بالقلب يذكى الأوار

بالقلب يذكى الأوار

فلا قرار

فلا قرار

Within my heart the blaze is kindled,

With my heart the fires blaze,

so there is no rest.

And there is no rest,

ركب لأرض الحبيب

ركب لأرض الحبيب

عنى ساروا

عنى ساروا

A caravan, bound for the beloved's land,

I set out to the land of my beloved,

has traveled away from me.

Meaning they left,

للَه ركب تولى

للَه ركب تولى

بالقلب عنى

بالقلب عنى

How wondrous, by God, the caravan that departed,

To God the convoy turned,

taking my heart away from me.

With my heart the meaning,

أورث عقلى خبلا

أورث عقلى خبلا

فدمع عيني

فدمع عيني

It left my mind deranged;

It brought my mind into error,

so the tears of my eye

So my eye's tear,

ينهل سحا ووبلا

ينهل سحا ووبلا

لفرط حزنى

لفرط حزنى

pour in torrents and heavy showers,

Flows copiously and abundantly,

from my overwhelming sorrow.

Due to my extreme sadness,

مالي عليه اصطبار

مالي عليه اصطبار

شط المزار

شط المزار

I have no patience to bear it.

I have no patience for it,

The place of visitation lies far away.

The banks of pilgrimage,

نأت بقلبي الكئيب

نأت بقلبي الكئيب

تلك القطار

تلك القطار

They bore my sorrowful heart far away—

Bring with it my sorrowful heart,

those camel trains.

That convoy,

بانو فبان عنى

بانو فبان عنى

عقلي وحسبي

عقلي وحسبي

They departed, and away from me went

It became clear to me,

my reason; suffice it to say:

That my mind and my judgement,

قد خاب واللَه ظني

قد خاب واللَه ظني

يا ويح نفسي

يا ويح نفسي

my hope has failed, by God.

Have failed, and by God my hopes,

Alas for my soul!

Oh woe to my soul,

إن طال بعدي وبيني

إن طال بعدي وبيني

أزور رمسي

أزور رمسي

If my distance and separation last long,

If my separation from her grows long,

I shall visit my grave.

I will visit her burial mound,

قد أوحشتني الدار

قد أوحشتني الدار

ولا اختيار

ولا اختيار

The abode has left me desolate,

The house has made me feel lonely,

and I have no choice.

And there is no choice,

يا دار أذكى لهيبي

يا دار أذكى لهيبي

منك أدكار

منك أدكار

O abode, my flame was kindled

Oh house that ignites my flames,

by memories of you.

With your pillars,

نأيي عن الدار أو هي

نأيي عن الدار أو هي

واللَه عظمى

واللَه عظمى

My distance from the abode—or its distance from me—

Either I turn away from the house or it is,

is, by God, immense.

By God it is mighty,

يا حادي الظعن قفها

يا حادي الظعن قفها

أبث سقمى

أبث سقمى

O driver of the departing caravan, halt it;

Oh guide of slander stop it there,

I would pour out my sickness.

Relieve my sickness,

عن ذلك النور سلها

عن ذلك النور سلها

فالدمع يهمى

فالدمع يهمى

Ask it about that light,

About that light ask it,

for the tears are streaming.

For my tears gush forth,

فعندها الأقمار

فعندها الأقمار

لها أسرار

لها أسرار

For the moons are with it;

For near it there are moons,

it has secrets.

It has mysteries,

أومت لفهم اللبيب

أومت لفهم اللبيب

بما يختار

بما يختار

It has signaled for the discerning to understand

That the discerning mind grasps,

what he chooses.

With what it chooses,

ها

ها

إن كان يجدى

إن كان يجدى

Behold—

If my passion and love profit,

if it is of any use—

Beyond limit,

شوقى ووجدى تناهى

شوقى ووجدى تناهى

لغير حد

لغير حد

my longing and anguish have reached their height,

Oh eye pour down water,

beyond all bounds.

From above my cheek,

يا عين سحى مياها

يا عين سحى مياها

من فوق خدى

من فوق خدى

O eye, pour forth your waters

And incite the embers in my heart,

from above my cheek.

Where to flee?

ولت بقلبي السفار

ولت بقلبي السفار

أين الفرار

أين الفرار

The travelers bore my heart away;

And the beloved ignited,

where can I flee?

Water and fire,

وقدح زند الوجيب

وقدح زند الوجيب

ماء ونار

ماء ونار

And the flint of my throbbing heart struck

Who is there for me when my longing has grown?

water and fire.

Heal my fracture,

من لي وقد طال شوقي

من لي وقد طال شوقي

بجبر صدعي

بجبر صدعي

Who will, now my longing has lasted so long,

If the brilliant lightning flashed,

mend my shattered heart,

With the outpouring of my tears,

إن لاح لامع برق

إن لاح لامع برق

بفيض دمعي

بفيض دمعي

if a flash of lightning appears,

Love captivated my softness,

with the outpouring of my tears?

And my patience ran out,

تملك الحب رقى

تملك الحب رقى

فضاق ذرعى

فضاق ذرعى

Love has claimed me as its slave,

The birds provoke me,

so I can endure no more.

And there is no waiting,

تهيجني الأطيار

تهيجني الأطيار

ولا انتظار

ولا انتظار

The birds stir me,

Except with poured out tears,

and there is no waiting

Cascade and downpour,

إلا بدمع سكيب

إلا بدمع سكيب

له انهمار

له انهمار

except with streaming tears

Full moon of Tayba call unto him,

that pour in torrents.

For him are the cycles,

بدر بطيبة تعنو

بدر بطيبة تعنو

له البدور

له البدور

A full moon in Taybah, before whom

When will it approach to be seen by us?

the full moons bow.

The travel to it,

متى لمرآه يدنو

متى لمرآه يدنو

بنا المسير

بنا المسير

When will we draw near to behold him

If an eye turns to the house,

on our journey?

The visitor comes near,

إن عن للدار عين

إن عن للدار عين

دنا المزور

دنا المزور

If the abode comes into sight,

A house that has destinies,

the one we visit draws near.

Not to mention a house,

دار لها أقدار

دار لها أقدار

ناهيك دار

ناهيك دار

An abode of lofty distinction—

Whose glory among abodes,

what an abode!

Is the glory of neighborhood,

لعزها في الخطوب

لعزها في الخطوب

عز الجوار

عز الجوار

Through its might amid calamities,

By God the one who loves it,

its protection is mighty.

Has melted in longing,

للَه من في هواه

للَه من في هواه

قد ذبت شوقا

قد ذبت شوقا

How wondrous, by God, he in whose love

And its attainment cured me,

I have melted with longing;

Of what I did not find from it,

وشفني من نواه

وشفني من نواه

ما منه ألقى

ما منه ألقى

and his remoteness has wasted me,

Glory truthfully exalted it,

with all I suffer from it.

It ruled softly,

لعز بجد علاه

لعز بجد علاه

ملكت رقا

ملكت رقا

To the glory of his exalted majesty

For the Hashimi dignity and honor,

I was bound as a slave.

For him are glad tidings,

للهاشمي وقار

للهاشمي وقار

له بشار

له بشار

The Hashimite possesses dignity;

In praising him through ancestry,

his are glad tidings.

Poems are recited,

في مدحه بالنسيب

في مدحه بالنسيب

تتلى أشعار

تتلى أشعار

In his praise, with love preludes,

poems are recited.