صدوا عَن الصب الكَئيب واعرضوا

صدوا عَن الصب الكَئيب واعرضوا

وَالهجر اطول ما يَكون واعرض

وَالهجر اطول ما يَكون واعرض

They turned away from the sorrowful lover and shunned him.

Turn away from melancholic youth and turn aside,

And estrangement is at its longest and widest.

And separation is ever so long, so turn aside,

كثر السقام فقمت اطلب برءه

كثر السقام فقمت اطلب برءه

من أَينَ يبرأ وَالطَبيب الممرض

من أَينَ يبرأ وَالطَبيب الممرض

Illness grew, so I rose to seek its cure.

Much sickness arose so I went seeking a cure,

How can one recover when the physician causes the sickness?

Whence comes healing, and the nurse makes one ill?

ان يستحلوا بالفراق دمى فَلي

ان يستحلوا بالفراق دمى فَلي

يَومَ القيامة حجة لا تدحض

يَومَ القيامة حجة لا تدحض

If they deem my blood lawful through parting, I have

If they make lawful shedding my blood through separation,

on Resurrection Day a plea that cannot be refuted.

On Judgement Day they will have no argument to rebut,

قف بالمطى عَلى ما ثارهم وَلَو

قف بالمطى عَلى ما ثارهم وَلَو

مقدار ما يتمضمض المتمضعض

مقدار ما يتمضمض المتمضعض

Halt the mounts beside their traces, if only

Stand at Mata'a for their rebellion, even if only

for as long as a weakened man takes to rinse his mouth.

As long as it takes the vexed one to rinse his mouth,

هم جيرتي قبل الفراق وانما

هم جيرتي قبل الفراق وانما

كتب الفراق وَلا رضيتوَلا رضوا

كتب الفراق وَلا رضيتوَلا رضوا

They were my neighbors before parting; it was only

They were my neighbors before the separation, and only

that parting was decreed: neither I nor they consented.

Fate decreed the separation, I neither approved nor did they,

يا حسرة العشاق من غصص النَوى

يا حسرة العشاق من غصص النَوى

لَو أَنَّهم بالهجر وَصلا عوّضوا

لَو أَنَّهم بالهجر وَصلا عوّضوا

O the lovers' anguish from the choking pangs of separation!

Woe to the longing of lovers from the twisting pains,

If only they had given union in exchange for estrangement!

If only through separation they could have compensated,

لِلَّه ركب أَزمعوا راد الضحى

لِلَّه ركب أَزمعوا راد الضحى

وَالشَمس تلفح وَالقَلائض تركض

وَالشَمس تلفح وَالقَلائض تركض

How wondrous the riders who resolved to leave at high morning,

By God they rode off one morning at daybreak

while the sun scorches and the young she-camels gallop!

While the sun scorches and the small camels trot,

رحلوا المطيّ يؤمهم من يثرب

رحلوا المطيّ يؤمهم من يثرب

رعد يحن وَبارقات تومض

رعد يحن وَبارقات تومض

They saddled the mounts; toward them from Yathrib comes

They left leading their camels from Yathrib

thunder crying its longing, and flashes of lightning gleaming.

With thunder moaning and lightning bolts flashing,

وَغَمائم تكسوا الرباض مطارقا

وَغَمائم تكسوا الرباض مطارقا

يفترّ عَنها مذهب وَمفضض

يفترّ عَنها مذهب وَمفضض

And clouds cloak the outskirts in layer upon layer,

And clouds covering the meadows like mallets

from which gilded and silvered radiance smiles forth.

With gold leaf peeling off from which dazzles,

بلدنه المجد المؤثل والسخا

بلدنه المجد المؤثل والسخا

وَالبَدر وَالبحر الطَويل الاعرض

وَالبَدر وَالبحر الطَويل الاعرض

A land wherein dwell deeply rooted glory and generosity,

Its homesteads majesty and generosity,

and the full moon, and the vast, expansive sea.

