جَلَستُ أُناجي روحَ أَحمَدَ في الدُجى

جَلَستُ أُناجي روحَ أَحمَدَ في الدُجى

وَلِلهَمِّ حَولي كَالظَلامِ سُدولُ

وَلِلهَمِّ حَولي كَالظَلامِ سُدولُ

I sat communing with Ahmad's spirit in the dark of night,

I sat communing with the spirit of Ahmad in the deep night,

And grief's curtains hung about me like darkness.

While worry draped its veils around me like the dark.

أُفَكِّرُ في الدُنيا وَأَبحَثُ في الوَرى

أُفَكِّرُ في الدُنيا وَأَبحَثُ في الوَرى

وَعَينِيَ ما بَينَ النُجومِ تَجولُ

وَعَينِيَ ما بَينَ النُجومِ تَجولُ

I pondered the world and searched among humankind,

I contemplate the world and search through mankind,

And my gaze wandered in the space between the stars,

While my eye wanders amidst the stars.

طَويلاً إِلى أَن نالَ مِن خاطِري الوَنى

طَويلاً إِلى أَن نالَ مِن خاطِري الوَنى

وَرانَ عَلى طَرفي الكَليلِ ذُبولُ

وَرانَ عَلى طَرفي الكَليلِ ذُبولُ

For a long while, until weariness took its toll on my mind,

Long I stayed, until weariness overtook my thoughts,

And languor settled over my weary gaze.

And a withering languor settled on my tired sight.

فَأَطرَقتُ أَمشي في سُطورِ كِتابِهِ

فَأَطرَقتُ أَمشي في سُطورِ كِتابِهِ

بِطَرفي فَأَلفَيتُ السُطورَ تَقولُ

بِطَرفي فَأَلفَيتُ السُطورَ تَقولُ

So I lowered my head, walking through the lines of his book

So I lowered my head to walk the lines of his book

With my gaze, and found the lines saying:

With my glance, and I found the verses saying:

سِوى وَجَعِ الحُسّادِ دَوِ فَإِنَّهُ

سِوى وَجَعِ الحُسّادِ دَوِ فَإِنَّهُ

إِذا حَلَّ في قَلبٍ فَلَيسَ يَحولُ

إِذا حَلَّ في قَلبٍ فَلَيسَ يَحولُ

Heal every pain except that of the envious, for it

"Treat every ailment except the pain of the envious, for truly,

Never departs once it settles in a heart.

If it lodges in a heart, it will never shift.

فَلا تَطمَعنَ مِن حاسِدٍ في مَوَدَّةٍ

فَلا تَطمَعنَ مِن حاسِدٍ في مَوَدَّةٍ

وَإِن كُنتَ تُبديها لَهُ وَتُنيلُ

وَإِن كُنتَ تُبديها لَهُ وَتُنيلُ

So never expect affection from an envious person,

So do not hope for affection from an envious soul,

Even if you show it to him and bestow favors.

Even if you show him love and grant him favors."