يقول عدل والسلام تحيه

يقول عدل والسلام تحيه

تبلغ إلى الجامع بحسن نيه

تبلغ إلى الجامع بحسن نيه

Adl says: Peace is a greeting,

He says justice and peace as a greeting

Reaching the Great Mosque with good intent.

To reach the mosque with good intention

من حين يصل يشرح له القضيه

من حين يصل يشرح له القضيه

يقول له عدل معه شكيه

يقول له عدل معه شكيه

As soon as he arrives, he explains the matter to him;

From when he prays he explains the case to him

Adl tells him that he has a complaint.

He says to him justice he has a complaint

الأوله تعمر له المطاهير

الأوله تعمر له المطاهير

والثانيه تأمر بمسرة البير

والثانيه تأمر بمسرة البير

First, restore his ablution facilities;

The first is to build for him the toilets

And second, order repairs to the well’s drawing apparatus.

And the second orders the joy of the well

فالريح في المصفا بتنفخ الكير

فالريح في المصفا بتنفخ الكير

ولا معي قنديل للعشيه

ولا معي قنديل للعشيه

For the wind in the water basin blows the bellows,

So the wind blows the fan in the purifier

And I have no lamp for the evening.

And I do not have a lantern for the evening

وجدري الشرقي قدوه مهدف

وجدري الشرقي قدوه مهدف

الله يصونه لا يزيد يودف

الله يصونه لا يزيد يودف

My eastern wall is already crumbling;

And my eastern wall is eroded

May God preserve it and keep it from falling further.

God protect it, may it not increase erosion

ولا معي صاحب ولا معرف

ولا معي صاحب ولا معرف

واسال بذا قارش والاشرفيه

واسال بذا قارش والاشرفيه

I have neither a caretaker nor an overseer;

And I do not have a friend or acquaintance

Ask Qarish and al-Ashrafiyya about this.

And I ask you the judge and the sheriff

فان به معك شي فالمحب مصرف

فان به معك شي فالمحب مصرف

يا ليت يا جامع وأنت تشرف

يا ليت يا جامع وأنت تشرف

If you have anything, your devoted friend is a worthy recipient.

So if you have anything the lover spends

If only, Great Mosque, you would come and look,

Oh I wish, O mosque, and you are honorable

حتى تحقق حالتي وتعرف

حتى تحقق حالتي وتعرف

تشرفه بالصوره الرضيه

تشرفه بالصوره الرضيه

To ascertain my condition and understand,

Until you realize my condition and know

Making a visit in your gracious guise.

Honor him with the acceptable image

فاستلفت الجامع وقال لا باس

فاستلفت الجامع وقال لا باس

بحالتك قد عرفوني الناس

بحالتك قد عرفوني الناس

The Great Mosque turned and said: No harm;

So the mosque borrowed and said no problem

People have already acquainted me with your condition.

With your condition you have introduced me to people

أهلا وسهلا مرحبا على الراس

أهلا وسهلا مرحبا على الراس

وخرجتي بير العزب دليه

وخرجتي بير العزب دليه

Welcome, welcome—you are held in highest honor.

Welcome, welcome, hello honored head

My outing is to Bir al-Azab—daliyya [meaning unclear].

And my output was the leader of Al-Azba

جلس إلى جمعة رجب وغزر

جلس إلى جمعة رجب وغزر

خرج من الداير وجا من البر

خرج من الداير وجا من البر

He stayed until a Friday in Rajab and looked about;

He sat down on Friday Rajab and wandered

He left the enclosure and came through the open country.

He left the house and came from the land

والمدرسه عن يمنته والابزر

والمدرسه عن يمنته والابزر

وصورته مثل القمر مضيه

وصورته مثل القمر مضيه

The madrasa was on his right, and al-Abzar;

And the school is on his right and the gown

His appearance shone like the moon.

And his image is like the bright moon

تسامعت بالخرجه المساجد

تسامعت بالخرجه المساجد

فأقبلت تجري بكل ساجد

فأقبلت تجري بكل ساجد

The mosques heard of the outing,

The mosques were heard with the outing

And came running with every prostrating worshipper.

So they came running with every prostrator

وأقبل الجامع بكل عابد

وأقبل الجامع بكل عابد

والعلم فيه والحاله الرضيه

والعلم فيه والحاله الرضيه

The Great Mosque approached with every worshipper,

And the mosque came with every worshipper

With learning within him and a pleasing condition.