And the moon and the vast wide sea,

بحر يَموج غني لمغر فيه لا

بحر يَموج غني لمغر فيه لا

وَشل به يتبرض المتبرض

وَشل به يتبرض المتبرض

A sea surging with riches for one who draws from it—not

A sea with surging, foaming waves in which

a scant trickle from which one gathers water drop by drop.

No weakness, proudly the arrogant frolics,

قمر تسلسل من ذؤابة هاشم

قمر تسلسل من ذؤابة هاشم

لمكانة عنها المراتب تخفض

لمكانة عنها المراتب تخفض

A moon descended from the crest of Hashim,

A moon descending in lineage from the Hashimites

to a station beneath which all other ranks are lowered.

For which ranks are lowered in esteem,

صفوا السَرارة صفوة العز الَّذي

صفوا السَرارة صفوة العز الَّذي

في اللَه يبرم ما يشاء وَينقض

في اللَه يبرم ما يشاء وَينقض

The choicest of noble stock, the essence of glory, who

They lined up the elite of honor which

for God's sake binds and unbinds whatever he wills.

In God fulfills what He wills and annuls,

ناهى الوَرى عَن فعل كل دنية

ناهى الوَرى عَن فعل كل دنية

وَعَلى المَكارِم وَالوفاء محضض

وَعَلى المَكارِم وَالوفاء محضض

He forbids humankind every base deed,

He prohibited all baseness to humanity

and urges noble virtues and fidelity.

And urged honorable deeds and loyalty,

برّ بمن والى عدوّ للعدا

برّ بمن والى عدوّ للعدا

في اللَه شيمته يحب وَيبغض

في اللَه شيمته يحب وَيبغض

Kind to those he befriends, an enemy to foes;

He was devoted to those loyal to enemies

his nature is to love and hate for God's sake.

For God's sake he loved and hated,

فنزيله خصب الرحاب وَجاره

فنزيله خصب الرحاب وَجاره

عالي الجناب وَبسطه لا يقبض

عالي الجناب وَبسطه لا يقبض

So his guest enjoys fertile grounds, and his neighbor

So his guest spreads across meadows, his neighbor

is exalted in standing; his open hand is never closed.

Is most noble, his affluence boundless,

هُوَ مكرم للناسكين بهديه

هُوَ مكرم للناسكين بهديه

هو ضغيم تحت العجاج محرض

هو ضغيم تحت العجاج محرض

He honors the devout through his guidance;

He honors ascetics with his guidance

he is a lion beneath the dust-cloud, spurring others on.

He is stern beneath the armor incited,

هُوَ مقبل القلب السَليم عَلى الهدى

هُوَ مقبل القلب السَليم عَلى الهدى

وَعن الغواية وَالضلالة معرض

وَعن الغواية وَالضلالة معرض

He turns with a sound heart toward guidance,

He has an open heart inclined toward guidance

and turns away from waywardness and error.

And turned away from misguidance and straying,

وله الحَنيفة ملة مرضية

وله الحَنيفة ملة مرضية

دين الخَليل وَكل دين نفرض

دين الخَليل وَكل دين نفرض

And his is the upright faith, a well-pleasing creed—

And for him is the Hanifite faith most agreeable

the faith of the Friend, and every faith we prescribe.

The religion of Abraham and every imposed faith,

باسيد الثقلين يامن هديه

باسيد الثقلين يامن هديه

في الناس نور واضح لا يغمض

في الناس نور واضح لا يغمض

O master of humankind and jinn, O you whose guidance

By the master of mankind, O you whose guidance

among people is a clear light, never obscured.

Is a clear light among people never dimming,

وَمن الصَلاة عليه حق واجِب

وَمن الصَلاة عليه حق واجِب

أَبَدا يسن عَلى العباد وَيفرض

أَبَدا يسن عَلى العباد وَيفرض

And you upon whom invoking blessings is a binding duty,

And prayers upon him are a duty

ever prescribed for God's servants as practice and obligation.

