أَبيتُ أُمَنّي النَفسَ أَن سَوفَ نَلتَقي

أَبيتُ أُمَنّي النَفسَ أَن سَوفَ نَلتَقي

وَهَل هُوَ مَقدورٌ لِنَفسٍ لِقاؤُها

وَهَل هُوَ مَقدورٌ لِنَفسٍ لِقاؤُها

I spend the night giving my soul hope that we shall meet.

I refused the wishes of my soul that we will meet

And is meeting her decreed for a soul?

And is it possible for a soul to meet whom it desires?

وَإِن أَلقَها أَو يَجمَعِ اللَهُ بَينَنا

وَإِن أَلقَها أَو يَجمَعِ اللَهُ بَينَنا

فَفيها شِفاءُ النَفسِ مِنّي وَداؤُها

فَفيها شِفاءُ النَفسِ مِنّي وَداؤُها

And if I meet her, or God brings us together,

And if it meets or God unites us

Then in her lie my soul's cure and its ailment.

Then in it is the cure of my soul and its ailment

أُرَجّي أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ لِحاجَةٍ

أُرَجّي أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ لِحاجَةٍ

بِكَفَّيكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ يُرجى قَضاؤُها

بِكَفَّيكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ يُرجى قَضاؤُها

I look to the Commander of the Faithful for a need

I hope, O Commander of the Faithful, for a need

Whose fulfillment, after God, is hoped for at your two hands.

Through your hands, after God is hoped its fulfillment

وَأَنتَ سَماءُ اللَهِ فيها الَّتي لَهُم

وَأَنتَ سَماءُ اللَهِ فيها الَّتي لَهُم

مِنَ الأَرضِ يُحيِي مَيِّتَ الأَضِ ماؤُها

مِنَ الأَرضِ يُحيِي مَيِّتَ الأَضِ ماؤُها

And therein you are God's sky over their share

And you are God's heaven in which for them

Of the earth; its water brings dead land to life.

From the earth revives the dead of barrenness its water

كِلا أَبَوَيكَ اِستَلَّ سَيفَ جَماعَةٍ

كِلا أَبَوَيكَ اِستَلَّ سَيفَ جَماعَةٍ

عَلى فِتيَةٍ تَلقى البَنينَ نِساؤُها

عَلى فِتيَةٍ تَلقى البَنينَ نِساؤُها

Both your fathers drew the sword of a united host

Both your fathers unsheathed the swords of a group

Against young men whose women miscarry their sons.

Against young men, their wives meet their sons

فَما أُغمِدَ حَتّى أَنابَت قُلوبُهُم

فَما أُغمِدَ حَتّى أَنابَت قُلوبُهُم

وَسَمَّحَ لِلضَربِ الشَآمي دِماؤُها

وَسَمَّحَ لِلضَربِ الشَآمي دِماؤُها

It was not sheathed until their hearts repented,

So it was not sheathed until their hearts relented

And their blood yielded freely to Syrian blows.

And the Syrian was allowed the blow, their blood shed

لِنِعمَ مُناخُ القَومِ حَلّوا رِحالَهُم

لِنِعمَ مُناخُ القَومِ حَلّوا رِحالَهُم

إِلى قُبَّةٍ فَوقَ الوَليدِ سَماؤُها

إِلى قُبَّةٍ فَوقَ الوَليدِ سَماؤُها

Truly fine is the people's campsite: they unfastened their saddles

For the goodness of the people's place of stay, they unpacked

At a dome whose sky rises above al-Walid.

To a dome above al-Walid is its sky

بَناها أَبو العاصي وَمَروانُ فَوقَهُ

بَناها أَبو العاصي وَمَروانُ فَوقَهُ

وَيوسُفُ قَد مَسَّ النُجومَ بِناؤُها

وَيوسُفُ قَد مَسَّ النُجومَ بِناؤُها

Abu al-Asi built it, and Marwan above him,

Abu al-'Asi and Marwan built it above him

And Yusuf; its structure has touched the stars.

And Yusuf touched the stars its building

فَإِن يَبعَثِ المَهدِيُّ لي ناقَتي الَّتي

فَإِن يَبعَثِ المَهدِيُّ لي ناقَتي الَّتي

يَهيجُ لِأَصحابي الحَنينَ بُكاؤُها

يَهيجُ لِأَصحابي الحَنينَ بُكاؤُها

So if al-Mahdi sends me my she-camel, whose

So if al-Mahdi sends to me my she-camel which

Crying stirs longing in my companions,

For my companions stirs up yearning its weeping

وَإِن يَبعَثوها بِالنَجاحِ فَقَد مَشَت

وَإِن يَبعَثوها بِالنَجاحِ فَقَد مَشَت

إِلَيكُم عَلى حَوبٍ وَطالَ ثَواؤُها

إِلَيكُم عَلى حَوبٍ وَطالَ ثَواؤُها

And if they send her with success, she has already journeyed

And if they send it for success, then it has walked

To you in need, and long has been her stay.

To you over epithets and prolonged its pace

وَإِنَّ عَلَيها إِن رَأَت مِن غِمارِها

وَإِنَّ عَلَيها إِن رَأَت مِن غِمارِها

ثَنايا بِراقٍ أَن يَجِدَّ نَجاؤُها

ثَنايا بِراقٍ أَن يَجِدَّ نَجاؤُها

And she must, if from the throng around her she sees

And that if from its burial place it saw

Passes through rocky tracts, quicken her swift flight.

Shining hills that it hastens its escape