أتعتبني عمادي عمدَ عَينِ

أتعتبني عمادي عمدَ عَينِ

وعين العُذرِ تعرفه كعيني

وعين العُذرِ تعرفه كعيني

Do you reproach me, my mainstay, deliberately and knowingly?

Do you blame me, my pillar, for deliberately avoiding

And you know the very substance of the excuse as my own eye does.

The eye of excuse knows it like my eye

وعهدي عهدُ معتقدٍ عليمٍ

وعهدي عهدُ معتقدٍ عليمٍ

بمعتزْ اعتزازك في رُعينِ

بمعتزْ اعتزازك في رُعينِ

And my pledge is that of one convinced and well aware

And my covenant is a covenant of a knowledgeable, steadfast believer

Of the honor of your proud standing in Ruʿayn.

With pride in your dignity in meadows

وعجزي معلنٌ بالعذر عني

وعجزي معلنٌ بالعذر عني

فدعْ عتبي أيا سمعي وعيني

فدعْ عتبي أيا سمعي وعيني

And my inability proclaims my excuse on my behalf.

And my incapacity is evident in apologizing for me

So cease reproaching me, O my hearing and my sight.

So leave off blaming me, O my hearing and my eye

وعودني التعمد بأعتناء

وعودني التعمد بأعتناء

وعوذ عهدنا عن لقع عين

وعوذ عهدنا عن لقع عين

And make attentive care for me your habit.

And habituate me to care through your deliberation

And shield our bond from the stroke of an evil eye.

And protect our covenant from the brand of an eye

وضع للعدل معيار اعتدال

وضع للعدل معيار اعتدال

عظيم معتلٍ عن عيب عين

عظيم معتلٍ عن عيب عين

And set a balanced standard for justice,

Set for justice a measure of moderation

Great and lofty, beyond any fault an eye could find.

Great leaning away from the flaw of an eye

أأعمدُ للبديع بديعِ عصري

أأعمدُ للبديع بديعِ عصري

بعين العيّ عنت بالمعين

بعين العيّ عنت بالمعين

Would I approach the wondrous one, the marvel of my age,

Shall I compose for the eloquent the eloquence of my time

With sheer inarticulacy—a burden upon the helper?

With a critical eye, you were harsh with the helper

وعندي عقد أعظام وعلم

وعندي عقد أعظام وعلم

بعلياه لعمري مانعين

بعلياه لعمري مانعين

While I hold a bond of reverence and knowledge

And I have a necklace of bones and a banner

Of his eminence—two restraints, by my life.

With its higher values, by my life, hindering

وضعفي عاقني عن بعث عين

وضعفي عاقني عن بعث عين

تعوضها بعقيان وعين

تعوضها بعقيان وعين

And my weakness kept me from sending a choice offering

And my weakness prevented an eye from resurrecting

Which you would recompense with pure gold and ready coin.

I compensate it with deep sleep and an eye

فعَدتَ علي معتمدي بصنع

فعَدتَ علي معتمدي بصنع

لتصنعني على رعيٍ وعين

لتصنعني على رعيٍ وعين

So you returned to me, my mainstay, with kindness,

So you turned against me, my pillar, with skill

To nurture me under care and a watchful eye,

To make me skilled in pasturing and an eye

وتُمرعَ عرصتي عن بعد عهد

وتُمرعَ عرصتي عن بعد عهد

بعهد هامعٍ عن عين عين

بعهد هامعٍ عن عين عين

And make my courtyard lush after a long dry spell,

And you nurture my meadow after a long covenant

With fresh rain pouring from the eye of a spring.

With a covenant that turns away from the eye of an eye

وتبدع للمعَالي مُعجزات

وتبدع للمعَالي مُعجزات

فتطلعَ للعيون شُعاع عين

فتطلعَ للعيون شُعاع عين

And create marvels for lofty deeds,

And you create miracles for the heights

Thus revealing to all eyes the radiance of a sun.

So eyes rise with the ray of an eye

فيا علماً لأعلام عظام

فيا علماً لأعلام عظام

علا بالعلم أعلى المطلعين

علا بالعلم أعلى المطلعين

So, O beacon to mighty beacons,

So O science of great pillars

Who rose through learning above the loftier of the two horizons.

He rose in knowledge above the risings

ويا عينا يعرفنا رعينا

ويا عينا يعرفنا رعينا

بعزِّ العزم عند المجمعين

بعزِّ العزم عند المجمعين

And O eminent one who makes Ruʿayn known to us

And O eye who knows us, our pasture

Through strength of resolve before both assemblies.

With the honor of resolve amongst the assembled

ويا معتامَ صنعته اختراعاً

ويا معتامَ صنعته اختراعاً

عجيب النوع معتاماً لعين

عجيب النوع معتاماً لعين

And O chooser whose handiwork is invention,

And O protector whom you made an amazing invention

Wondrous in kind, chosen for the eye.

Wondrous in type, a protector for an eye

سأتبعُ شرعكَ الأعلى أتباعاً

سأتبعُ شرعكَ الأعلى أتباعاً

واشرع عند عذب المشرعين

واشرع عند عذب المشرعين

I shall follow your loftiest law in full obedience,

I will follow your highest law faithfully

And drink at the sweet water of both watering places.

And legislate amongst the sweetest legislators

وأطلع للعيون على شعابٍ

وأطلع للعيون على شعابٍ

يبعث طليعة وببعث عين

يبعث طليعة وببعث عين

And rise before all eyes upon mountain paths;

And make eyes rise over cliffs

He sends an advance scout, with a spy dispatched as well.

Sending an avant-garde and resurrecting an eye

وأدعو عُربها شعباً فشعباً

وأدعو عُربها شعباً فشعباً

لا جمع جمع عين للرعيني

لا جمع جمع عين للرعيني

And summon their Arabs, tribe after tribe:

And I call its Arabs, people after people

Not a crowd—a gathering of notables for al-Ruʿaynī.

No gathering of an eye for the grazers

وارجع شيعةً لعلا علي

وارجع شيعةً لعلا علي

وانزع بانتزاعي منزعين

وانزع بانتزاعي منزعين

And bring back a following for ʿAlī's glory,

And I return a sect for the heights of Ali

And, through what I draw forth, pursue two aims.

And pull out my pulling in two pulls

وعندي بعد عودتي اعترافٌ

وعندي بعد عودتي اعترافٌ

ومعذرةٌ تعاد لذي رُعين

ومعذرةٌ تعاد لذي رُعين

And after my return I have an acknowledgment,

And after my return, I have a confession

And an apology renewed for Dhū Ruʿayn.

And an excuse that is repeated for the beholder

وبعض الشعر عن عين عُريٌ

وبعض الشعر عن عين عُريٌ

فعدّ الموضعين بموضعين

فعدّ الموضعين بموضعين

And some of the verse is bare of the letter ʿayn;

And some poetry is defective about an eye

So reckon the two places against two others.

So count the two places in two places