عَجِلتِ وَما كُلُّ العَواذِلِ يَعجَلُ

عَجِلتِ وَما كُلُّ العَواذِلِ يَعجَلُ

وَكَم لائِمٍ مُستَجهِلٍ وَهُوَ أَجهَلُ

وَكَم لائِمٍ مُستَجهِلٍ وَهُوَ أَجهَلُ

You were hasty; not every reproaching woman is hasty.

You hastened, though not all the fair ones hasten,

And many a reproacher deems others ignorant, though he is himself more ignorant.

And how many a blamer blames ignorantly, while he is more ignorant,

وَرىً لِمَطايا لا تَزالُ عِتاقُها

وَرىً لِمَطايا لا تَزالُ عِتاقُها

تَخُبُّ بِآجالِ الرِجالِ وَتُرقِلُ

تَخُبُّ بِآجالِ الرِجالِ وَتُرقِلُ

May wasting sickness strike the mounts whose noble-bred beasts never cease

And steeds whose saddles will always remain empty,

to trot and gallop, bearing men's appointed ends.

Though men may decay and grow old.

كَأَن لَم تَكُن لَيلى تُزارُ وَلَم أَكُن

كَأَن لَم تَكُن لَيلى تُزارُ وَلَم أَكُن

أُزارُ إِذا ما غِبتُ عَنها وَأوصَلُ

أُزارُ إِذا ما غِبتُ عَنها وَأوصَلُ

As though Layla had never been visited, nor had I been

It is as if Layla never visited me, and I never

visited whenever I was away from her, and granted union.

Visited her when absent and joined her,

وَلَمّا بَدَت بَينَ الوُشاةِ كَأَنَّها

وَلَمّا بَدَت بَينَ الوُشاةِ كَأَنَّها

عِناقُ الفِراقِ يُشتَهى وَهُوَ يَقتُلُ

عِناقُ الفِراقِ يُشتَهى وَهُوَ يَقتُلُ

And when she appeared among the tale-bearers, she seemed like

And when she appeared among the thorn bushes, she seemed

a parting embrace—longed for, though it kills.

Like the loved separation that is yearned for, and yet kills,

يَئِستُ مِنَ الدُنيا وَقُلتُ لِصاحِبي

يَئِستُ مِنَ الدُنيا وَقُلتُ لِصاحِبي

لَئِن عَجِلَت لَلمَوتُ أَوحى وَأَعجَلُ

لَئِن عَجِلَت لَلمَوتُ أَوحى وَأَعجَلُ

I despaired of the world and said to my companion:

I despaired of this world, and said to my companion,

If she was hasty, death is surely swifter and hastier.

"If death hastens, I will hasten all the more."

أَلا عَلِّلاني وَالكَريمُ يُعَلَّلُ

أَلا عَلِّلاني وَالكَريمُ يُعَلَّلُ

وَلا تَعذِلاني ما يَحِلُّ وَيَجمُلُ

وَلا تَعذِلاني ما يَحِلُّ وَيَجمُلُ

Come, you two, console me; a noble man is consoled.

Do not blame me, for the noble may be blamed,

And do not reproach me for what is lawful and seemly:

And do not rebuke me for what is proper and beautiful:

سَماعٌ وَرَيحانٌ وَراحٌ وَصاحِبٌ

سَماعٌ وَرَيحانٌ وَراحٌ وَصاحِبٌ

حَبيبٌ إِلَينا ما يَقولُ وَيَفعَلُ

حَبيبٌ إِلَينا ما يَقولُ وَيَفعَلُ

Music, sweet basil, wine, and a companion

Listening, fragrance, repose, a beloved companion

whose words and deeds are dear to us.

Dear to us, whatever he says and does;

وَإِيّاكُما وَالخَمرَ لا تَقرَبانِها

وَإِيّاكُما وَالخَمرَ لا تَقرَبانِها

كَفى عِوَضاً عَنها الشَرابُ المُعَسَّلُ

كَفى عِوَضاً عَنها الشَرابُ المُعَسَّلُ

And beware of wine, you two; do not go near it.

But beware, both of you, of wine - do not go near it;

Honey-sweetened drink suffices as a substitute for it.

Sufficient replacement for it is honey-sweetened drink.

لَنا في بَني العَباسِ أَكرَمُ أُسوَةٍ

لَنا في بَني العَباسِ أَكرَمُ أُسوَةٍ

فَهُم خَيرُ خَلقِ اللَهِ طُرّاً وَأَفضَلُ

فَهُم خَيرُ خَلقِ اللَهِ طُرّاً وَأَفضَلُ

In the sons of al-Abbas we have the noblest example;

For us, the best models are the Abbasids,

for they are the best of all God's creation, and the finest.

For they are the best of God's creation, pure and superior.

أَلَيسَت لَهُم عِندَ المَقامِ سِقايَةٌ

أَلَيسَت لَهُم عِندَ المَقامِ سِقايَةٌ

مُكَرَّمَةٌ تَروي الحَجيجَ وَتَفضُلُ

مُكَرَّمَةٌ تَروي الحَجيجَ وَتَفضُلُ

Do they not have, beside the Station, a water supply,

Do they not have, at the Holy Places, an honored

held in honor, that quenches the pilgrims' thirst, with water to spare?

Dispensing of water, giving drink to pilgrims, excelling in generosity?