Required of servants till the end of time,

نطقت بفضلك معجزات جمة

نطقت بفضلك معجزات جمة

فالكل فيك مصرح وَمعرض

فالكل فيك مصرح وَمعرض

Many miracles have spoken of your excellence;

Many clear miracles spoke of your favor

so all speak of you, explicitly and by allusion.

So for you everything submitted and turned aside,

أَدعوك عَن نيابَتي برع وَفي

أَدعوك عَن نيابَتي برع وَفي

كبد من الاشواق حرّ مرمض

كبد من الاشواق حرّ مرمض

I call upon you, representing Buraʿ, while in

I call upon you in my place most reverent, in

my liver burns a scorching heat of longing.

A core of longing, heated and fevered,

فاعطف عَلى عَبد الرَحيم برحمة

فاعطف عَلى عَبد الرَحيم برحمة

واجبر بفضلك ما الحوادث تمهض

واجبر بفضلك ما الحوادث تمهض

So incline toward ʿAbd al-Raḥīm with mercy,

So bestow mercy upon your servant Ar-Rahim

and mend, through your bounty, what misfortunes crush.

And fulfill by your grace what calamities rend,

أَنا في جوارك يوم ما تَطوي السما

أَنا في جوارك يوم ما تَطوي السما

وَالنار تسعر وَالخلائق تعرض

وَالنار تسعر وَالخلائق تعرض

I am under your protection on the day the sky is folded,

On a day when the sky is folded away

and the Fire is kindled and all creatures are presented.

And hellfire rages and creations stand aside,

أَوردني الحوض الَّذي أَوصافه

أَوردني الحوض الَّذي أَوصافه

من دونها لبن وشهد أَبيض

من دونها لبن وشهد أَبيض

Bring me to drink at the Pool, whose qualities

Make me drink at the basin whose traits

milk and white honey fall short of.

Beyond it, only milk and white honey,

وانظر إِليَّ بعين لطفك انني

وانظر إِليَّ بعين لطفك انني

لعريض جودك آمل متعرض

لعريض جودك آمل متعرض

And look upon me with the eye of your kindness, for I

And look upon me with the eye of your kindness, I am

hope for your vast generosity and present myself to receive it.

Hoping for your vast generosity exposed,

وائذن لمشتاق يزرك فانه

وائذن لمشتاق يزرك فانه

لا يَستَطيع من الكَبائر ينهض

لا يَستَطيع من الكَبائر ينهض

And permit a longing soul to visit you, for he

And permit a longing one to visit, he is not

is unable, because of grave sins, to rise.

Able to rise above major sins,

فكم امرىء ادنيته من بعده

فكم امرىء ادنيته من بعده

فأتَت به الاقدار سيعا تركض

فأتَت به الاقدار سيعا تركض

For how many a man have you brought near from afar,

For how many a man you drew near after being distant,

then fate came racing swiftly, bringing him along.

Then fate brought him racing back swift,

وَمضى الزَمان وَما اِنقَضى وَطرى بكم

وَمضى الزَمان وَما اِنقَضى وَطرى بكم

وَالنَفس تأمل وَالحوادِث تعرض

وَالنَفس تأمل وَالحوادِث تعرض

And time has passed, yet my longing for you remains unfulfilled;

Time has passed and none reverted, and many

my soul still hopes, while misfortunes intervene.

Misfortunes transpired while the soul still hopes,

وَعليك صَلّى اللَه يا من عرضه

وَعليك صَلّى اللَه يا من عرضه

عَن كل ذنب بالمحامد يرحض

عَن كل ذنب بالمحامد يرحض

And may God bless you, O you whose honor

And upon you may God send blessings, O you whose

is washed clean of every sin by praiseworthy qualities.

Intercession for any sin the eulogies rebut,