأَصْحَابِ مَا غَرَّدَ الْقُمْرِي
God’s blessing be upon him as long as the east wind blows,
Upon him be the blessings of Allah, as long as the east wind blows,
And upon his family and the companions as long as the turtledove sings.
And upon his family and companions, as long as the turtledove sings.
Sol 6.1