1. هذا الفراق وهكذا التوديع

    مما يقد به حشا وضلوع

    This is parting, and such is farewell—

    Something that rends hearts and ribs.

  2. نجد اللهيب على متون خدودنا

    عند الوداع وهن سلن دموع

    We feel the blaze on the surfaces of our cheeks

    At farewell, as tears stream down.

  3. شملٌ تصدع عند باكرة النوى

    لولا النوى ما كان فيه صدوع

    Our togetherness shattered at the first dawn of separation;

    But for separation, it would have known no cracks.

  4. شيم الليالي هكذا بصروفها

    يبلى الجديد ويفرق المجموع

    Such are the nights’ ways, through their vicissitudes:

    The new wears out, and the gathered are scattered.

  5. قد ترفع المخفوض جداً تارةً

    منا وطوراً يخفض المرفوع

    At times they may raise those brought very low

    Among us; at other times the exalted are brought low.

  6. كم مدقع تلقاه دهقانا وكم

    دهقانها بصروفها مدفوع

    How many a pauper you find a landed lord, and how many

    Of their landed lords are cast down by their vicissitudes.

  7. تلقى وضيع القوم في درج العلا

    ورفيعها دون العلاء وضيع

    You find the lowly among the people on the steps of greatness,

    And their exalted one abased, below those heights.

  8. وجائع والسمل منهم جامع

    إلا وبالخطب المشتت ريعوا

    And a hungry man, while threadbare garb gathers them together—

    Only to be terrified by a calamity that scatters.

  9. كنا بشهر الصوم ننجح عندنا

    أن لا يلم بركنه تصديع

    In the month of fasting we prospered, believing

    That no fracture would assail its foundation.

  10. أمسى غراب البين فينا ناعقاً

    صوت الغراب مشتت ومريع

    At evening, separation’s crow was cawing among us;

    The crow’s voice scatters and terrifies.

  11. آهاً لها من وقفةٍ لوداعه

    فكأنها حين أحين ذريع

    Ah, what a moment of standing to bid him farewell!

    As though it were a most deadly, devastating doom.

  12. كم مقلةٍ شكرى عليه بدمعها

    وحشا تذوب وآخر منجوع

    How many an eye thanks him with its tears,

    And a heart melts, while another is stricken.

  13. هذا الفراق متى يكون لنا أبا

    فطرٍ لقاك ونحن ثم جميع

    This is parting; when shall we have, O Abu

    Fitr, a meeting with you, all of us gathered there?

  14. فرقتنا من بعد ما جمعتنا

    بسواك لا يرجى به التجميع

    You parted us after you had gathered us;

    Through none but you can reunion be hoped for.

  15. فنهانا بك ما به سهو ولا

    لغوٌ ونورك بالظلام يشوع

    So he restrained us through you; in it is no heedlessness, nor

    Idle talk, and your light spreads in the darkness.

  16. محشوةٌ منك المساجد بالثنا

    للَه حيث بك الثنا مرفوع

    Through you, the mosques are filled with praise

    To God, as through you that praise is raised.

  17. وبك الملائكة الكرام بأرضنا

    نزلت وهم بدعا الإله نزوع

    And through you the noble angels to our earth

    Descended, eager to invoke God.

  18. والليلة المقدور فيها فيك ما

    للعام فيها الضر والمنفوع

    And the night within you, in which is decreed what

    The year will bring—its harm and its benefit—

  19. فكألف شهرٍ يا لها من ليلةٍ

    ولها أتيح الفائز المسموع

    Is like a thousand months—oh, what a night!

    And destined for it is the successful one whose plea is heard.

  20. ولكم بك البركات تحدث عندنا

    ما دمت فينا فالزمان ربيع

    And how many blessings arise among us through you!

    As long as you remain among us, time is spring.

  21. أنا نودعك العشية والحشا

    فيها الأسى بعد الوداع وديع

    I bid you our farewell this evening, and the heart

    Holds sorrow, lodged there after farewell.

  22. أنت الشفيع لنا فليت عليك يا

    شهر الصيام عن الفراق شفيع

    You are our intercessor; if only there were with you, O

    Month of fasting, an intercessor to avert parting!

  23. شهر الصيام عليك ألف تحيةٍ

    منا وحمد مذ رحلت يضوع

    Month of fasting, a thousand greetings upon you

    From us, and praise wafting its fragrance since you left.

  24. اللَه نسأله رجوعك سالماً

    فعن الذنوب إذا رجعت رجوع

    God—we ask Him for your safe return;

    For when you return, we turn away from sins.

  25. وعسى الذنوب تفرقت كفراقكم

    بكم وعنا ثقلها مضوع

    And may sins disperse as you have parted,

    Through you—and may their burden be lifted from us.

  26. عتقت رجال فيك من آصارها

    فأظلهم بعد الجفاء ربيع

    Men were freed in you from their fetters;

    So spring shaded them after harshness.

  27. فهم أطاعوا اللَه إخلاصاً له

    ولقد يرى حسن الجزاء مطيع

    For they obeyed God in sincere devotion to Him,

    And surely the obedient see a fine reward.

  28. اللَه وفقها لحسن صيامه

    وقيامه لا مغلثٌ وهجوع

    O God, grant her success in observing its fast well,

    And its night prayers, without taint or slumber.

  29. ولرب صائمه وقائم ليله

    إلا السهاد جزاؤه والجوع

    And many a one who fasts in it and stands in prayer through its night

    Has only sleeplessness and hunger as his reward.

  30. يا ليت شعري كيف ما حالي وما

    إني عليه موفق مطبوع

    If only I knew how I fare, and what

    My condition is—granted success, or sealed.

  31. يا رب عفوك إن عفوك واسعٌ

    إن الكريم لمن دعاه سميع

    O Lord, Your pardon! Your pardon is vast;

    The Generous One surely hears whoever calls upon Him.

  32. أدعوك دعوة خائفٍ راجي الرضى

    بحماك ألجأ إنه لوسيع

    I call upon You with the plea of one afraid, hoping for Your favor;

    I seek refuge in Your sanctuary; it is truly vast.

  33. فاقبل صيامي لو أسأت فأنت يا

    اللَه غفار الذنوب بديع

    So accept my fasting, even if I have done wrong; for You, O

    God, are the Forgiver of sins, the Originator.

  34. وعلى رسولك صل فهو نبينا

    أرجوه عندنا فهو لي فشفيع

    And bless Your Messenger, for he is our Prophet;

    I look to him in hope among us, for he is my intercessor.