جانب زمانك ان اردت وواله

جانب زمانك ان اردت وواله

شتان بين فعاله ومقاله

شتان بين فعاله ومقاله

Shun your age if you wish, and befriend it;

If you want to spend time with it then how different is its doing from its saying

far apart are its deeds and its words.

The colors conflict from its effects, and its decrease and completeness become apparent

تتخالف الالوان من آثاره

تتخالف الالوان من آثاره

وتلوح في نقصانه وكماله

وتلوح في نقصانه وكماله

The colors of its traces clash,

And perhaps someone infatuated with the wrongdoing of his time

and appear in its decline and its fullness.

While at times the black misfortunes befall him

ولرب مفتون بغيّ زمانه

ولرب مفتون بغيّ زمانه

وعليه حينا رد سود بناله

وعليه حينا رد سود بناله

Many a man is beguiled by his age's waywardness,

Oh if only a time passed me in length

and at times it turns its dark [arrows] upon him.

And the full moon rises from its clear sky

آه لوقت مر لي بطويلع

آه لوقت مر لي بطويلع

والبدر يطلع من سماء خلاله

والبدر يطلع من سماء خلاله

Ah, for a time I spent at Tuwayliʿ,

And the night blossoms and the spring murmurs

when the full moon rose from the heaven of his virtues!

And the alive makes the dead's eyelashes gazelle

والليل يزهر والربيع منمنم

والليل يزهر والربيع منمنم

والحي يحي الميت رمش غزاله

والحي يحي الميت رمش غزاله

The night shines, and spring is embroidered;

And an intimate friend went against prohibition

the lashes of the camp's gazelle revive the dead.

Robbing minds with his kindness and flirtation

وجليس انس راح يعبث بالنهى

وجليس انس راح يعبث بالنهى

سلب العقول بلطفه ودلاله

سلب العقول بلطفه ودلاله

A companion of delight began to toy with reason;

The fresh jujube's aroma exudes its musky fragrance

he stole minds through his gentleness and coquetry.

And the excess of sugary meaning flows from its stream

المى الثغير يفوح عاطر مسكه

المى الثغير يفوح عاطر مسكه

وبفاض معنى السكر من جرياله

وبفاض معنى السكر من جرياله

Dusky of little mouth, his fragrant musk wafts,

Breaking covenants angrily and left upon

and the essence of intoxication overflows from his red wine.

Injustice and wrongdoing to the loyal lover

نقض العهود مغاضبا ومضى على

نقض العهود مغاضبا ومضى على

بغي وجار على المحب الواله

بغي وجار على المحب الواله

He broke the vows in anger and persisted in

And time told of its betrayal when we did not find

wrongdoing, treating the distraught lover unjustly.

Its image except upon its image

وحكى الزمان بغدره اذ لم نجد

وحكى الزمان بغدره اذ لم نجد

تمثاله الا على تمثاله

تمثاله الا على تمثاله

He imitated time in his treachery, for we found

Fickle, difficult in temperament, deceitful

his likeness only in time's own likeness.

No difference between its distance and nearness

متلون صعب المزاج مخادع

متلون صعب المزاج مخادع

لا فرق بين بعاده ووصاله

لا فرق بين بعاده ووصاله

Fickle, ill-tempered, deceitful—

And it certainly loses its way and does not do justice to a lover

there is no difference between his distance and his union.

The proud's perplexity in its beauty and grace

ولقد يتيه وليس ينصف عاشقا

ولقد يتيه وليس ينصف عاشقا

تيه الفخور بحسنه وجماله

تيه الفخور بحسنه وجماله

Indeed, he struts and treats no lover fairly,

Oblivious to the fluctuations of time and unaware

with the swagger of one boasting of his beauty and loveliness.

That fluctuation was part of its traits

جهل انقلابات الزمان ومادرى

جهل انقلابات الزمان ومادرى

انّ التقلب كان بعض خصاله

انّ التقلب كان بعض خصاله

He knew nothing of time's reversals, nor realized

The beautiful exceeds its time but remains not

that change was among its traits.

At its pace of condition

يطغي الجميل زمانه لكنه

يطغي الجميل زمانه لكنه

لم يبق فيه على وتيرة حاله

لم يبق فيه على وتيرة حاله

His age makes the handsome man insolent, yet

How much it ignited burning embers

he does not remain in it in one unchanging state.

