1. رق للسقيم

    يا رديني القدّ

    Have pity on the ailing one.

    O you whose stature is like a Rudayni spear,

  2. يا داجي الثميم

    دمعه رديم

    O you with the dark little mouth,

    His tears pour copiously

  3. فوق وجنة الخد

    من شادن تريم

    Over the rounded cheek,

    For a young gazelle of Tarim.

  4. كم كذا أهيم

    مستهام معمد

    How long must I wander lovesick like this,

    Besotted and love-tormented?

  5. يا زاهي البريم

    شغبه عظيم

    O you resplendent in your braided girdle,

    His turmoil is great

  6. بالفراق والصدّ

    يعلم به العليم

    From separation and rejection;

    The All-Knowing knows of it.

  7. ليت يا خرود

    تسمح الليالي

    Would that, O bashful maiden,

    The nights would show kindness,

  8. وأفراحنا تعود

    تطلع للسعود

    And our joys would return,

    Rising toward auspicious stars

  9. في سما الوصال

    تشفى به الكبود

    In the sky of union.

    Through it, livers are healed,

  10. تنجلي الصدود

    والقليب سالي

    Estrangement clears away,

    And the little heart finds solace

  11. بك واظبي زرود

    أطلب الرحيم

    In you, O gazelle of Zarud.

    I beseech the Merciful,

  12. العظيم الأوحد

    أن يغني العديم

    The Magnificent, the One and Only,

    To enrich the destitute.

  13. ساجي الكحيل

    حاني الموشم

    You with the still, kohl-dark gaze,

    With your curving tattoo-mark,

  14. ما شابكم بدليل

    ليس لك مثيل

    Nothing has marred you, as is evident;

    You have no equal

  15. بالطريق الأحوم

    والمنظر الجميل

    Along the dusky path,

    And in your beautiful appearance.

  16. ارحم العليل

    الكئيب ذالهم

    Have mercy on the ailing one,

    The dejected one, burdened with care,

  17. الواله النحيل

    كن به رحيم

    The love-distraught, wasted one.

    Be merciful to him,

  18. يا حبيب تحمد

    لازلت في نعيم

    O beloved, worthy of praise;

    May you ever remain in bliss.

  19. عافني الكرى

    والقليب الصافي

    Sleep has shunned me,

    And the pure little heart,

  20. والجوف فيه وقيد

    جدّد السرى

    And a blaze burns in my depths.

    Renew the night journey,

  21. حادي الركائب

    يشفي بك العميد

    O chanting driver of the riding camels;

    The love-stricken one is healed through you

  22. عند ما ترى

    أفخر القباب

    When you see

    The most magnificent of domes:

  23. قبر الولي الفريد

    شيخنا الحليم

    The tomb of the peerless saint,

    Our forbearing shaykh,

  24. الامام الأوحد

    عبد اللَه الكرم

    The matchless imam,

    Abd Allah, the generous.