واني لمُثْنٍ ما تغَنَّتْ حَمامةٌ

واني لمُثْنٍ ما تغَنَّتْ حَمامةٌ

عليكَ رئيس الدين في كل محْفل

عليكَ رئيس الدين في كل محْفل

And I shall indeed offer praise, as long as a dove sings,

I am not one who praises, even if a dove

to you, Ra'is al-Din, in every gathering:

Calls upon you, the chief of faith, in every assembly

ثناءً يودُّ الروضُ نشرَ حديثهِ

ثناءً يودُّ الروضُ نشرَ حديثهِ

ويبعثُ وجْدَ العاشقِ المُتَغزلِ

ويبعثُ وجْدَ العاشقِ المُتَغزلِ

praise whose tale the garden longs to spread,

With praise that the garden wishes to spread its tale

and which stirs the ardor of the lover singing of love.

And rouses the lover's passion, enamored

يُرنِّحُ أعْطافَ الرجالِ كأنهُ

يُرنِّحُ أعْطافَ الرجالِ كأنهُ

حُمَيَّا عُقارٍ أو دواخنُ منْدلِ

حُمَيَّا عُقارٍ أو دواخنُ منْدلِ

It makes men's bodies sway, as though it were

It makes the shoulders of men relax as if

the intoxicating heat of wine, or fumes of aloeswood.

It were thyme or smoking incense holders

فضلتَ صدور السَّمهريَّةِ نجدةً

فضلتَ صدور السَّمهريَّةِ نجدةً

وجاوَزْتَ صوب العارض المُتَهلِّل

وجاوَزْتَ صوب العارض المُتَهلِّل

You surpassed the points of stout spears in valor,

You have excelled the breasts of the Samhari people in help

and exceeded the rainfall of the radiant cloud.

And have inclined towards the one with the fluttering glance

وأحسنتَ في حفظ المغيب فأحسنت

وأحسنتَ في حفظ المغيب فأحسنت

قوافٍ اُجيدتْ بين قلبٍ ومْقْوَلِ

قوافٍ اُجيدتْ بين قلبٍ ومْقْوَلِ

And you excelled in keeping faith with the absent; so too did

And you were excellent in protecting the absent one, so you were excellent

the rhymes finely wrought between heart and tongue.

Channels dug between a heart and a saying