وحَقِّ ما غادرتْ عيناك من رَمقِى

وحَقِّ ما غادرتْ عيناك من رَمقِى

وما أثار الهوى والشوقُ من قَلقي

وما أثار الهوى والشوقُ من قَلقي

By what remains of my life-breath—what your eyes have left me,

And by the sanctity of what your eyes have left of my life,

and by the unrest that love and longing have stirred in me,

And the unrest love and longing have stirred in me,

وما تَبوح دموعي للوُشاةِ به

وما تَبوح دموعي للوُشاةِ به

فيكم ويكتمه قلبي من الحُرَق

فيكم ويكتمه قلبي من الحُرَق

and by what my tears reveal to the tale-bearers

And what my tears reveal to the tale-bearers,

about you, though my heart, scorched with anguish, keeps it hidden—

Of burning grief for you, while my heart conceals it—

لقد حَوى الأفضلُ الفضلَ الذي افترقتْ

لقد حَوى الأفضلُ الفضلَ الذي افترقتْ

أنواعُه في جميع الخلق في نَسَق

أنواعُه في جميع الخلق في نَسَق

truly, the most excellent has gathered the excellence whose

Indeed, al-Afdal has gathered the excellence whose

kinds are apportioned, in due order, throughout all creation.

Forms were scattered throughout all creation, into one harmonious whole.

فكلُّ معنىً وإنْ جَلَّتْ مناقُبه

فكلُّ معنىً وإنْ جَلَّتْ مناقُبه

فبعضُ ما فيه من خَلْق ومن خُلُقِ

فبعضُ ما فيه من خَلْق ومن خُلُقِ

Thus every quality, however exalted its merits,

So every quality, however great its merits,

is but part of what he possesses, in form and character.

Is but part of what he possesses in form and character.