وَهذهِ صَحِيَفَةٌ

وَهذهِ صَحِيَفَةٌ

بِأَدْمُعِي مُسَطَّرَه

بِأَدْمُعِي مُسَطَّرَه

And this is a page

And this is a parchment

inscribed with my tears.

Inscribed with my tears

وَإنَّما سَوَادُهَا

وَإنَّما سَوَادُهَا

حِدادُ عَيْنٍ لَمْ تَرَه

حِدادُ عَيْنٍ لَمْ تَرَه

And its blackness is nothing but

Yet its blackness

the mourning of an eye that has not seen him.

Is the mourning of an unseen eye

يا علمَ الدّينِ الذي

يا علمَ الدّينِ الذي

أَخلاقُهُ مُطهَّرَه

أَخلاقُهُ مُطهَّرَه

O ʿAlam al-Dīn, whose

O pillar of faith so pure

character is pure,

Of character

وَيَا كَريمَ الفَرْعِ وال

وَيَا كَريمَ الفَرْعِ وال

فَرْعُ دَليلُ الشَّجَرَه

فَرْعُ دَليلُ الشَّجَرَه

and O you of noble branch—and the

O noble scion whose ancestry

branch bears witness to the tree.

The tree trunk reveals

لا أَنْسَ لا أَنسَ وَقَد

لا أَنْسَ لا أَنسَ وَقَد

أَدارَ رَاحَاً عَطِرَه

أَدارَ رَاحَاً عَطِرَه

I shall not forget, shall not forget, when

I find no joy, no joy since

he passed around fragrant wine,

The fragrant breeze has vanished

كَأَنَّها في كَأْسِهَا

كَأَنَّها في كَأْسِهَا

يَاقُوتَةٌ مُُجَوْهَرَه

يَاقُوتَةٌ مُُجَوْهَرَه

as though, in its cup, it were

As though it were a ruby

a bejeweled ruby.

In a bejeweled cup