That flame scorching in the hearts of its men

كم اجج الحسرات جمرا موقدا

كم اجج الحسرات جمرا موقدا

قد شب يلهب في قلوب رجاله

قد شب يلهب في قلوب رجاله

How often it kindled regrets into burning coals

Raiding backwards upon the heedless

that flared and blazed in the hearts of its men!

Intoxicated with the wine of its fortunes

يسطو بادبار على ذي غفلة

يسطو بادبار على ذي غفلة

ثمل بخمر الامن من اقباله

ثمل بخمر الامن من اقباله

It attacks with a reversal one who is heedless,

And settles over the valiant ignorantly its ordainment

drunk on the wine of security from its favor.

No doubt it falls short of the status of its slipper

ويحل فوق الشهم خبا قدره

ويحل فوق الشهم خبا قدره

لا شك يقصر عن محل نعاله

لا شك يقصر عن محل نعاله

It sets above the noble man a rogue whose worth

And becomes comfortable with virtuous goodness so it folds

falls, beyond doubt, below the place of his shoes.

Into the carriage of injustice from its ruins

ويست بالبر الكريم فينطوي

ويست بالبر الكريم فينطوي

في عربة ظلما عن اطلاله

في عربة ظلما عن اطلاله

And it [unclear verb] the virtuous, generous man, who withdraws

No safety for the rational from its malice

into [exile?], unjustly kept from his old dwellings.

No matter how much it is aided by its state and money

لا امن للعقلاء من انكاده

لا امن للعقلاء من انكاده

مهما اعان بحاله وبماله

مهما اعان بحاله وبماله

The wise have no safety from its vexations,

How quickly it changes from it and the like of it

however much one helps with his standing and his wealth.

Is in events the leaning of its shadows

ما اسرع الميلان منه ومثله

ما اسرع الميلان منه ومثله

في الحادثات يكون ميل ظلاله

في الحادثات يكون ميل ظلاله

How swiftly it swerves! And likewise,

However much it misguides with the Tor of Rim Okhal

amid events, its shadows shift.

Do not feel safe from its leaping with its twistiness

مهما دهاك بطور ريم اكحل

مهما دهاك بطور ريم اكحل

لا تأمن الوثبات من ريباله

لا تأمن الوثبات من ريباله

Whenever it assails you in the guise of a kohl-eyed gazelle,

And take precautions by trusting and gain victory

do not feel safe from the leaps of its lion.

With God, do not resort except to His majesty

وخذ السلامة بالتوكل وانتصر

وخذ السلامة بالتوكل وانتصر

بالله لا تلجأ لغير جلاله

بالله لا تلجأ لغير جلاله

Seek safety through trust in God, and seek victory

And be constantlymentioning God then actualizing

through God; seek refuge in nothing but His majesty.

Be sincere your love for the Prophet and his family

والهج بذكر الله ثم تحققا

والهج بذكر الله ثم تحققا

اخلص ودادك للنبي وآله

اخلص ودادك للنبي وآله

Persist in invoking God; then, with conviction,

And keep the rights of the companions, companions of Mustafa

make your love sincere for the Prophet and his family.

And the people who modeled themselves after his example

واحفظ حقوق الصحب صحب المصطفى

واحفظ حقوق الصحب صحب المصطفى

والقوم من نسجوا على منواله

والقوم من نسجوا على منواله

Preserve the rights of the companions, companions of the Chosen One,

Herd the defects of every sincere friend

and of those who wove upon his loom.

And leave the liar in his misguidance and straying

وارع الذمام لكل خل صادق

وارع الذمام لكل خل صادق

ودع الكذوب بغيه وضلاله

ودع الكذوب بغيه وضلاله

Honor your covenant with every true friend;

And if you are attached by an era to a group

leave the liar to his wrongdoing and his error.

Then raise the honor of the time from its meanness

واذا علقت من الزمان بمعشر

واذا علقت من الزمان بمعشر

فارفع كرام الوقت عن انذاله

فارفع كرام الوقت عن انذاله

If time brings you into fellowship with a company,

And be patient with the miserable day, as with patience

set the age's noble people above its base ones.

It will erase the darkness from its horrors

واصبر على اليوم المريع فانه

واصبر على اليوم المريع فانه

بالصبر يمحى العتم من اهواله

بالصبر يمحى العتم من اهواله

Endure the terrifying day patiently, for

And if you are tested with a problem then with wisdom

through patience the darkness of its terrors is erased.

