قلب يقلبه الغرام

قلب يقلبه الغرام

ومدامع تهمي سجامُ

ومدامع تهمي سجامُ

A heart that passion turns and overturns,

A heart churned by passion,

and eyes whose tears pour in torrents;

And tears streaming down,

وجفون عين أقسمت

وجفون عين أقسمت

أن لا يلم بها المنامُ

أن لا يلم بها المنامُ

and an eye whose lids have sworn

And eyelids that have sworn,

that sleep shall never visit them,

Never to be closed by sleep,

شوقا إلى من وجهه

شوقا إلى من وجهه

صبح وطرته ظلامُ

صبح وطرته ظلامُ

out of longing for one whose face

Yearning for the one whose face,

is dawn, while his forelock is darkness.

Is dawn though its form is darkness,

قمر أقام قيامتي

قمر أقام قيامتي

منه التثني والقوام

منه التثني والقوام

A moon who has brought on my Judgment Day,

A moon that started my resurrection,

with his supple sway and stately form.

The cause of my bending and standing tall.

ريم سلوي عن هوا

ريم سلوي عن هوا

ه ووصله ما لا يرام

ه ووصله ما لا يرام

A gazelle: my forgetting the love of

Turn away, Reem Saloui, from passion,

him, and union with him, are beyond reach.

And its consummation which cannot be wished for,

لا موا على حبّي له

لا موا على حبّي له

سفها وما يجدي الملامُ

سفها وما يجدي الملامُ

They blamed me for my love of him,

Do not blame me for my love of him,

in folly; reproach is of no avail.

Foolishly, and blame does no good,

هيهات يصحو طرفه

هيهات يصحو طرفه

أبدا وريفته صدامُ

أبدا وريفته صدامُ

His gaze will never grow sober,

Alas! His eyes will never

ever—and his [unclear word] is a clash.

Awaken, though their slumber is tumultuous,

حلو الشَّمائل واللّمى

حلو الشَّمائل واللّمى

جذلان زورته لمامُ

جذلان زورته لمامُ

Sweet in character and in his lips' dark tint,

Sweet of features and glance,

glad-hearted, his visits rare and fleeting.

Smooth cheeked, his beauty is perfection,

كالبدر لي منه المحا

كالبدر لي منه المحا

ق إذا أبدا وله التمَّامُ

ق إذا أبدا وله التمَّامُ

Like the full moon: my share from him is the dark phase,

Like the full moon is to me his visage,

then, forever; his is fullness.

When it is full, and his is complete,

عام الوصال بقربه

عام الوصال بقربه

يوم ويوم الصمد عام

يوم ويوم الصمد عام

A year of union in his nearness

The year of union in his nearness,

is a day; a day of seeking is a year.

A day, and a day, God is Eternal,

قد شبت في حبي له

قد شبت في حبي له

والوجد مقتبل غلامُ

والوجد مقتبل غلامُ

I have grown gray in my love for him,

I grew up in my love for him,

yet my passion is a youth in its first bloom.

And passion is a growing boy,

يا سقي بلواحظ

يا سقي بلواحظ

لجفونها خلق السقامُ

لجفونها خلق السقامُ

O giver of drink through glances [reading uncertain],

Oh cupbearer, bring to his eyelids,

for whose eyelids sickness was created,

That which cures their sickness,

ما بال خدك ناره

ما بال خدك ناره

تذكو وفي قلبي الضرامُ

تذكو وفي قلبي الضرامُ

why does the fire of your cheek

Why is your cheek aflame?

blaze, while the burning is in my heart?

It kindles while my heart is in turmoil,

فعلى الحمى ومنازل

فعلى الحمى ومنازل

حلت بها سلمى السلامُ

حلت بها سلمى السلامُ

So upon the protected grounds and dwellings

So I head to the shrines and dwellings,

where Salmā dwelt, be peace.

Where my peace, Salma, has lodged,

دمن أهيم بذكرها

دمن أهيم بذكرها

وكذا المحب المستهامُ

وكذا المحب المستهامُ

Campsite traces whose memory enraptures me—

I rave with the mention of her,

and such is the lover crazed with love.

And so is the enamored raving one,

أقسمت بالبيت الحرا

أقسمت بالبيت الحرا

مِ يؤمه الركب الحرامُ

مِ يؤمه الركب الحرامُ

I swore by the Sacred House,

I swore by the Sacred House,

which the consecrated caravan seeks,

To which the holy pilgrims flock,

وبما حوى من جمعه

وبما حوى من جمعه

جمع وما ضم المقامُ

جمع وما ضم المقامُ

and by what of its throng is held by

And what it contains,

Jamʿ, and what the Station embraces:

A gathering, and what the shrine contains,

لقد اعتلقت بحبل أر

لقد اعتلقت بحبل أر

وع من أجار فما يضامُ

وع من أجار فما يضامُ

I have indeed clung to the cord of a majestic man:

I have clung to the cord,

whomever he shelters is never wronged.