And knowledge in it and the acceptable condition

وصل إلى فوق الجروف وقنبر

وصل إلى فوق الجروف وقنبر

فاستخدم المذهب هناك والأبهر

فاستخدم المذهب هناك والأبهر

He reached above al-Juruf and crouched down;

He arrived above the cliffs and dialed

There he enlisted al-Mudhahhab and al-Abhar.

He used doctrine there and Al Abhar

وجا النزيلي يشتكي مغور

وجا النزيلي يشتكي مغور

وادا من الورد الجني هديه

وادا من الورد الجني هديه

Al-Nuzayli came crying out his complaint,

And Al Nazili came complaining of being broke

And brought a gift of freshly picked roses.

And gave him a bouquet of picked roses as a gift

وصل إلى عنده خبط بحصره

وصل إلى عنده خبط بحصره

فإعترا الجامع غثا وحسره

فإعترا الجامع غثا وحسره

He came up to him, striking with his reed mats;

He reached him, knocked on his door

Nausea and sorrow overtook the Great Mosque.

So the mosque was upset and saddened

وقال لله الكريم نظره

وقال لله الكريم نظره

الصنو ياقوت غطس الوصيه

الصنو ياقوت غطس الوصيه

He said: A kindly glance, for the gracious God’s sake!

And said to the Generous God a look

Brother Yaqut has buried the bequest.

The bouquet is ruby, the will has drowned

فقال عدل يا أخي توقع

فقال عدل يا أخي توقع

خلى الموفق يفتهن ويسمع

خلى الموفق يفتهن ويسمع

Adl said: My brother, wait;

So Justice said, my brother expects

Let al-Muwaffaq understand and listen.

Let the empowered try and listen

إن لم يكن به للكلام مقطع

إن لم يكن به للكلام مقطع

والا بقت يا صنو هو شليه

والا بقت يا صنو هو شليه

If there is no stopping the talk,

If there is no interruption in speech for him

Otherwise, brother, it will remain a mere rag.

Or else the bouquet would remain his paralysis

قال النزبلي لي من المواهب

قال النزبلي لي من المواهب

من البخور والكنس والدواليب

من البخور والكنس والدواليب

Al-Nuzbali said: I have a share in the gifts,

Al Nazili said I have from the gifts

In incense, sweeping, and cupboards.

Of incense, brooms and cabinets

فقد سلكت السهل والمقارب

فقد سلكت السهل والمقارب

ولا المطاهير في الشتا طريه

ولا المطاهير في الشتا طريه

For I have taken the easy and nearer paths,

So I have taken the easy and close road

Yet the ablution facilities are not comfortable in winter.

And not the toilets in winter are haunted

توجه الجامع طريق عدل

توجه الجامع طريق عدل

وقد طلع حنظل وهو مبدل

وقد طلع حنظل وهو مبدل

The Great Mosque headed toward Adl;

The mosque turned to the way of justice

Hanzal had come out in a change of clothes.

And the hanthal rose and it changed

وأقبل القاضي وهو بيهذل

وأقبل القاضي وهو بيهذل

والبهمه ابطت بعدهم شويه

والبهمه ابطت بعدهم شويه

Al-Qadi approached, joking,

And the judge came as he staggered

While al-Bahma lagged a little behind them.

And Al-Bahma tripped after them a little

من حين بدا صوحه بقى يحولق

من حين بدا صوحه بقى يحولق

وعدل المسكين قدوه مشبرق

وعدل المسكين قدوه مشبرق

As soon as its courtyard appeared, he began saying: No strength or power except through God.

From when Suha began to chatter

Poor Adl was already in tatters.

And poor Justice was shining

عاود إلى الجامع قوي يحرق

عاود إلى الجامع قوي يحرق

وقال انالي في الثمان وقيه

وقال انالي في الثمان وقيه

He turned back to the Great Mosque, burning fiercely with anguish,

He returned to the burning mosque strongly

And said: My share of the eight is one uqiyya.

And said you have given me eight pounds

دايم زماني ما اعرف السنيدار

دايم زماني ما اعرف السنيدار

ولا يدفوني بكزتين نار

ولا يدفوني بكزتين نار

All my life I have known no caretaker,

Always my time I do not know the caretaker

Nor do they warm me with a couple of firebrands.

And they do not warm me with two fires

إن كان مالي وقف فانت لي جار

إن كان مالي وقف فانت لي جار

لأن عادك يا كبير بقيه

لأن عادك يا كبير بقيه

If I have no endowment, you are my neighbor,

If my money is endowed then you are my neighbor

For you still have something left, great one.

