يا عَينُ جودي بِدَمعٍ مِنكِ أَسبالِ

يا عَينُ جودي بِدَمعٍ مِنكِ أَسبالِ

وَلا تَمَلِّنَّ مِن سَحٍّ وَإِعوالِ

وَلا تَمَلِّنَّ مِن سَحٍّ وَإِعوالِ

O eye, pour forth your tears in streaming floods;

O eye, pour forth your cascading tears,

never weary of their copious flow and loud lament.

And never tire of pouring tears and wailing.

لا تَعِدانِيَ بَعدَ اليَومِ دَمعَكُما

لا تَعِدانِيَ بَعدَ اليَومِ دَمعَكُما

إِنّي مُصابٌ وَإِنّي لَستُ بِالسالي

إِنّي مُصابٌ وَإِنّي لَستُ بِالسالي

You two, do not withhold your tears from me after this day:

Do not promise me your tears, you two, for after today;

I am bereaved, and not one whose grief fades into consolation.

I am stricken, and I find no solace.

فَإِنَّ مَنعَكُما مِن بَعدِ بَذلِكُما

فَإِنَّ مَنعَكُما مِن بَعدِ بَذلِكُما

إِيّايَ مِثلُ الَّذي قَد غُرَّ بِالآلِ

إِيّايَ مِثلُ الَّذي قَد غُرَّ بِالآلِ

For the withholding by you two, after your free outpouring,

For your withholding, after your generous giving,

from me is like what befalls one deceived by a mirage.

makes me like one deceived by a mirage.

لَكِن أَفيضا عَلى صَدري بِأَربَعَةٍ

لَكِن أَفيضا عَلى صَدري بِأَربَعَةٍ

إِنَّ الجَوانِحَ فيها هاجِسٌ صالِ

إِنَّ الجَوانِحَ فيها هاجِسٌ صالِ

Rather, pour down upon my breast in fourfold streams;

But pour upon my chest in four streams—

for within these ribs a raging anguish assails—

for within my ribs dwells a burning thought—

سَحَّ الشَعيبِ وَماءِ الغَربِ يَمنَحُهُ

سَحَّ الشَعيبِ وَماءِ الغَربِ يَمنَحُهُ

ساقٍ يُحَمَّلُهُ ساقٍ بِإِزلالِ

ساقٍ يُحَمَّلُهُ ساقٍ بِإِزلالِ

the copious gush of a waterskin, and water from the great well-bucket, bestowed

like a waterskin's torrent and water from a great bucket, given

by one water-drawer and borne by another, bucketful after bucketful—

by one water-bearer to another, laden with it as it pours,

عَلى رَسولٍ لَنا مَحضٍ مَشارِبُهُ

عَلى رَسولٍ لَنا مَحضٍ مَشارِبُهُ

سَمحِ الخَليقَةِ عَفٍّ غَيرِ مِجهالِ

سَمحِ الخَليقَةِ عَفٍّ غَيرِ مِجهالِ

for a Messenger of ours, pure in all his wellsprings,

for our Messenger, whose wellsprings are pure,

generous by nature, chaste, never rashly ignorant;

Gracious in nature, chaste, never foolish;

حامي الحَقيقَةِ نَسّالِ الوَديقَةِ فَك

حامي الحَقيقَةِ نَسّالِ الوَديقَةِ فَك

كاكِ العُناةِ كَريمٍ ماجِدٍ عالي

كاكِ العُناةِ كَريمٍ ماجِدٍ عالي

defender of honor, swift through the blazing noon, a releas—

Defender of what is sacred, swift through scorching heat, liberator

—er of captives, noble, glorious, exalted;

of captives, generous, illustrious, exalted;

كَسّابِ مَكرُمَةٍ مِطعامِ مَسغَبَةٍ

كَسّابِ مَكرُمَةٍ مِطعامِ مَسغَبَةٍ

وَهّابِ عيدِيَةٍ وَجَناءَ شِملالِ

وَهّابِ عيدِيَةٍ وَجَناءَ شِملالِ

ever winning noble deeds, lavishly feeding others in famine,

Ever earning honor, generously feeding others in famine;

giver of a prized ʿĪdī she-camel, broad-cheeked and fleet;

A lavish giver of stout-cheeked, swift ʿĪdī she-camels;

عَفٍّ مَكاسِبُهُ جَزلٍ مَواهِبُهُ

عَفٍّ مَكاسِبُهُ جَزلٍ مَواهِبُهُ

خَيرِ البَرِيَّةِ سَمحٍ غَيرِ نَكّالِ

خَيرِ البَرِيَّةِ سَمحٍ غَيرِ نَكّالِ

pure were his earnings, abundant his gifts—

Upright in his earnings, abundant in his gifts;

the best of creation, generous, never one to shrink back;

The best of creation, generous, never shrinking back;

واري الزِنادِ وَقَوّادِ الجِيادِ إِلى

واري الزِنادِ وَقَوّادِ الجِيادِ إِلى

يَومِ الطِرادِ إِذا شُبَّت بِأَجذالِ

يَومِ الطِرادِ إِذا شُبَّت بِأَجذالِ

kindler of the firesticks, leader of thoroughbred steeds into

Whose fire-sticks spark, and who leads fine steeds to

the day of mounted pursuit, when war is kindled with great logs.

the day of cavalry combat, when battle is kindled with tree-trunks.

وَلا أُزَكّي عَلى الرَحمَنِ ذا بَشَرٍ

وَلا أُزَكّي عَلى الرَحمَنِ ذا بَشَرٍ

لَكِنَّ عِلمَكَ عِندَ الواحِدِ العالي

لَكِنَّ عِلمَكَ عِندَ الواحِدِ العالي

Nor do I vouch before the All-Merciful for any mortal;

Nor do I vouch for any mortal's purity before the All-Merciful;

but your true worth is known to the One, the Most High.

But knowledge of you rests with the One, the Exalted.

أَنّى أَرى الدَهرَ وَالأَيّامَ تَفجَعُني

أَنّى أَرى الدَهرَ وَالأَيّامَ تَفجَعُني

بِالصالِحينَ وَأَبقى ناعِمَ البالِ

بِالصالِحينَ وَأَبقى ناعِمَ البالِ

I see Time and the passing days bereaving me

How can I watch time and the days bereave me

of the righteous, while I remain tranquil at heart.

of the righteous, yet remain untroubled in mind?

يا عَينُ فَاِبكي رَسولَ اللَهِ إِذ ذُكِرَت

يا عَينُ فَاِبكي رَسولَ اللَهِ إِذ ذُكِرَت

ذاتُ الإِلَهِ فَنِعمَ القائِمُ الوالي

ذاتُ الإِلَهِ فَنِعمَ القائِمُ الوالي

O eye, weep for God’s Messenger whenever mention is made of

O eye, then weep for God's Messenger when mention is made

God’s very Being—how excellent the one who stood forth, the guardian!

of God Himself: how excellent an upholder and guardian he was!