Untie the knots of confusion from its complexities

واذا ابتليت بمشكل فبحكمة

واذا ابتليت بمشكل فبحكمة

حلل عقود الخبط من اشكاله

حلل عقود الخبط من اشكاله

If you are afflicted with a difficulty, then wisely

And accompany the noble origin accompanied with devotion

unravel confusion's knots from its complications.

For a person inclines to his likenesses

واصحب شريف الاصل مصحوب التقى

واصحب شريف الاصل مصحوب التقى

فالمرء منجذب الى اشكاله

فالمرء منجذب الى اشكاله

Befriend one noble in lineage, accompanied by piety;

And make the system of reason your path to ascend

for a person is drawn to his like.

For reason is the human's eye of his mind

واجعل نظام العقل نهجك للعلى

واجعل نظام العقل نهجك للعلى

فالعقل للانسان عين عقاله

فالعقل للانسان عين عقاله

Make reason's order your path to greatness;

And guard your glory by spending money for it is

for reason is a person's very tether.

The water of glory's face its mole

واحرس ببذل المال مجدك فهوفي

واحرس ببذل المال مجدك فهوفي

لماع وجه المجد نقطة خاله

لماع وجه المجد نقطة خاله

Guard your glory by giving wealth, for it is, upon

And grace with your kindness for the mastery is for the youth

glory's gleaming face, the dot of its beauty mark.

With his abundant grace not with his beauty

وافض جميلك فالسيادة للفتى

وافض جميلك فالسيادة للفتى

بجميله الفياض لا بجماله

بجميله الفياض لا بجماله

Pour forth your kindness, for a young man's eminence lies

Take the impact of your people wearing their perfections

in his overflowing kindness, not his beauty.

For the qualities of glory are in its cubs

خذ اثر قومك كاسيا بكمالهم

خذ اثر قومك كاسيا بكمالهم

فخصائل الريبال في اشباله

فخصائل الريبال في اشباله

Follow your people's footsteps, clothed in their excellence;

And avoid the evil of betrayal, do not act by it

for the lion's traits are in its cubs.

For betrayal bloodies its people with its swords

وتوق شؤم الغدر لا تعمل به

وتوق شؤم الغدر لا تعمل به

فالغدر يدمي اهله بنصاله

فالغدر يدمي اهله بنصاله

Beware the ill omen of treachery; do not practice it,

Purify the origins with every good deed

for treachery bloodies its practitioners with its blades.

Published, the person's origin is purified by his deeds

زك الاصول بكل فعل طيب

زك الاصول بكل فعل طيب

منشور اصل المرء طي فعاله

منشور اصل المرء طي فعاله

Purify your roots with every good deed;

And if you gained knowledge then be wise and learned

the charter of a person's lineage lies folded within his deeds.

Not taken suddenly by an argument like clothes

واذا علمت فكن حكيما عالما

واذا علمت فكن حكيما عالما

لا كالوثوب مفاجئا بجداله

لا كالوثوب مفاجئا بجداله

When you know, be wise and learned,

And pardon and do not be cowardly and distance the detestable

not like one who pounces, surprising others with his disputation.

Whose deeds make him descend from his words

واصفح ولا تجبن وباعد مقرفا

واصفح ولا تجبن وباعد مقرفا

افعاله تهحط عن افواله

افعاله تهحط عن افواله

Pardon, do not be cowardly, and keep away a vile man

And take as your friend one who if the era transgresses

whose deeds fall below his words.

Comes to you with righteousness his right and left side

واجعل صديقك من إذا الزمن اعتدى

واجعل صديقك من إذا الزمن اعتدى

يأتيك بر يمينه وشماله

يأتيك بر يمينه وشماله

Make your friend one who, when time attacks,

And be merciful and not envious nor make you a hater

brings you the bounty of his right hand and his left.

For glory can conceal goodness in his mind

وارحم ولا تحسد ولاتك حاقدا

وارحم ولا تحسد ولاتك حاقدا

فالشهم يطوي الطيبات بباله

فالشهم يطوي الطيبات بباله

Show mercy, do not envy, and do not be resentful;

And avoid harm diverting for the brother

for the noble man folds good things into his mind.

Of virtue did not intend harm in his imagination

والق الاذى متغابيا فاخو المرو

والق الاذى متغابيا فاخو المرو

ءة لم يكن يجري الاذى بخياله

ءة لم يكن يجري الاذى بخياله

Meet injury as though unaware; for the man of chivalry

And protect dignity so do not diminish your inherited glory

never lets injury run through his thoughts.