Because your habit, O Great One, remains

فجوب الجامع وقال أبشر

فجوب الجامع وقال أبشر

لا بد ما نوبه إليك وننظر

لا بد ما نوبه إليك وننظر

The Great Mosque answered: Take heart!

So the mosque replied and said receive good news

We must come to you and look,

It is inevitable that we look into you and see

ونصلح المختل فيك ونعمر

ونصلح المختل فيك ونعمر

بيني وبينك مروح النضيه

بيني وبينك مروح النضيه

Repair what is faulty in you and rebuild.

And fix the discord in you and rebuild

Between you and me lies the draught from the washing-place [wording uncertain].

Between me and you the honest friendship

شادي فراش من داخل المقدم

شادي فراش من داخل المقدم

إي والنبي قد حالتك زريه

إي والنبي قد حالتك زريه

I shall provide bedding from inside the front chamber.

Make a bed inside the front

Yes, by the Prophet, your condition is wretched.

Yes, by the Prophet, your condition is trivial

وأقبل الصياد يهف مسرى

وأقبل الصياد يهف مسرى

من باب حنظل مفتجع بيجري

من باب حنظل مفتجع بيجري

Al-Sayyad came rushing along by night,

And the fisherman came angrily distressed running

Running distraught from Hanzal’s gate.

From Bab Hanthal horrified and crying

وفي يده قرطاس طويل مغرى

وفي يده قرطاس طويل مغرى

مسوده فيها أمور جليه

مسوده فيها أمور جليه

In his hand was a long, pasted sheet of paper,

And in his hand a long folded paper

A draft containing plainly stated matters.

Drafted in it clear matters

سلم على الجامع وقال إسمع

سلم على الجامع وقال إسمع

أنا فقير محتاج إليك واقطع

أنا فقير محتاج إليك واقطع

He greeted the Great Mosque and said: Listen;

Greeted the mosque and said listen

I am poor and need you—grant me an allotment.

I am a poor needy person and I admit to you

إن فيك شي لله وشا توسع

إن فيك شي لله وشا توسع

فعلت له من فضلتك كذبه

فعلت له من فضلتك كذبه

If you have anything for God’s sake and will give generously,

If there is something for God expand

You fashioned him a lie out of your surplus.

You have done for him from your favor a lie

فجوب الجامع جواب شافي

فجوب الجامع جواب شافي

وقال انا لك كنت قبل جافي

وقال انا لك كنت قبل جافي

The Great Mosque gave a satisfying answer,

So the mosque replied with a sufficient answer

Saying: I was harsh toward you before.

And said I was dry to you before

شارسل لقصعه والزم الحفافي

شارسل لقصعه والزم الحفافي

يقدروا كم يدخلك شقيه

يقدروا كم يدخلك شقيه

I shall send for Qas‘a and charge al-Hafafi;

I will send to the bowl and stick to the potter

They will assess how much your labor earns you [wording uncertain].

To assess how much fits you meanly

فقام عدل بالدعا يلبي

فقام عدل بالدعا يلبي

وقال له تاقى عليك ربي

وقال له تاقى عليك ربي

Adl rose, responding with prayers,

So Justice stood up praying

And said to him: May my Lord watch over you.

And said may my Lord protect you

بذا كلامك قد غذيت قلبي

بذا كلامك قد غذيت قلبي

عادك من اهل العرف والحميه

عادك من اهل العرف والحميه

With these words you have nourished my heart;

With this your speech you have fed my heart

You still belong among people of kindness and protective zeal.

Your habit is of the people of chivalry and zeal

فاستلفت الجامع وهو بيضحك

فاستلفت الجامع وهو بيضحك

وقال لله ما اخف روحك

وقال لله ما اخف روحك

The Great Mosque turned, laughing,

So the mosque laughed and said

And said: By God, how lighthearted you are!

By God do not hide your soul

قد بين اخوض فيمن يصل صوحك

قد بين اخوض فيمن يصل صوحك

وبوسعه من غربي البنيه

وبوسعه من غربي البنيه

I am already considering who will reach your courtyard,

It is clear I wade among those who reach your shore

And I shall enlarge it west of the building.

And can from the western side of the building

قدك فقير مضطر إلى زياده

قدك فقير مضطر إلى زياده

وقبلتك أصغر من المزاده

وقبلتك أصغر من المزاده

You are poor and desperately need an extension;

You were a poor needy person for addition

Your qibla chamber is smaller than a waterskin.

