لم توف أشواقي ولا لوعاتي

لم توف أشواقي ولا لوعاتي

حق الهوى لكم ولا عبراتي

حق الهوى لكم ولا عبراتي

Neither my longings nor my agonies have paid

My longing and anguish did not die,

love's due to you; nor have my tears.

The right of love is for you, not my tears,

مع أن أيسر ما عدمت بلوعتى

مع أن أيسر ما عدمت بلوعتى

روحي وأهون ما وجدت مماتى

روحي وأهون ما وجدت مماتى

Though the least of what I lost through my anguish

Although the easiest thing I lost was my torment,

was my soul, and the lightest of what I found was my death.

My soul and the least I found was my death,

يا من يعز وصالهم أن يشترى

يا من يعز وصالهم أن يشترى

بنفائس الاموال والمهجات

بنفائس الاموال والمهجات

O you whose union is too precious to be bought

O you who deem their company worth,

with the choicest riches and lifeblood.

The precious wealth and lives to buy,

جهد الصبابة في هواكم سلوة

جهد الصبابة في هواكم سلوة

ونهاية البلوى من اللذات

ونهاية البلوى من اللذات

The extremity of yearning in loving you is solace,

The effort of youth in your love is comfort,

and the utmost affliction is among the delights.

And the ultimate torment is that of pleasure,

وفوات جسم الصب آفات الضنى

وفوات جسم الصب آفات الضنى

في حبكم من أعظم الآفات

في حبكم من أعظم الآفات

And for the lover's body to escape wasting's afflictions

And missing the body of youth are the sins of neglect,

in loving you is among the greatest afflictions.

In your love from the greatest afflictions,

فسقام جسمي في هواكم صحتى ال

فسقام جسمي في هواكم صحتى ال

كبرى وموتي فيه عين حياتي

كبرى وموتي فيه عين حياتي

My body's sickness in your love is my health—

So my body’s illness in your love is my greatest health,

the greatest—and my death in it is my very life.

And my death in it is the essence of my life,

ومعاهد فيها عهدت الى الهوى

ومعاهد فيها عهدت الى الهوى

وعرفت حبكم بها عرفاتى

وعرفت حبكم بها عرفاتى

And the haunts where I pledged myself to love

And I made a covenant therein to passion,

and knew your love are my Arafat.

And I knew your love through it as my rituals,

فاداء نسكى فى الوقوف بها وقد

فاداء نسكى فى الوقوف بها وقد

كانت لاحرامى بها ميقاتى

كانت لاحرامى بها ميقاتى

My rite is performed by standing there; they had

So my pilgrimage was in standing therein, and it

been my appointed station for my consecration there.

Had been for my sanctity through it my appointed time,

كم لي بها من وقفة مع أهلها

كم لي بها من وقفة مع أهلها

كرمت وكم للدهر من غفلات

كرمت وكم للدهر من غفلات

How many a stand I had there with their people

How many a standing I have wherein with its people,

was precious, and how often Time was heedless!

I was honored and how many times was fate inattentive,

فعلى معالمها السلام وجادها

فعلى معالمها السلام وجادها

سحّا على الاجراع والهضبات

سحّا على الاجراع والهضبات

Peace upon their landmarks; may there pour upon them

So peace be upon its landmarks and its plains,

in torrents, over the sandy tracts and hills,

Pouring on the rugged and the flat lands,

غيث يحول الروض فى أرجائها

غيث يحول الروض فى أرجائها

حللا على عرصاتها عطرات

حللا على عرصاتها عطرات

rain that turns the meadows throughout their environs

A rain turning the meadow in its expanse,

into fragrant robes across their open grounds,

Garments on its yards, fragrances,

ويقيم اعراس الربيع بها واو

ويقيم اعراس الربيع بها واو

قات الهنا ومواسم اللذات

قات الهنا ومواسم اللذات

and holds spring's wedding feasts there, and times

And holding the weddings of spring therein, and the

of happiness and seasons of delight.

Appointments of bliss and seasons of pleasures,

فالارض آخذة زخارف نبتها

فالارض آخذة زخارف نبتها

والطير منشدة على العذبات

والطير منشدة على العذبات

So the earth takes on the adornments of its growth,

The land is taking on the adornments of its vegetation,

and birds sing upon the branch-tips.

And the birds singing on the fresh waters,

من كل مطربة بمعرب لحنها

من كل مطربة بمعرب لحنها

طربا يميل معاطف البانات

طربا يميل معاطف البانات

Each songstress, through her eloquent melody,

Every singer in the idiom of her song,

brings rapture that sways the bending boughs of the bān-trees.

