لو كان من شكوى الصَّبابة مشكياً

لو كان من شكوى الصَّبابة مشكياً

لعدا على عدوى الصبابة معديا

لعدا على عدوى الصبابة معديا

If there were one to relieve the complaint of ardent love,

If the youth were to complain of their troubles to me

he would assail love's contagion, granting redress.

I would spread their troubles among the youth

مات الرجاءُ فإن أَردْتَ حياتَهُ

مات الرجاءُ فإن أَردْتَ حياتَهُ

ونشورَهُ فارجُ الإمام المحييا

ونشورَهُ فارجُ الإمام المحييا

Hope has died; so if you desire its life

Hope has died, so if you want its life

and resurrection, place your hope in the life-giving imam:

And resurrection, then seek the life-giving Imam

أَقضى القضاةِن محمدُ بن محمدٍ

أَقضى القضاةِن محمدُ بن محمدٍ

مَنْ لستُ منه للفضائلِ مُحْصيا

مَنْ لستُ منه للفضائلِ مُحْصيا

the foremost of judges, Muhammad son of Muhammad,

The best of judges is Muhammad ibn Muhammad

whose virtues I cannot enumerate.

One whose virtues I cannot fully recount

قاضٍ به قَضَتِ المظالمُ نَحْبَها

قاضٍ به قَضَتِ المظالمُ نَحْبَها

وغدا على آثارِهِنَّ مُعَفيا

وغدا على آثارِهِنَّ مُعَفيا

A judge through whom injustices met their death,

With him, injustices have been judged and erased

and who went on to efface their traces.

And he proceeds to erase their traces

يا كاشفاً للحقِّ في أَيامهِ

يا كاشفاً للحقِّ في أَيامهِ

غُرراً يدومُ لها الزَّمانُ مغَطِّيا

غُرراً يدومُ لها الزَّمانُ مغَطِّيا

O you who, in his days, unveil truth's

O you who reveal the truth in your time

radiant features, which Time keeps ever veiled.

Bringing forth treasures that time conceals

لم تنعش الشهباء عند عثارها

لم تنعش الشهباء عند عثارها

لو لم تجدك لطرد حلمكَ مرسيا

لو لم تجدك لطرد حلمكَ مرسيا

Al-Shahba would not have recovered from her stumble,

The grey-haired were not revived at their deafness

had she not found you firmly establishing the expulsion of your forbearance [wording unclear].

Had they not found your forbearance a harbor

رَجَفَتْ لسطوتكَ التي أَرسلْتَها

رَجَفَتْ لسطوتكَ التي أَرسلْتَها

نحو الطغاةِ لحدِّ عزمِكَ ممهيا

نحو الطغاةِ لحدِّ عزمِكَ ممهيا

She trembled at your might, which you sent

Your might, which you unleashed upon the tyrants

toward the tyrants, whetting the edge of your resolve.

To the limit of your resolute determination, made them tremble

وتظلمتْ من شرِّهم فتململتْ

وتظلمتْ من شرِّهم فتململتْ

عجل أَرجازَتَها عليها مبقيا

عجل أَرجازَتَها عليها مبقيا

And she complained of their evil, then writhed in distress;

And they were darkened by their evil, and so tossed about

hasten her [unclear word], sparing her.

Hastening the remnants of their pillars upon themselves

أَنفتْ من الثقلاءِ فيها إذ رَمَتْ

أَنفتْ من الثقلاءِ فيها إذ رَمَتْ

أَثقالها ورأَتكَ منها ملجيا

أَثقالها ورأَتكَ منها ملجيا

She scorned the burdensome men within her when she cast off

They cast off the disgraced among them when they threw

her burdens, and saw you driving them from her.

Their burdens and saw you rid them of these

حَلَبٌ لها حلبُ المدامعِ سُيّلٌ

حَلَبٌ لها حلبُ المدامعِ سُيّلٌ

أَنْ لاقت الخطبَ الفظيعَ المبكيا

أَنْ لاقت الخطبَ الفظيعَ المبكيا

Aleppo—tears milked from her eyes stream in torrents,

The milking of tears is an abundant torrent

because she met the dreadful, tear-bringing calamity.

When faced with the tremendous, tearful situation

وبعدلِ نورِ الدينِ عاودَ أَفقها

وبعدلِ نورِ الدينِ عاودَ أَفقها

من بعدِ غيمِ الغَمِّ جوّاً مُصحيا

من بعدِ غيمِ الغَمِّ جوّاً مُصحيا

And through Nur al-Din's justice, her horizon returned,

And by the justice of the light of faith, its horizon

after sorrow's cloud, to a clear sky.

Returned, after the clouds of sorrow, serene

أَضحى لبهجتها معيداً بعدما

أَضحى لبهجتها معيداً بعدما

ذهبتْ وللمعروفِ فيها مُبديا

ذهبتْ وللمعروفِ فيها مُبديا

He became the restorer of her splendor after

It came back to life, after it had gone, for its prosperity

it had vanished, and brought goodness to light within her.

And for the good among them you began

لأُمورِها متدبراً لشتاتها

لأُمورِها متدبراً لشتاتها

متألفاً لصلاحها مُتولِّيا

متألفاً لصلاحها مُتولِّيا

Taking thought for her affairs, and for her scattered parts

Looking after their affairs, arranging their disarray

bringing unity, taking charge of her welfare.

Seeking their betterment, taking responsibility

فالشّرعُ عادَ بعدلهِ مستظهراً

فالشّرعُ عادَ بعدلهِ مستظهراً

والحقُّ عادَ بظلِّهِ مُستذريا

والحقُّ عادَ بظلِّهِ مُستذريا

So sacred law returned, drawing strength from his justice,

Thus the Sacred Law returned, supported by his justice

and truth returned, seeking shelter in his shade.

And the truth returned, shaded by his shade

والدَّهرُ لاذَ بعفوهِ مستغفراً

والدَّهرُ لاذَ بعفوهِ مستغفراً

مما جناهُ مطرقاً مُستحييا

مما جناهُ مطرقاً مُستحييا

And Time sought refuge in his pardon, asking forgiveness

And time sought his pardon, repenting

for what it had committed, head bowed in shame.

For what it had gathered, head bowed in embarrassment