And your situation is smaller than the stock market

وفيك قالوا تقبل العباده

وفيك قالوا تقبل العباده

ولا معك جربه ولا تكيه

ولا معك جربه ولا تكيه

They say worship is accepted within you,

And they said about you that you accept worship

Yet you have neither a cultivated plot nor a lodge.

And you do not have experience or preparation

فقال معيض وانا رأيت لك خير

فقال معيض وانا رأيت لك خير

انك مسنب عند باب ابو طير

انك مسنب عند باب ابو طير

Mu‘ayḍ said: I have seen good in store for you:

So he said frowning, and I saw good for you

You have an annex by Abu Tayr’s gate.

That you are expelled at the door of Abu Tair

واطرح في قبلتك أبو الخير

واطرح في قبلتك أبو الخير

والصومعه حقك خور نقيه

والصومعه حقك خور نقيه

Place Abu al-Khayr in your qibla chamber;

And cast in your intention, Abu Al-Khair

Your minaret is a bare hollow.

And the hermitage is your right a pure cell

فسرت في اليقظه إلى المعبر

فسرت في اليقظه إلى المعبر

وان اليزيدي في الزمر مقنبر

وان اليزيدي في الزمر مقنبر

So, while awake, I went to the dream-interpreter;

So I walked awake to the crossing

Al-Yazidi was sitting crouched in al-Zumar.

And Al-Yzidi is dialing in the group

فقيه عارف للأمور مدبر

فقيه عارف للأمور مدبر

ولا ابن سيرين له إلى هنيه

ولا ابن سيرين له إلى هنيه

A knowledgeable jurist, skilled in managing affairs;

A jurist who knows matters and is insightful

Even Ibn Sirin was but a trifle beside him.

Not Ibn Sirin has to him softness

فقلت له إني رأيت رؤيا

فقلت له إني رأيت رؤيا

بأن عدل قارن الثريا

بأن عدل قارن الثريا

I told him: I have seen a dream,

So I said to him that I saw a vision

In which Adl joined the Pleiades,

That Justice approached prosperity

وانه إلى الخير والصلاح تهيا

وانه إلى الخير والصلاح تهيا

وأن فيه أصواح عامريه

وأن فيه أصواح عامريه

And became ready for goodness and reform,

And that he inclined to goodness and righteousness

With ‘Amiriyya courtyards within him.

And that he has lively photographs

وسنبته في جانب المنور

وسنبته في جانب المنور

لا بد ما يلحظ إليه ويعمر

لا بد ما يلحظ إليه ويعمر

His annex is beside the lightwell;

And I inspired him next to the enlightened

He must receive attention and be rebuilt.

It is inevitable that he notice him and rebuild

ويخرش القبله بلاز أخضر

ويخرش القبله بلاز أخضر

وبقتلب جامع بني أميه

وبقتلب جامع بني أميه

The qibla wall will be ornamented with green lapis,

And tear the prayer niche with green marble

And he will turn into the mosque of Banu Umayya.

And with a mosque cube like the Umayyad Mosque

لا بد من جرية عيال جسار

لا بد من جرية عيال جسار

ويغرسوا فيها البصل والاشجار

ويغرسوا فيها البصل والاشجار

There must be a rush of bold lads,

Necessary from the daring family outlets

Who will plant onions and trees there.

And they plant in it onions and trees

ويدرسوا فيه البيان والازهار

ويدرسوا فيه البيان والازهار

ويعملوا ملحه وشاطبيه

ويعملوا ملحه وشاطبيه

They will study al-Bayan and al-Azhar within him,

And they teach in it rhetoric and flowers

And work through Mulha and al-Shatibiyya.

And make salts and dried fruits

ويفعلوا في قبلته خزانه

ويفعلوا في قبلته خزانه

ويعملوا للوقف حبخانه

ويعملوا للوقف حبخانه

They will put a cupboard in his qibla chamber,

And make him a reservoir in his niche

And make a granary for the endowment.

And make a steam room for the endowment

ويلزموا له بالسليط أمانه

ويلزموا له بالسليط أمانه

وله سنيدار شوكته قويه

وله سنيدار شوكته قويه

They will undertake his lamp-oil supply as a trust;

And necessitate for it the trusteeship with chard

He will have a caretaker with strong authority.

