أتى البرء يقفو اثر ما صنع السقم

أتى البرء يقفو اثر ما صنع السقم

كما بالغنى من ذي الغنى ينتفى العدم

كما بالغنى من ذي الغنى ينتفى العدم

Recovery came, following the trace of what illness had wrought,

Recovery came, following the traces of what sickness had wrought,

just as want is banished by the wealth of one endowed with riches.

as poverty is dispelled by wealth from the Possessor of Wealth.

دجا الخطب حتى كاد ان يستشظنا

دجا الخطب حتى كاد ان يستشظنا

وضاق خناق الصبر واتسع الوهم

وضاق خناق الصبر واتسع الوهم

The ordeal grew dark until it nearly wore us as its innermost garment,

The calamity darkened until it nearly shattered us,

and patience’s noose tightened while dread spread wide.

and patience's noose tightened while apprehension spread.

وبت وبتنافيك والدمع حارس

وبت وبتنافيك والدمع حارس

لاعيننا من ان يلم بها الحلم

لاعيننا من ان يلم بها الحلم

You passed the night, and we passed it watching over you, while tears stood guard

And you passed the night, and we passed it worrying for you, tears standing guard

over our eyes, lest sleep alight upon them.

over our eyes, lest a dream should visit them.

نردد انفاسا إلى واسع العطا

نردد انفاسا إلى واسع العطا

إلى كاشف الجلى الى من له الحكم

إلى كاشف الجلى الى من له الحكم

We kept sending sighs toward the One boundless in giving,

We sent sigh after sigh to the One of boundless bounty,

toward the dispeller of affliction, toward Him to whom judgment belongs.

to the Dispeller of great calamity, to Him whose is the decree.

فما كان الا ليلتان اغبتا

فما كان الا ليلتان اغبتا

إلى أن أنار اللطف وانقشع الغم

إلى أن أنار اللطف وانقشع الغم

Only two nights slipped from sight

So only two nights intervened

before grace shone forth and sorrow cleared away.

until grace shone and sorrow dispersed.

وعالجك الطب الالهي عاجلا

وعالجك الطب الالهي عاجلا

وصحت بك الاحباب واندمل الكلم

وصحت بك الاحباب واندمل الكلم

Divine medicine treated you swiftly,

And divine medicine swiftly treated you,

and with your recovery your loved ones recovered, and the wound healed.

and through you your loved ones recovered, and the wound healed.

ليست شفاء قد من صحة العدا

ليست شفاء قد من صحة العدا

فحال إلى أجساد اعدائك السقم

فحال إلى أجساد اعدائك السقم

This was no recovery hewn from the health of your foes;

You donned [probable reading] a cure cut from your foes' health,

rather, sickness passed into your enemies’ bodies.

so sickness passed into your enemies' bodies.

لك الغنم من برء ومن كبتك العدا

لك الغنم من برء ومن كبتك العدا

على كل حال مثلما لهم الغرم

على كل حال مثلما لهم الغرم

Yours is the gain—from recovery and from crushing your foes—

Yours is the gain from recovery and from humbling your foes,

in every circumstance, just as theirs is the loss.

in every circumstance, just as theirs is the loss.

ابي اللّه الا ان يكون لك البقا

ابي اللّه الا ان يكون لك البقا

وشانيك الا ان يكون له الرغم

وشانيك الا ان يكون له الرغم

God refused anything for you but enduring life,

God willed nothing but enduring life for you,

and for your detractor anything but abasement;

and for your hater nothing but humiliation,

وعلمك الا ان يكون مجسدا

وعلمك الا ان يكون مجسدا

فأنت لسان العلم ما نطق العلم

فأنت لسان العلم ما نطق العلم

and your learning consented to nothing but embodiment,

and for your learning nothing but embodied form:

for you are learning’s tongue whenever learning speaks.

for you are knowledge's tongue whenever knowledge speaks.

