شَفاعَة مِنكَ أَرتَجيها

شَفاعَة مِنكَ أَرتَجيها

يَومَ قُدومي عَلى الإلهِ

يَومَ قُدومي عَلى الإلهِ

I hope for intercession from you

Intercession from you I hope for

I hope for intercession from you,

on the day I come before God.

On the day I come before God

On the day I come before the Divine.

هَمّي غَدا هِمَّتي مِن ابني

هَمّي غَدا هِمَّتي مِن ابني

سَلامَتي سُلَّمُ التَباهي

سَلامَتي سُلَّمُ التَباهي

My hope from my son has become my grief;

My anxiety has become my concern for my son

My sorrow has become my sole concern regarding my son,

my salvation is the ladder to pride.

My wellbeing I have surrendered to boasting

My salvation is the ladder of all glory.

هِلالي النَيِّر المُحَيّا

هِلالي النَيِّر المُحَيّا

وَبَحري الطَيِّب المِياهِ

وَبَحري الطَيِّب المِياهِ

My crescent moon of radiant countenance,

My crescent moon, bright and lively

My crescent moon, with radiant countenance,

and my sea of sweet waters.

And my sea, good and watered

And my sea of sweet, pure waters.

هَجَعتُ في بَرزَخِ المَنايا

هَجَعتُ في بَرزَخِ المَنايا

فَهَل سَبيلٌ إِلى اِنتِباهِ

فَهَل سَبيلٌ إِلى اِنتِباهِ

I slumbered in death's limbo;

I slept in the isthmus of death

I have slumbered in the isthmus of death,

so is there a way to awaken?

Is there a way to awaken?

Is there any way to awaken?

هَدَّدَني الدَهرُ قُم وَإِلّا

هَدَّدَني الدَهرُ قُم وَإِلّا

قَضى عَلى اللَيثِ لِلشِياهِ

قَضى عَلى اللَيثِ لِلشِياهِ

Time threatened me: rise, or else

Time threatened me, “Get up or else

Time threatened me: "Rise, or else..."

it would rule against the lion in favor of the sheep.

The lion will be killed by the jackal”

"It shall decree the lion fall before the sheep."

هَدَمتُ ما كُنتُ أَبتَنيهِ

هَدَمتُ ما كُنتُ أَبتَنيهِ

مِن شَرَفٍ باذِخٍ وَجاهِ

مِن شَرَفٍ باذِخٍ وَجاهِ

I demolished what I had been building

I destroyed what I had built

I have demolished what I once built,

of lofty honor and prestige.

Of towering and prominent glory

Of lofty honor and high status.

هَدَدتُ طود الحلوم مِنّي

هَدَدتُ طود الحلوم مِنّي

تَرَكتُ عَيشي بِلا مهاهِ

تَرَكتُ عَيشي بِلا مهاهِ

I tore down the mountain of forbearance within me;

I threatened the highlands with myself

I have leveled the mountain of my forbearance,

I left my life bereft of luster.

Leaving my life without purpose

I have left my life void of its luster.

هَجَرتَني أَم شُغِلتَ عَنّي

هَجَرتَني أَم شُغِلتَ عَنّي

حاشا رَشيداً مِنَ السفاهِ

حاشا رَشيداً مِنَ السفاهِ

Have you forsaken me, or been distracted from me?

Did you abandon me or were you preoccupied from me?

Have you abandoned me, or are you kept from me?

Far be a wise man from folly!

Far be it from the wise to be reckless

Far be it for one so wise to act with folly.

هَل مُسعِدٌ بِالبُكا مُعينٌ

هَل مُسعِدٌ بِالبُكا مُعينٌ

داهيتي أَعظَمُ الدَواهي

داهيتي أَعظَمُ الدَواهي

Is there a consoler to join my weeping and help?

Is one made happy by crying? Is one helped by being lost?

Is there anyone to share in this weeping, to lend aid?

My calamity is the greatest of calamities.

My troubles are the greatest troubles

For my calamity is the greatest of disasters.

هَب رَوضَتي صوحَت فَأَنّى

هَب رَوضَتي صوحَت فَأَنّى

تَقَلَّصَت أَحسَن الشِفاهِ

تَقَلَّصَت أَحسَن الشِفاهِ

Suppose my garden has withered—how, then,

My meadow withered, so where

Even if my garden has withered, how is it

have the fairest lips shriveled?

Are the best lips

That the loveliest of lips have faded away?

هَوى النُفوسِ اِعتَدى عَلَيها

هَوى النُفوسِ اِعتَدى عَلَيها

إِنَّ الهَوى آمِرٌ وَناهِ

إِنَّ الهَوى آمِرٌ وَناهِ

The souls' desire has wronged them;

Passion of souls transgressed against them

The desire of souls has trespassed against them,

indeed, desire commands and forbids.

Indeed, passion commands and prohibits

For passion is the one who commands and forbids.

هَلّا اِهتَدى مَن أَضَلَّ هَلّا

هَلّا اِهتَدى مَن أَضَلَّ هَلّا

تَذَكَّرَ المَوتَ كُلُّ ساهِ

تَذَكَّرَ المَوتَ كُلُّ ساهِ

Why did he who misled others not find guidance? Why did not

If only those astray are guided, if only

Why did the one who strayed not find guidance? Why not?

every heedless soul remember death?

Every heedless remembers death

Let every oblivious soul remember death.

هذي المَنايا لَها سِهامٌ

هذي المَنايا لَها سِهامٌ

كُلُّ جَديدٍ رَمَتهُ واهِ

كُلُّ جَديدٍ رَمَتهُ واهِ

These mortal fates have arrows;

These deaths have arrows

These fates possess arrows,

every new thing they strike is frail.

Each new target it has hit and missed

Leaving every new thing they strike in ruin.

هُدىً وَنوراً بِكُلِّ قَلبٍ

هُدىً وَنوراً بِكُلِّ قَلبٍ

باتَ عَنِ اللَهِ غَيرَ لاهِ

باتَ عَنِ اللَهِ غَيرَ لاهِ

May guidance and light be in every heart

As guidance and light in every heart

Let there be guidance and light in every heart,

that spends the night not heedless of God.

That has turned away from God, inattentive

That passes the night mindful, not distracted from God.

هانَت عَلَيَّ الحَياةُ لَمّا

هانَت عَلَيَّ الحَياةُ لَمّا

فارَقَني مَن بِهِ أباهي

فارَقَني مَن بِهِ أباهي

Life became of little worth to me when

Life became cheap to me when

Life became worthless to me the moment

the one in whom I take pride left me.

The one I take pride in left me

I was parted from the one who was my pride.