قلتُ لمّا قالوا غدا رأْسُ شمسِ ال

قلتُ لمّا قالوا غدا رأْسُ شمسِ ال

مُلْكِ فَرداً يَطوِي مُتونَ الفَيافي

مُلْكِ فَرداً يَطوِي مُتونَ الفَيافي

I said, when they said, “The head of Shams al-Mulk went forth

When they said tomorrow the head of the kingdom's sun

alone, traversing the broad backs of the deserts.”

Will be alone, rolling up the expanses of meadows

لم نُرِدْ كُلَّ ذا بهِ عَلِمَ اللّ

لم نُرِدْ كُلَّ ذا بهِ عَلِمَ اللّ

هُ اعتِقادي وما علَى اللهِ خاف

هُ اعتِقادي وما علَى اللهِ خاف

We did not wish all this upon him; God knows

We did not intend, with all of this, that which

my conviction, and nothing is hidden from God.

God knows, for my belief is not upon God as a dread

لكن الآنَ حيث كان فَصبْراً

لكن الآنَ حيث كان فَصبْراً

وارْجُ خَيراً فاللهُ للعَبْدِ كاف

وارْجُ خَيراً فاللهُ للعَبْدِ كاف

But now, things being as they are, be patient,

But now, where patience was, then patience,

and hope for good, for God suffices for the servant.

And hope for good, for God to the servant is enough

إنّما كان عُقْدةً رأْسُه قا

إنّما كان عُقْدةً رأْسُه قا

رَنَ شَمساً فآذنَتْ بانْكِساف

رَنَ شَمساً فآذنَتْ بانْكِساف

His head was only a node; it conjoined

It was only a knot the head of which approached

a sun, which then gave warning of an eclipse.

A sun, so it signaled an eclipse

وإذا الرّأسُ فارقَ الشّمسَ فاعلَمْ

وإذا الرّأسُ فارقَ الشّمسَ فاعلَمْ

بُدِّلَ الاِنكسافُ بالاِنْكِشاف

بُدِّلَ الاِنكسافُ بالاِنْكِشاف

And when the head parts from the sun, know:

And when the head parts from the sun, then know

the eclipse has been replaced by clarity.

The eclipse is replaced by the emerging