And carry it despite its weights

وصن الوقار فلا تخفف مجدك ال

وصن الوقار فلا تخفف مجدك ال

موروث واحمله على اثقاله

موروث واحمله على اثقاله

Preserve dignity; do not make light of your glory,

Do not sever ties of relation and act to connect

inherited as it is; bear it with all its burdens.

It's the characteristic of the noble to his paternal and maternal aunts

لا تقطع الارحام وافعل واصلا

لا تقطع الارحام وافعل واصلا

شيم الاصيل لعمه ولخاله

شيم الاصيل لعمه ولخاله

Do not sever kinship; maintain ties and practice

And understand the affairs of the time from its scholars

the wellborn man's virtues toward his paternal and maternal uncles.

And beware of inclining to its ignoramuses

وافهم شؤن العصر من علمائه

وافهم شؤن العصر من علمائه

واحذر بان تلوي الى جهاله

واحذر بان تلوي الى جهاله

Understand the age's affairs through its scholars,

And turn away from vile baseness even if with

and beware of turning toward its ignorant people.

Money for it is suspended by its ropes

واعرض عن الخبل الدني ولو على

واعرض عن الخبل الدني ولو على

بالمال فهو معلق بحباله

بالمال فهو معلق بحباله

Turn away from the base fool, even if he rises

Far between what the eminent possesses of money

through wealth, for he hangs upon its cords.

And the masterful breast's elevation with his state

شتان ما بين العلي بماله

شتان ما بين العلي بماله

والسيد الصدر العلي بحاله

والسيد الصدر العلي بحاله

How far apart are the man exalted by his wealth

And cut off the ropes of the betrayers for one who

and the foremost lord exalted by his character!

Bore betrayal did not succeed in his consequence

واقطع حبال الخائنين فان من

واقطع حبال الخائنين فان من

حمل الخيانة لم يفز بمآله

حمل الخيانة لم يفز بمآله

Cut the cords of traitors, for whoever

And prepare for the time of questioning a reserve

bears treachery does not succeed in his final outcome.

For the appointed his need at his time of questioning

واحمل لاوقات السؤال ذخيرة

واحمل لاوقات السؤال ذخيرة

فالمء حاجته بآن سؤاله

فالمء حاجته بآن سؤاله

Keep a reserve for times of asking;

And be just, for perhaps the ruler will feel safe tomorrow

fulfill his need at the moment of his request.

If the judiciary of justice was from his deeds

واعدل فرب الحكم يأمن في غد

واعدل فرب الحكم يأمن في غد

ان كان حكم العدل من عماله

ان كان حكم العدل من عماله

Be just, for the ruler will be safe tomorrow

And leave the miserable to suggest every trickery

if just judgment comes from his officials.

And be patient with him for it is bound to expire

ودع اللئيم يدس كل دسيسة

ودع اللئيم يدس كل دسيسة

واصبر عليه فانها لزواله

واصبر عليه فانها لزواله

Let the base man secretly plant every intrigue;

And abandon greed and disturbing covetousness

endure him patiently, for it will bring his downfall.

For the Lord divided His provision for His dependents

وتخل عن طمع وحرص مزعج

وتخل عن طمع وحرص مزعج

فالرب قسم رزقه لعياله

فالرب قسم رزقه لعياله

Give up greed and distressing covetousness;

And cast the heart aside from the filth of rubbish so purify it

for the Lord has apportioned His provision to His dependents.

And remember the majesty of God in your occupations

والقلب عن لوث الحطام فنقه

والقلب عن لوث الحطام فنقه

واذكر جلال الله في اشغاله

واذكر جلال الله في اشغاله

Cleanse the heart of the taint of worldly goods,

And raise your matters to the deity for it

and recall God's majesty amid the heart's concerns.

May facilitate the desired from its mires

وارفع امورك للآله فانه

وارفع امورك للآله فانه

قد ينفذ الموهون من اوحاله

قد ينفذ الموهون من اوحاله

Refer your affairs to God, for He

Be firm if ability allows benefiting

may bring the weakened man out of his mire.

Inclusively, and be prevalent among its heroes

صر للورى ان ساعد الامكان نف

صر للورى ان ساعد الامكان نف

عا شاملا وتسود في ابطاله

عا شاملا وتسود في ابطاله

Be, if circumstances permit, a benefit to mankind—

And if you fall short of benefiting then rise above deficient

a universal one—and you will lead its heroes.

