للَه حادي الظعن ما أشجاه

للَه حادي الظعن ما أشجاه

لما دعا مضنى النوى لبساه

لما دعا مضنى النوى لبساه

God bless the driver of the departing caravan—how plaintive he is!

For God the guide of reproach, how ardent it made him

When he called, the one wasted by separation answered him.

When the purpose of his determination donned him

لي وللزفرات بين ضلوعه

لي وللزفرات بين ضلوعه

لهيب تضرم وقدَهُ أمواه

لهيب تضرم وقدَهُ أمواه

For me, and for the sighs between his ribs,

For me and for the sighs within his ribs

there is a flame whose blaze the waters kindle.

A blaze kindling, its fuel disasters obscured

ذكر العقيق وساكنيه فضرمت

ذكر العقيق وساكنيه فضرمت

بلهيب اشواق العقيق حشاه

بلهيب اشواق العقيق حشاه

He recalled al-Aqiq and its inhabitants, and there flared

The mention of al-‘Uqayq and its inhabitants so it sparked

within his heart the fire of yearning for al-Aqiq.

With the blaze of longing for al-‘Uqayq its hearths

شام البروق ولم يسقى نهلة

شام البروق ولم يسقى نهلة

ما كلّ شائم بارق يسقاه

ما كلّ شائم بارق يسقاه

He watched the lightning, yet was given no draught;

A land of lightning bolts and was not sated a meadow

not every watcher of lightning is given drink from it.

Not every censurer of a flashing is sated

يا حسرتا نالوا المنى ونبت به

يا حسرتا نالوا المنى ونبت به

عما نواه من الوصول نواه

عما نواه من الوصول نواه

Alas! They attained their wishes, while he was driven away

Oh what regrets! They attained the purpose and grew by it

by his separation from what he had intended to reach.

From what he intended of attainment, its purpose grew

يا أهل كاظمة نداء متيّم

يا أهل كاظمة نداء متيّم

بعدُ الديار وشحطُها أضناه

بعدُ الديار وشحطُها أضناه

O people of Kazima, this is a love-stricken man's call:

O people of Kazima the call of Mutayyam

the distance of the dwellings and their remoteness have wasted him.

After the abode and its desolation saddened him

رفوا لفرط سقام صب مكمَدٍ

رفوا لفرط سقام صب مكمَدٍ

في أرض طيبة برءُهُ وشفاه

في أرض طيبة برءُهُ وشفاه

Have pity on the grievous sickness of a sorrow-stricken lover;

They mounted the horse for the excess sickness of a downpour

in the land of Tayba lie his recovery and his cure.

In good land its wellness and recovery cured him

في لثم ترب معاهد المختار لو

في لثم ترب معاهد المختار لو

يعطى المنى مما اشتهاه مناه

يعطى المنى مما اشتهاه مناه

To kiss the dust of the Chosen One's abodes—if

In kissing the soil of the chosen one’s treaty, if

he were granted wishes—would be the wish he longs for.

The purpose was given from its craving a share

يا أرض طيبة والديار قصية

يا أرض طيبة والديار قصية

إن المعنى طال فيك عناه

إن المعنى طال فيك عناه

O land of Tayba, while the dwellings lie far away,

Oh good land and the abode afar

indeed, the tormented one's anguish for you has lasted long.

The meaning has lingered in you, exhausted

ثمر الوصال بدوح روضك يانع

ثمر الوصال بدوح روضك يانع

فمتى يتاح على البعاد جناه

فمتى يتاح على البعاد جناه

The fruit of union is ripe on the spreading trees of your garden;

The fruit of union in your meadow, fresh

so when, despite the distance, will its harvest be granted?

So when can it be attained for the distant, its wing?

حاز السعود وفاز بالعليا فتى

حاز السعود وفاز بالعليا فتى

طالت لأرض الهاشمي خطاه

طالت لأرض الهاشمي خطاه

A young man gained good fortune and won the highest rank,

The Sa‘ud attained and won the most high, a youth

whose strides stretched far toward the Hashimite's land.

The steps for the Hashimite’s land prolonged

تاللَه مالجلال أحمد في الورى

تاللَه مالجلال أحمد في الورى

ندّ ولا لخلاه أشباه

ندّ ولا لخلاه أشباه

By God, Ahmad's majesty has, among humankind,

By God the majesty Ahmad in existence

no equal, nor do his virtues have their like.

Unique, for his equal there are no peers

اللَه شرف قدر أحمد في الورى

اللَه شرف قدر أحمد في الورى

وأحل في اسمى علي مرقاه

وأحل في اسمى علي مرقاه

God exalted Ahmad's standing among humankind

God ennobled the worth of Ahmad in existence

and set his station in the loftiest heights.

And settled in my name Ali its ascent

أنى يضاهى أو يداني في العلى

أنى يضاهى أو يداني في العلى

شرف علاء المعلوات بناه

شرف علاء المعلوات بناه

How could it be matched or approached in eminence—

How can it equal or come close to in sublimity

a glory whose edifices tower above the loftiest heights?

The nobility of the most high edifices He built?

فبحبه أرجو غدا من مالكي

فبحبه أرجو غدا من مالكي

كشف المهم من الذي أخشاه

كشف المهم من الذي أخشاه

So, through love of him, I hope tomorrow to receive from my Master

So for love of him I hope tomorrow from my Master

relief from the distress of what I fear.

Dispelling the anxiety from that which I feared

فعليه ما سح الغمام تحية

فعليه ما سح الغمام تحية

من ذي شجون بعده أشجاه

من ذي شجون بعده أشجاه

So upon him be a salutation as long as the clouds pour,

For upon him what the clouds poured a greeting

from one full of sorrows, whom distance from him has saddened.

From one whose ardors after him impassioned