And a strong caretaker for it

ويغرسوا في الصومعه مؤذن

ويغرسوا في الصومعه مؤذن

يبقى يشوعاً في الكنيس مطنن

يبقى يشوعاً في الكنيس مطنن

They will plant a muezzin in the minaret,

And plant in the hermitage a muezzin

Who will become a Joshua booming in the synagogue.

Who remains vibrating in the church

من جور تسبيحه تضرط الجن

من جور تسبيحه تضرط الجن

وفيه إمام دين بجامكيه

وفيه إمام دين بجامكيه

From the oppressive force of his praises, the jinn will fart;

From the sound of his tasbeeh the jinn fart

Within him will be a devout imam on a stipend.

And in it an imam of religion with a turban

فدنق الجامع طريق صنعاء

فدنق الجامع طريق صنعاء

وسار عدل صحبته بيسعا

وسار عدل صحبته بيسعا

The Great Mosque headed down toward Sana‘a,

So the mosque took the way to Sanaa

And Adl hurried along in his company.

And Justice walked in his company happily

الله يحفظ غرته ويرعى

الله يحفظ غرته ويرعى

لأن عاد الفضل فيه سجيه

لأن عاد الفضل فيه سجيه

May God preserve his shining brow and watch over him,

May God preserve its pride and care for it

For virtue is still his natural disposition.

Because the origin of grace is inherent in it

فأحجرت للجامع البراقيق

فأحجرت للجامع البراقيق

وصفقت باجناحها الغرانيق

وصفقت باجناحها الغرانيق

The baraqiq birds cried out for the Great Mosque,

So the partridges were restricted for the mosque

And the cranes clapped their wings.

And the cranes clapped with their wings

والعنبرود قد هزت المواريق

والعنبرود قد هزت المواريق

وافتر ثغر الروضه النديه

وافتر ثغر الروضه النديه

The pear trees shook their leafy boughs,

And the lark moved the tambourines

And the dewy garden’s mouth opened in a smile.

And the meadow’s mouth smiled

وكان طريقه من قبال شمله

وكان طريقه من قبال شمله

خلا شعوب عن يسرته بقبله

خلا شعوب عن يسرته بقبله

His route passed opposite Shamla;

And his path was from in front of Shamlah

He left Shu‘ub on his left, toward the qibla.

Leaving the peoples on his left with a kiss

وقد فعل معروف وخير جمله

وقد فعل معروف وخير جمله

وقام بالمقصد بحسن نيه

وقام بالمقصد بحسن نيه

He had done many kindnesses and good deeds,

And he has done good and the best of sums

And fulfilled his purpose with good intent.

And achieved the purpose with good intention

فسار حتى جاوز الخنادق

فسار حتى جاوز الخنادق

ذكر من البستان كلام سابق

ذكر من البستان كلام سابق

He traveled on until he passed the trenches,

So he walked until he passed the trenches

Recalling earlier words from al-Bustan:

Mentioning from the garden previous talk

أنه حراف أسعد مساء وآبق

أنه حراف أسعد مساء وآبق

بين الدول والروضة النديه

بين الدول والروضة النديه

That he was As‘ad’s gardener at evening, and a fugitive [wording uncertain],

That he is a weaver, most fortunate evening and fleer

Between al-Duwal and dewy al-Rawda.

Between the states and the meadow

فأقبلت فروه إليه في الحال

فأقبلت فروه إليه في الحال

هزت بيارق من شعور وأراق

هزت بيارق من شعور وأراق

Farwa approached him at once,

So the chicks came to him immediately

Waving banners of hair and leaves.

They shook flags of hair and feet

قالت فراشي من حصيرته طال

قالت فراشي من حصيرته طال

عمري وانا اشكي صاحب التكيه

عمري وانا اشكي صاحب التكيه

She said: My floor-covering has lasted longer than his mat;

She said my mattress from her mat is long

All my life I have complained of the lodge’s keeper.

My life and I complain the owner of the shelter

وجنبه المشهد بقى يداعي

وجنبه المشهد بقى يداعي

وقال كم لي للصلاه مراعي

وقال كم لي للصلاه مراعي

Beside him, al-Mashhad began calling out,

And next to the shrine he continued to call upon

Saying: How long I have waited for prayer!

And said how many times do I have to pray

فاستلفت الجامع وقال راعي

فاستلفت الجامع وقال راعي

فالحاجه العال هي تكون بطيه

فالحاجه العال هي تكون بطيه

The Great Mosque turned and said: Wait;

So the mosque replied and said caretaker

For a worthy undertaking is slow in coming.

So the high need is that it be slow