From the glory of the universally beneficial and his state

واذا قصرت النفع تعلو قاصرا

واذا قصرت النفع تعلو قاصرا

عن مجد ذي النفع العميم وحاله

عن مجد ذي النفع العميم وحاله

If you limit your benefit, you rise, but fall short

And refrain and do not seek perfection infinitely

of the glory and standing of one whose benefit is universal.

For the full moon its detriment is reaching perfection

واقعد ولا تبغ الكمال تناهيا

واقعد ولا تبغ الكمال تناهيا

فالبدر آفته بلوغ كماله

فالبدر آفته بلوغ كماله

Stay back; do not seek perfection to its utmost,

God is Greater, everything is vanishing

for the full moon's bane is reaching its fullness.

Except God so cling attached without any inclination

الله اكبر كل شيء هالك

الله اكبر كل شيء هالك

الاه فاهجر موثقا بخباله

الاه فاهجر موثقا بخباله

God is greatest! Everything perishes

He left the old and went observing something transient

except Him; shun one shackled by his folly,

For it was struck by the arrows of its afflictions

ترك القديم وراح يرصد فانيا

ترك القديم وراح يرصد فانيا

فلقد اصابته سهام وباله

فلقد اصابته سهام وباله

who forsook the Eternal and went watching for the perishable;

And something that adorned the traits blossomed

the arrows of his ruin have already struck him.

The melodies vary from its anklets

ومهفهف زين الشمائل ازهر

ومهفهف زين الشمائل ازهر

تتنوع النغمات من خلخاله

تتنوع النغمات من خلخاله

And a slender, radiant youth, beautiful in his qualities—

How it left off the bow of the eyebrows shooting

the notes from his anklet vary.

Prohibiting the doors, masters of prohibition, with its arrows

كم راح عن قوس الحواجب راميا

كم راح عن قوس الحواجب راميا

الباب ارباب النهى بنباله

الباب ارباب النهى بنباله

How often he shot from the bow of his brows

For the full moon is from its peers, and the lion from

at the minds of the masters of reason with his arrows!

Its likes, and the gazelle from its equals

فالبدر من أقرانه والليث من

فالبدر من أقرانه والليث من

أشباهه والريم من أمثاله

أشباهه والريم من أمثاله

The full moon is among his peers, the lion among

He may appear a full moon and if he intends desertion

his likenesses, and the gazelle among his equals.

A lion startling the lowly dreadful is his descent

هو ان بدا بدر وان قصد الجفا

هو ان بدا بدر وان قصد الجفا

ليث يريع النذل هول نزاله

ليث يريع النذل هول نزاله

When he appears, he is a full moon; when he chooses estrangement,

Loyalty and the sincere old love called him

a lion whose fearsome combat terrifies the base.

But he passed like one infatuated

طالبته العهد الصميم وسالف ال

طالبته العهد الصميم وسالف ال

ود القديم فمر كالمتباله

ود القديم فمر كالمتباله

I asked him for the steadfast pledge and the former

You gazelles of Hajar in Rabi before migration

longstanding affection; he passed like one feigning ignorance.

You will fold beauty in the month after

اغزال حاجر انت في رمضان هج

اغزال حاجر انت في رمضان هج

ر سوف تطوي الحسن في شواله

ر سوف تطوي الحسن في شواله

O gazelle of Hajir, you are in a Ramadan of estrangement—

A month that has a full moon that completes and expires

soon you will fold away beauty in its Shawwal.

And you are neglectfully heedless of its crescent

شهر له بدر يتم وينقضي

شهر له بدر يتم وينقضي

وغررت عن طيش بوضح هلاله

وغررت عن طيش بوضح هلاله

A month whose full moon grows complete and passes away;

This is the era and these are its conditions

rashly, you were beguiled by its crescent's brightness.

Live in it awake to its conditions

هذا الزمان وهذه احواله

هذا الزمان وهذه احواله

عش فيه منتبها الى احواله

عش فيه منتبها الى احواله

This is time, and these are its conditions;

It is like this in the past and in its state

live within it, alert to its conditions.

In what you see and the ambiguousness of its future

هو هكذا فيما مضى وبحاله

هو هكذا فيما مضى وبحاله

فيما ترى وبمبهم استقباله

فيما ترى وبمبهم استقباله

It was thus in the past, and keeps its nature

in what you see and in its obscure future.