تلك المودَّةُ ما رأيُ العُلى فيها

تلك المودَّةُ ما رأيُ العُلى فيها

ذابت حشا المجدِ غيظاً من تَلظِّيها

ذابت حشا المجدِ غيظاً من تَلظِّيها

What does Nobility think of that affection?

That affection, what is the view of the exalted one regarding it?

Glory's heart melted in fury at its blazing.

It melted the armor of glory, infuriated by its harshness

أرست ولكن على قلبِ الحسودِ لها

أرست ولكن على قلبِ الحسودِ لها

قواعدٌ كانَ يبني الفخرَ بانيها

قواعدٌ كانَ يبني الفخرَ بانيها

Firmly anchored—but upon the envier's heart—were its

I established it, but in the heart of the envious of it

Foundations, whose builder used to build glory.

Foundations that pride was building its builder

معتلةٌ بضنا الهجرانِ قد مرضت

معتلةٌ بضنا الهجرانِ قد مرضت

بعلَّةٍ مرضت نفسُ العُلى فيها

بعلَّةٍ مرضت نفسُ العُلى فيها

Ailing with estrangement's wasting sickness, it has fallen ill

It became sick with estrangement's stinginess, it fell ill

With an illness in which Nobility's very soul has sickened.

With an illness that afflicted the soul of the exalted one within it

فاللهَ اللهَ في استبقائِها فلقد

فاللهَ اللهَ في استبقائِها فلقد

كادت تقومُ على الدنيا نواعيها

كادت تقومُ على الدنيا نواعيها

So, for God's sake, for God's sake, keep it alive! For

So, for God's sake, in preserving it, for indeed it

The heralds of its death have nearly risen throughout the world.

Nearly rose against the world and its minarets

ما عذرُ مَن صدَّ عنها وهي مقبلةٌ

ما عذرُ مَن صدَّ عنها وهي مقبلةٌ

من بعدِ ما كانَ تُصيبه ويصيبها

من بعدِ ما كانَ تُصيبه ويصيبها

What excuse has one who turned from it while it was drawing near,

What is the excuse of one who turned away from it while it comes

After it used to reach him, and he used to reach it?

After what afflicted him and afflicted it?

عهدي بها تكتسي أبهاجَ غُرَّتِه

عهدي بها تكتسي أبهاجَ غُرَّتِه

والبِشرُ يقطُرُ زَهواً مِن نواحيها

والبِشرُ يقطُرُ زَهواً مِن نواحيها

I remember it clad in the splendors of his radiant brow,

My pact with it is that it wears the raiments of its pride

And gladness dripping proudly from its every side.

And good tidings drip from its edges

فاعجب وما قد أراها دهرُها عجبٌ

فاعجب وما قد أراها دهرُها عجبٌ

مَن كانَ يُضحِكُها قد صارَ يُبكيها

مَن كانَ يُضحِكُها قد صارَ يُبكيها

So marvel: what its fate has shown it is a wonder—

So wonder - and what an astonishment its time has been

He who once made it laugh now makes it weep.

One who used to make it laugh has now come to make it weep

وكيف في كلِّ ذاك العتبِ ما شَفيت

وكيف في كلِّ ذاك العتبِ ما شَفيت

وكانَ في الحقِّ منه البعضُ يشفيها

وكانَ في الحقِّ منه البعضُ يشفيها

And how, amid all that reproach, has it not recovered,

And how with all that reproach have I not been healed

When, in truth, a little of it used to heal it?

When some of the truth would heal it from him

داءٌ من الهجرِ لم أبرح أعالجُها

داءٌ من الهجرِ لم أبرح أعالجُها

منهُ وبالبرءِ في عتبي أُمنِّيها

منهُ وبالبرءِ في عتبي أُمنِّيها

An ailment born of estrangement—I have not ceased treating it

An illness of estrangement I have not ceased trying to cure

For that ailment, and giving it hope of recovery in my reproaches.

Both from it and by being cured through my reproach I wish it

وما طويتُ على يأسٍ عليه طَوت

وما طويتُ على يأسٍ عليه طَوت

حتَّى مللتُ وملّت من تشكِّيها

حتَّى مللتُ وملّت من تشكِّيها

Nor did I harbor the despair it harbored,

I have not folded over despair about which it folded

Until I wearied, and it wearied of its own complaining.

Until I grew weary and it grew weary of my complaining

فاعذر أخاك إذا ملَّ العلاجَ فقد

فاعذر أخاك إذا ملَّ العلاجَ فقد

أفنى الدواء ولم ينجع تداويها

أفنى الدواء ولم ينجع تداويها

So excuse your brother if he tires of the treatment, for he has

So excuse your brother when the cure grew wearisome, for indeed

Used up the medicine, yet its treatment has proved ineffective.

The medicine was exhausted and its remedy did not work

سل ديمةً كلَّما استمطرتُها لمعت

سل ديمةً كلَّما استمطرتُها لمعت

بروقُها لي وانحلَّت عزاليها

بروقُها لي وانحلَّت عزاليها

Ask a cloud of steady rain: whenever I sought rain from it, there flashed

Ask Dima whenever I petition her, her

Its lightning for me, and the mouths of its waterskins opened.

Lightning flashes for me and its seclusions melt away

ما بالها بانَ إخلافُ البروقِ بها

ما بالها بانَ إخلافُ البروقِ بها

أعيذُها بإِله الخلق مُنشيها

أعيذُها بإِله الخلق مُنشيها

What ails it? Its lightning's broken promise has become plain.

What is wrong with it that the lightning's betrayal in it

I seek protection for it with the God of creation, its Maker.

I seek protection for it from the God who originated it

فقم أعدها أبا الهادي بلا مهلٍ

فقم أعدها أبا الهادي بلا مهلٍ

مكارماً أنت قبلَ اليومَ مُبديها

مكارماً أنت قبلَ اليومَ مُبديها

So rise and repeat them, Abu al-Hadi, without delay—

So get up and restore it, Abu Al-Hadi, without delay

Noble deeds you displayed before today.

With generosity - you before today initiated it

لا قلتُ مات الرجا والجود ما انبسطت

لا قلتُ مات الرجا والجود ما انبسطت

بنانُ كفِّك في الدنيا لراجيها

بنانُ كفِّك في الدنيا لراجيها

May I never say, 'Hope and generosity have died,' so long as there stretch forth

If I said hope and generosity have died, the fingers

The fingers of your hand in this world for whoever looks to it in hope.

Of your palm in life have not extended for those who wish it