وما الويل كل الويل الا لحاسد

وما الويل كل الويل الا لحاسد

عرانين مجد كلها في العلا شم

عرانين مجد كلها في العلا شم

And all woe—utter woe—is only for one who envies

And woe, utter woe, is only for one who envies

the proud chiefs of glory, all lofty in the heights:

glory's chieftains, all with proud noses raised on high—

ذوي صاحب الغار الاولى انت منهم

ذوي صاحب الغار الاولى انت منهم

ذوى الصدق ان قالوا ذوي العزم ان هموا

ذوى الصدق ان قالوا ذوي العزم ان هموا

the kin of the Companion of the Cave—those among whom you stand—

the kin of the Companion of the Cave, of whom you are one,

men true when they speak, men resolute when they purpose,

truthful when they speak, resolute when they intend to act.

عصابة ترب المصطفى انجم الهدى

عصابة ترب المصطفى انجم الهدى

عليكم سلام اللّه ما نجم النجم

عليكم سلام اللّه ما نجم النجم

a band belonging to the Chosen One’s peer, stars of guidance.

The band of al-Mustafa's peer, stars of guidance—

God’s peace be upon you as long as a star rises.

God's peace be upon you as long as stars rise.

دعوا خصمكم يكفيه في يوم بعثه

دعوا خصمكم يكفيه في يوم بعثه

بان اله العالمين له خصم

بان اله العالمين له خصم

Leave your adversary be: on the day he is raised, it will suffice him

Leave your adversary; enough for him on the day he is raised

that the God of all worlds is his adversary.

that the God of all worlds is his adversary.

ودونك من محض الفصاحة زبدة

ودونك من محض الفصاحة زبدة

بمسمع ارباب المذاق لها طعم

بمسمع ارباب المذاق لها طعم

Here, take the choicest cream of pure eloquence,

And take the cream of pure eloquence,

which has savor in the ears of masters of taste.

which has savor in the ears of masters of taste.

ممسحة الاعطاف آلى وشاحها

ممسحة الاعطاف آلى وشاحها

يهديه الا من سواعدك الضم

يهديه الا من سواعدك الضم

A slender-flanked beauty whose sash has sworn

Smooth-flanked [wording uncertain], her girdle has sworn

that nothing shall guide her but the embrace of your forearms.

that an embrace shall come to it only from your forearms.

ثنائية الفتح الغريب بعثتها

ثنائية الفتح الغريب بعثتها

وفي كل داء من تلاوتها حسم

وفي كل داء من تلاوتها حسم

A companion ode to “The Wondrous Victory”—I have sent her;

With praise in its wondrous opening [reading uncertain], I sent it,

in every illness, reciting her brings a decisive cure.

and reciting it puts an end to every illness.

فهنيك بالنعى وتخبر انه

فهنيك بالنعى وتخبر انه

إذا اشتد هم سوف بنفرج الهم

إذا اشتد هم سوف بنفرج الهم

May she delight you with a death-announcement, and tell you

So joy to you in your blessing [probable reading]; it tells you that

that whenever care grows dire, care will soon open into relief.

when distress grows severe, distress will be relieved.

وتذكرك العهد الذي كان بيننا

وتذكرك العهد الذي كان بيننا

ومثلك ماضي العزم ان نقض العزم

ومثلك ماضي العزم ان نقض العزم

She also reminds you of the pledge that stood between us;

And it reminds you of the pledge that was between us,

one like you carries resolve through, though resolve itself be broken.

and one like you is steadfast in resolve when resolve is broken.

ومثلك لا بألى ومثلك لا يني

ومثلك لا بألى ومثلك لا يني

ولا يتخطى نحو افعاله الذم

ولا يتخطى نحو افعاله الذم

One like you never stints in effort, and one like you never flags,

And one like you does not falter, and one like you does not flag,

and blame never makes its way toward his deeds.

nor does blame make its way toward his deeds.