Stirring the cloaks of the maidens,

وكأنها لما تألف سجعها

وكأنها لما تألف سجعها

متشاجرات فى ذرى الشجرات

متشاجرات فى ذرى الشجرات

And, when their rhyming calls harmonize, they seem

And it is as if when accustomed to its rhyme,

to quarrel among the treetops.

Disputing in the progeny of the trees,

لو أن دمعى فى الغوير يكون فى

لو أن دمعى فى الغوير يكون فى

تلك الديار وغنيت عن دعواتى

تلك الديار وغنيت عن دعواتى

If only my tears at al-Ghuwayr could fall in

If my tears were in Al-Ghawair, it would be

those dwellings, so they could do without my prayers!

In those lands, and I would be without my prayers,

دمع على سفح الغوير سفحته

دمع على سفح الغوير سفحته

شوقا إلى زمن بذى الأثلاث

شوقا إلى زمن بذى الأثلاث

Tears I poured upon the slope of al-Ghuwayr

Tears on the slopes of Al-Ghawair I poured,

in longing for an age at Dhu al-Athlath:

Yearning for the days of Thul-Athlath,

أيام ما ريع الوصال بجفوة

أيام ما ريع الوصال بجفوة

فيها ولا شمل اللقا بشتات

فيها ولا شمل اللقا بشتات

days when union was not startled by estrangement,

Days when the pleasure of companionship was aloof therein,

nor then was reunion's bond broken by dispersal;

And the union of meeting was scattered,

وديار منعرج الثنية ما خلت

وديار منعرج الثنية ما خلت

منهم ولا امتلأت من الحسرات

منهم ولا امتلأت من الحسرات

and the dwellings at the bend of the pass were not empty

And the houses of Man'ar Al-Thaniya were not devoid,

of them, nor filled with regrets.

Of them, nor filled with sorrows,

والانس روح في الديار وأهلها

والانس روح في الديار وأهلها

فقد انقضىفالكل كالأموات

فقد انقضىفالكل كالأموات

And companionship was a spirit in the dwellings and their people;

And company was the spirit in the homes and its people,

it has passed, so all are like the dead.

So it is gone; all are like the dead,

ذاك الزمان هو الذى أصبو له

ذاك الزمان هو الذى أصبو له

وكذا ديار الخيف هن اللاتي

وكذا ديار الخيف هن اللاتي

That is the time for which I yearn,

That is the time I aspired for,

and likewise the dwellings of al-Khayf are those I yearn for.

And so are the abodes of Al-Khayf, those

حيا مغانيها الحيا من أربع

حيا مغانيها الحيا من أربع

محبوبة الآصال والغدوات

محبوبة الآصال والغدوات

May rain greet their haunts, those dwelling-places

Whose melodies were brought to life four,

whose evenings and mornings are beloved.

The beloved of intimacies and visits,

وأعاد أياما بها ولياليا

وأعاد أياما بها ولياليا

بيضا سمرناهن بالسُمرات

بيضا سمرناهن بالسُمرات

And may it restore days there, and nights

And it restored days therein and nights,

bright, which we spent in night-talk among the samur-trees.

We darkened them with chats,

ورعى الإله على المصلى جيرة

ورعى الإله على المصلى جيرة

ما زلت أرعاهم على العلات

ما زلت أرعاهم على العلات

And may God protect neighbors at al-Musalla,

And God protected on the prayer-house a neighbor,

whom I have always cherished despite all difficulties.

Whom I continued to protect on the platforms,

قوم على الجمرات من وادى منى

قوم على الجمرات من وادى منى

نزلوا ومن قلبى على الجمرات

نزلوا ومن قلبى على الجمرات

A people who, at the Jamarat in the valley of Mina,

A people at the stonings from Mina's valley,

settled—and upon the live coals of my heart.

Descended, and from my heart to the stonings,

نصبوا على ماء النقا أبياتهم

نصبوا على ماء النقا أبياتهم

وهم معانى الحسن فى الأبيات

وهم معانى الحسن فى الأبيات

They pitched their tents beside the water of al-Naqa,

They set upon the Naga Well their verses,

and they are beauty's meanings in the verses.

And they are the essence of beauty in verses,

وتحجبوا عنا بنور جمالهم

وتحجبوا عنا بنور جمالهم

كتحجّب المصباح بالمشكاة

كتحجّب المصباح بالمشكاة

They veiled themselves from us with the light of their beauty,

And the veiled from us the light of their beauty,

like a lamp veiled within its niche.

