1. سلام على رمل الحمى عدد الرمل

    وقَل له التسليم من شيّقٍ مثلي

    Peace upon the sands of the sanctuary, as many greetings as grains of sand.

    Yet greetings to it from one as yearning as I are too few.

  2. وقفت به والعين تهمى شؤوم

    بدمع حكى في السحّ منسجمِ الوبل

    I stood there, my ill-omened eye streaming

    With tears whose torrent matched the pouring of heavy rain.

  3. خليلي كم يشجر الفؤاد بعذله

    ولا شيء أشجى للفؤاد من العذل

    My two friends, how the heart is pierced by reproach!

    And nothing is more grievous to the heart than reproach.

  4. فما لكما والعذل في ندب دمنة

    كأن لم يطل ندبابها أحد قبلى

    So why do you two reproach my lament over an abandoned dwelling?

    As though no one before me had long lamented over it.

  5. أينكرُ سح الدمع والحزن والأسى

    لمن شوقه شوقى ومَن خبلُه خبلى

    Is the torrent of tears, sorrow, and anguish to be condemned

    In one whose yearning is like mine, and whose madness is like mine?

  6. دعوني أصل شجوى بشجو حمامها

    عسى شكلها يوما يداوي ضنا ثكلى

    Let me join my grief to the mourning of its doves.

    Perhaps their kindred nature will one day heal the wasting pain of my bereavement.

  7. يذكرني شجو الحمام وشدوه

    حميدات أوقات تولينَ بالوصل

    The doves' lament and song remind me

    Of happy hours that passed in union.

  8. أميل إذا ذكر العقيق تواجدا

    قلا تنكروا مهما جرى ذكره ميلى

    I sway in rapture whenever al-Aqiq is mentioned.

    So do not condemn my swaying whenever its name is mentioned.

  9. متى تسمح الأيام في العصر مرة

    بإنجاز وعد لا يكدر بالمطل

    When will the days, for once in this age, grant

    The fulfillment of a promise unclouded by delay?

  10. ويرجع عهد بالمصلى عهدته

    ويجمع فيه بعد طول النوى شملى

    And will a time I knew at al-Musalla return,

    And gather my scattered life there after long separation?

  11. لقد ضاق ذرعى بالبعاد وبالنوى

    فمن لي بأن أحظى من القرب بالنيل

    My endurance is indeed exhausted by distance and separation.

    Who, then, will grant me the good fortune of attaining nearness?

  12. دعوني ونوحى واكتئابي ولوعتي

    ورقوا لأشجاني ولا تنكروا فعلى

    Leave me to my wailing, my dejection, and my burning grief.

    And pity my sorrows; do not condemn my conduct.

  13. ولا تعجبوا مما بدا من تواجد

    على لأني قد ضعفت عن الحَمل

    And do not marvel at the rapture that has shown itself

    In me, for I have grown too weak to bear the burden.

  14. أبستر حال قد ذوى غصن روضه

    وأصبح من بعد النضارة في محل

    Can a state be concealed whose garden's bough has withered,

    And now, after its verdure, stands in drought?

  15. لقد ضرمت حرب التباعد نارها

    ولم أستبن عن أي عاقبة تجلى

    The war of separation has indeed kindled its fire.

    And I have not discerned what its final outcome will be.

  16. فصرت أعزى النفس فيما أصابني

    أفكر بالباكين أحزانهم حولى

    So I have begun consoling my soul for what has befallen me,

    Reflecting on those around me who weep over their sorrows.

  17. فإن جاد لي باللطف والعطف مالكي

    فمثلى من أضحى غنيا عن الكل

    If my Master bestows kindness and compassion on me,

    Then one like me will have need of none.

  18. وإن كان ضد الأمر والعفو يرتجى

    فماذا الذي يرجى من المال والأهل

    And if it is otherwise—though pardon is hoped for—

    Then what can be hoped for from wealth and family?

  19. فيا دائم النعمى أجرني من النوى

    ولا تحرمني ما عهدت من الفضل

    So, O You whose blessings endure, shelter me from separation.

    And do not deny me the bounty I have known.

  20. وسامح لمن قد حل مجلس ذكرنا

    بأحمد خير الخلق خاتمة الرسل

    And forgive whoever has attended our gathering of remembrance,

    For Ahmad's sake, the best of creation, the last of the messengers.

  21. وبالعفو والألطاف عامل جميعهم

    ولا تطردهم عن نوالك من أجلى

    And treat them all with pardon and gracious kindness,

    And do not drive them from Your bounty on my account.