Of the highest, so I cannot be blamed,

ملك سمت هماته

ملك سمت هماته

وعلت به فهو الهمامُ

وعلت به فهو الهمامُ

A king whose ambitions rose high

A king whose worries,

and lifted him up: he is the magnanimous lord.

Became lofty, so he is the highest,

وإذا أبو الفضل الكري

وإذا أبو الفضل الكري

م حماك سالمك الحمامُ

م حماك سالمك الحمامُ

And when generous Abū al-Faḍl

When Abu Al-Fadl Al-Karim protects you,

protects you, death makes peace with you.

My greetings of peace to you,

من رمَّ لي أسباب حا

من رمَّ لي أسباب حا

لي وهي مخلقة رمامُ

لي وهي مخلقة رمامُ

He who mended for me the strands of my fortunes,

Who has granted me the means of my state,

when they were worn-out, tattered remnants;

Which she created sufficient,

واهتز لي كرما ورق

واهتز لي كرما ورق

ق فاورقت مني السلامُ

ق فاورقت مني السلامُ

and stirred for me in generosity, and grew tender,

She shook with generosity and compassion for me,

so the hard stones in me put forth leaves.

So from me spread greetings of peace,

بحر فرات للوفو

بحر فرات للوفو

دِ على شرائعه ازدحامُ

دِ على شرائعه ازدحامُ

A sea of sweet water: visiting delegations

The Euphrates river of overflowing generosity,

throng his watering places.

With pilgrims crowding its banks,

شكرت صنائعه السوا

شكرت صنائعه السوا

مي عندها سام وحامُ

مي عندها سام وحامُ

His lofty benefactions have been praised;

I thanked its acts of highness,

before them stand Sām and Ḥām.

In its presence I became elevated and protected,

وأرى زناد المكرما

وأرى زناد المكرما

ت بجوده يروى الأوامُ

ت بجوده يروى الأوامُ

And I see the fire-sticks of noble deeds—

And I see the spark of his generosity,

through his bounty, burning thirst is quenched.

Quenching the thirst of the eras,

قد رغبتني في المدي

قد رغبتني في المدي

ح له رغائبه الجسام

ح له رغائبه الجسام

I have been drawn to praising

It has made me covet,

him by his immense gifts.

His magnificent ambitions,

فهو الحيا المحيي الصفا

فهو الحيا المحيي الصفا

ة وفي الوغى الموت الزوامُ

ة وفي الوغى الموت الزوامُ

For he is the rain that brings rock to life,

It is the living, life-giving, healing,

and in battle, sudden death.

In times of calamity, the certain death,

بخلائق معسولة

بخلائق معسولة

كالروض راضته الرهام

كالروض راضته الرهام

With honey-sweet qualities,

With sweet dispositions,

like a garden nurtured by gentle rains.

Like a meadow, its pasture brought joy,

قد صيرته في العلى

قد صيرته في العلى

فذا أياديه التوامُ

فذا أياديه التوامُ

He has been made, in lofty rank,

I made it high,

peerless by his paired benefactions.

Thus its hands are exalted,

مولاي مجد الدين يا

مولاي مجد الدين يا

من عزمه العضى الحسامُ

من عزمه العضى الحسامُ

My lord Majd al-Dīn, O

My lord Majd Al-Din,

you whose resolve is the [unclear epithet] cleaving sword.

Whose resolve is the sharp sword,

يا عصمة اللاّجى الذي

يا عصمة اللاّجى الذي

مذ ساد لم يذكر عصامُ

مذ ساد لم يذكر عصامُ

O refuge of the suppliant, you who—

O guardian of the refugees whom,

since becoming lord—have left ʿIṣām unmentioned.

Since you have ruled, no lament was heard,

أربى نداك على الغما

أربى نداك على الغما

م فما يساجله الغمامُ

م فما يساجله الغمامُ

Your bounty has surpassed the clouds,

Your aid against adversity,

so no raincloud can rival it.

Is unmatched, no clouds can compete,

ورست حلومك فاستخف

ورست حلومك فاستخف

ف على رزانته شامُ

ف على رزانته شامُ

And your sober judgments stood firm, making light

And your sweetness has excelled,

even Shām, for all its weight.

Over its composure Syria,

فغدا وراح محالفا

فغدا وراح محالفا

أيام دولتك الدوامُ

أيام دولتك الدوامُ

Thus, morning and evening, allied

So it has become, going and returning,

with the days of your reign comes permanence.

Aligned with the days of your eternal rule.