As a lantern is veiled with a lampshade,

لم يبق عزّهم لذلى مطمعا

لم يبق عزّهم لذلى مطمعا

فيهم وليس لغيرهم حاجاتى

فيهم وليس لغيرهم حاجاتى

Their loftiness has left my abasement no hope

Their glory did not remain for the humble hopes in them,

of them, and my desires are for no one else.

And I have no needs except for them,

واما وموقفنا على كثب النقا

واما وموقفنا على كثب النقا

بكم اللقاء وأول الزورات

بكم اللقاء وأول الزورات

And truly, by our standing on the dunes of al-Naqa,

But our standing on the foothills of Naga,

meeting you, and by our first visits,

How abundant were the greetings and first visits!

متواصلين هناك ألطف وصلة

متواصلين هناك ألطف وصلة

متجاورين بألسن اللحظات

متجاورين بألسن اللحظات

joined there in the most delicate union,

Joined therein in the sweetest companionship,

side by side, with glances for our tongues,

Neighbors in the tongues of glances,

والحسنب يدعو كل قلب فارغ

والحسنب يدعو كل قلب فارغ

فيجيب ما فيه من الذرّات

فيجيب ما فيه من الذرّات

while beauty calls to every unoccupied heart,

And beauty inviting every empty heart,

and every atom within it answers—

Responding what little it contains of atoms,

أرجو زماني أن يواتيني ولا

أرجو زماني أن يواتيني ولا

أرجو التسلّى أن يكون مُواتي

أرجو التسلّى أن يكون مُواتي

I hope my time will favor me, but I do not

I hope my time will bring me to me but I do not

hope that consolation will favor me.

Hope for solace that it will favor me,

ان الزمان ولا أطيل معاندى

ان الزمان ولا أطيل معاندى

فى حل راحاتى وأمنياتى

فى حل راحاتى وأمنياتى

Indeed Time—to be brief—is my adversary

Time, though long, remains hostile to me,

in undoing my comforts and my wishes.

In fulfilling my comfort and wishes,

لكن كثير ذنوبه مغفورة

لكن كثير ذنوبه مغفورة

عندي لواحدة من الحسنات

عندي لواحدة من الحسنات

Yet many of its sins are forgiven

But plenty of its sins are forgiven me,

in my eyes, for one of its good deeds:

For one of its virtues,

ببقاء والدي التقى العالم ال

ببقاء والدي التقى العالم ال

بر الوفي العارف القنات

بر الوفي العارف القنات

through the continued life of my father, pious and learned,

Remaining is my righteous, knowing, devout father,

righteous, loyal, discerning, and prayerful.

The king of nobility, unique of his time,

ملك الكرام وحيد أهل زمانه

ملك الكرام وحيد أهل زمانه

شيخ المشايخ سيّد السادات

شيخ المشايخ سيّد السادات

King of the generous, peerless among the people of his age,

Sheikh of sheikhs, chief of chiefs,

shaykh of shaykhs, master of masters.

Of ambitiousness that the eulogizer dislikes in this statement,

ذو همة شرفت فيسخط قوله

ذو همة شرفت فيسخط قوله

المداح هذا من ذوى الهمات

المداح هذا من ذوى الهمات

Possessed of exalted resolve, he resents the saying

Detached, vigilant, he rejoices not in what,

of the panegyrist: 'He is one of those with high resolve.'

Befalls him nor sorrows for what is missed,

متنزه يقظ فلا فرح بما

متنزه يقظ فلا فرح بما

يأتى اعتراه ولا أسى لفوات

يأتى اعتراه ولا أسى لفوات

He is detached and vigilant; no joy at what

And his opinions are assisted; the people of prohibition fail,

comes has overtaken him, nor grief at loss.

To obscure them, and the helper of disputes,

ومسدد الآراء يعجز غمضها

ومسدد الآراء يعجز غمضها

أهل النهى ومسدد الخلات

أهل النهى ومسدد الخلات

He sets judgments right; their subtleties confound

And the clarifier of problems with knowledge he gained,

the discerning, and he makes good deficiencies.

Through his determination, knowledge and intrinsic self,

ومبينللمشكلات بعلم اك

ومبينللمشكلات بعلم اك

تسبته همته وعلم ذاتي

تسبته همته وعلم ذاتي

He clarifies difficulties through knowledge

And he sees the consequences at the beginnings of his affairs,

acquired by his resolve, and through innate knowledge.

With the light of intuitive ideas,

ويرى العواقب فى ابتداء أموره

ويرى العواقب فى ابتداء أموره

بضياء أفكار بديهات

بضياء أفكار بديهات

And he sees outcomes at the outset of his affairs

And if you consider his conditions carefully, you find them,

by the light of self-evident thoughts.

Thoughts of intuitive knowledge,

واذا اعتبرت محققا أحواله

واذا اعتبرت محققا أحواله

الفيتهن افكار بديهيات

الفيتهن افكار بديهيات

And if you carefully examine his states,

Humility raised the worth of his high rank,

you find them to be self-evident thoughts.

Above the flaw of attribution to ranks,

رفع التواضع قدر رفعة شأنه

رفع التواضع قدر رفعة شأنه

عن نقص نسبته الى الدرجات

عن نقص نسبته الى الدرجات

Humility has raised the worth of his lofty station

In all that comes and goes a worshipper,

above the belittlement of assigning it to ranks.

Of God and deeds with intentions,

فى كل ما يأتي ويترك عابد

فى كل ما يأتي ويترك عابد

لله والاعمال بالنيات

لله والاعمال بالنيات

In all he does and leaves undone, he is a worshipper

Wearing worldly life with a knowing heart,

of God; and deeds are according to intentions.

Avoiding ambiguities through knowledge,

قد لابس الدنيا بقلب عارف

قد لابس الدنيا بقلب عارف

متجنب بالعلم للشبهات

متجنب بالعلم للشبهات

He has engaged with the world with a knowing heart,

Publicly he gives little but he secretly,

avoiding doubtful matters through knowledge.

Increases it with blessings,

في الجهر يعطى ما يقل وانه

في الجهر يعطى ما يقل وانه

فى السر يكثر منه بالبركات

فى السر يكثر منه بالبركات

In public he gives what is little, yet he

He loves the asking of delegations out of love for giving,

in secret gives abundantly of it, through blessings.

So their asking is among the greatest acts of worship,

يهوى سؤال الوفد حبا للعطا

يهوى سؤال الوفد حبا للعطا

فسؤالهم من أعظم القربات

فسؤالهم من أعظم القربات

He loves the visitors' requests, out of love for giving;

And he dislikes our avoidance of thanking him,

so their asking is among the greatest acts of devotion.

It is as if we disobey him with obedience,

ويسوؤه منا تعاطى شكره

ويسوؤه منا تعاطى شكره

فكأننا نعصيه بالطاعات

فكأننا نعصيه بالطاعات

Our undertaking to thank him displeases him,

And all the good I have is from,

as though we disobeyed him through acts of obedience.

His blessings, let alone blessings,

وجميع ما أنا فيه من خير فمن

وجميع ما أنا فيه من خير فمن

بركاته ناهيك من بركات

بركاته ناهيك من بركات

And all the good in which I find myself comes from

So I made thanking Him along with thanking,

his blessings—and what blessings!

My Lord for me obligatory in decisive verses,

فلذاك اوجب شكره مع شكره

فلذاك اوجب شكره مع شكره

ربى عليّ بمحكم الآيات

ربى عليّ بمحكم الآيات

Thus thanking him, alongside thanking Him, was enjoined

My Master, you sufficed me the affairs of life,

upon me by my Lord through unequivocal verses.

And clothed me my religion and good traits,

مولاى أنت كفيتنى أمر الدنا

مولاى أنت كفيتنى أمر الدنا

وكسوتنى دينى وحسن صفاتى

وكسوتنى دينى وحسن صفاتى

My lord, you have spared me the cares of the world,

And I tied to you hope for the relief of,

and clothed me in my faith and the beauty of my qualities.

A matter of my imminent Hereafter,

ولقد عقدت بك الرجاء لمعضل

ولقد عقدت بك الرجاء لمعضل

من امر آخرتى قريب آتي

من امر آخرتى قريب آتي

And indeed I have fastened my hope upon you for a difficult matter

That the generous are scattered among the people,

of my hereafter, close at hand and coming.

While you gather these divergences,

ان المكارم فى الأنام تشتت

ان المكارم فى الأنام تشتت

ولأنت جامع هذه الأشنات

ولأنت جامع هذه الأشنات

Indeed, noble virtues are scattered among humankind,

Take it to you, a poem I shortened,

and you gather these scattered things together.

Due to their slumber from frequent drowsiness,

خذها اليك قصيدة قد قصّرت

خذها اليك قصيدة قد قصّرت

بمنامهمن كثرة التاآت

بمنامهمن كثرة التاآت

Take it to yourself—a poem that has fallen short

The effort of the incapable is upon you a right and duty,

[Opening wording unclear], owing to the abundance of tāʾs.

So forgive for you cover defects.

جهد المقل عليك حق واجب

جهد المقل عليك حق واجب

فاستر فانك ساتر العورات

فاستر فانك ساتر العورات

The effort of one with little is a binding claim upon you;

so cover its faults, for you conceal blemishes.