قد قامتِ الحُجّهْ

قد قامتِ الحُجّهْ

فلْيُعْذِرُ العاذِرْ

فلْيُعْذِرُ العاذِرْ

The proof has been established;

The proof has been established,

so let the forgiving make allowance.

So let the one who wants to excuse, excuse,

فالعَذْلُ لا يُجْدي

فالعَذْلُ لا يُجْدي

شَيْئاً سوَى الكَرْبِ

شَيْئاً سوَى الكَرْبِ

For reproach does no good,

For the excuse will not avail

bringing nothing but anguish,

Anything but sorrow,

وشِقْوَةَ الخاطِرْ

وشِقْوَةَ الخاطِرْ

وشِدّةِ الوجْدِ

وشِدّةِ الوجْدِ

and misery of mind,

And anguish of the heart,

and longing's intensity.

And intensity of passion.

حدِّثْ عنِ السّلْوانْ

حدِّثْ عنِ السّلْوانْ

أو شِئْتَ يا صاحِ

أو شِئْتَ يا صاحِ

Speak of forgetting;

Talk about Salwa,

or, if you wish, my friend,

Or if you wish, O companion,

حدِّثْ عنِ العَنْقا

حدِّثْ عنِ العَنْقا

إنّهُما سِيّانْ

إنّهُما سِيّانْ

speak of the mythical ʿAnqāʾ.

Talk about Anqa',

The two are indeed alike.

They are both enchantresses.

فلْيُقْصِرِ اللاّحي

فلْيُقْصِرِ اللاّحي

عمّنْ شَكا العِشْقا

عمّنْ شَكا العِشْقا

So let the reproacher desist

So let the languid one refrain

from blaming one who laments love.

From the one who complained of love,

قدْ عزّني الكِتْمانْ

قدْ عزّني الكِتْمانْ

فَبانَ إفْصاحي

فَبانَ إفْصاحي

Concealment has defeated me,

Concealment has saddened me,

so I have spoken openly

So my frankness has appeared

ببَعْضِ ما ألْقى

ببَعْضِ ما ألْقى

منْ صادِقِ اللّهْجَهْ

منْ صادِقِ اللّهْجَهْ

of some of what I suffer

Through some of my sincere murmurings

from one truthful of speech,

From an ever wakeful lover.

وسْنانَ عنْ ساهِرْ

وسْنانَ عنْ ساهِرْ

لمْ يُبْلَ بالصّدِّ

لمْ يُبْلَ بالصّدِّ

drowsy, heedless of the sleepless,

His heart is not corrupted with falsehood,

never afflicted by rejection,

Pure of sight,

مُنَزَّهُ القَلْبِ

مُنَزَّهُ القَلْبِ

مُبَرّأ النّاظِرْ

مُبَرّأ النّاظِرْ

his heart untouched,

Free from the state of heedlessness,

his gaze untroubled

Tormented by confusion and separation.

عنْ حالَةِ السُّهْدِ

عنْ حالَةِ السُّهْدِ

عذّبَ بالتّيهِ

عذّبَ بالتّيهِ

by the state of sleeplessness.

So I could not endure patience,

With disdain he tormented

A gazelle lured by

قلْبي وبالبَيْنِ

قلْبي وبالبَيْنِ

فلمْ أُطِقْ صَبْرا

فلمْ أُطِقْ صَبْرا

my heart, and with separation,

What was not proper.

so I could not endure patiently.

He has progressed in estrangement,

ظَبْيٌ تَجَنّيهِ

ظَبْيٌ تَجَنّيهِ

ما كانَ بالهَيْنِ

ما كانَ بالهَيْنِ

A gazelle whose cruelty

Perfect in it,

was no light matter

The place of the eye's delight,

قد واصَلَ الهَجْرا

قد واصَلَ الهَجْرا

مُكَمَّلٌ فيهِ

مُكَمَّلٌ فيهِ

has kept up his estrangement.

He has shamed the full moon

Perfect—in him lies

In its glance an argument

مَسْرَحةُ العَيْنِ

مَسْرَحةُ العَيْنِ

قدْ أخْجَلَ البَدْرا

قدْ أخْجَلَ البَدْرا

a pasture for the eye;

For the bewitching and pearls-scattering one.

he has shamed the full moon.

Going away with the heart,

في طرْفِهِ حُجّهْ

في طرْفِهِ حُجّهْ

للفاتِنِ السّاحِرْ

للفاتِنِ السّاحِرْ

In his glance is proof

And the perfect beholder,

for the beguiling sorcerer

Of the free and the slave.

ونافِثِ العِقْدِ

ونافِثِ العِقْدِ

يذْهَبُ باللّبِّ

يذْهَبُ باللّبِّ

and the blower upon knots.

I called out in the darkness,

He carries away reason,

O Master of the Kingdom,

مُحَكَّمُ النّاظِرْ

مُحَكَّمُ النّاظِرْ

في الحُرِّ والعَبْدِ

في الحُرِّ والعَبْدِ

his gaze holding sway

O Repeller of afflictions,

over freeman and slave.

Relieve me of my worries,

نادَيْتُ في الظُّلْمَهْ

نادَيْتُ في الظُّلْمَهْ

يا مالِكَ المُلْكِ

يا مالِكَ المُلْكِ

I cried out in the darkness:

You are the one I complain to,

O Master of dominion,

Of the one who declared the complaint,

يا دافِعَ البَلْوَى

يا دافِعَ البَلْوَى

فرِّجْ ليَ الغُمّهْ

فرِّجْ ليَ الغُمّهْ

O You who avert affliction,

To the good one who folded the worries,

lift the distress from me.

Crying and declaring the intimacies

أنتَ الذي تُشْكي

أنتَ الذي تُشْكي

مَنْ أعْلنَ الشّكْوى

مَنْ أعْلنَ الشّكْوى

You are the One who relieves

In the ten days of Dhul Hijjah,

whoever proclaims his complaint.

Of an ardent pilgrim

بمَنْ طوى الهِمّهْ

بمَنْ طوى الهِمّهْ

لطَيْبَةٍ يَبْكي

لطَيْبَةٍ يَبْكي

For the sake of one who bent his resolve

To the unique banner,

toward Taybah, weeping

With sins forgiven,

ويُعْلِنُ النّجْوى

ويُعْلِنُ النّجْوى

في عشْرِ ذي الحِجّهْ

في عشْرِ ذي الحِجّهْ

and voicing his private prayer,

A visiting pilgrim,

during the ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah,

Achieving his goal.

منْ راكِضٍ سائِرْ

منْ راكِضٍ سائِرْ

للعَلَمِ الفَرْدِ

للعَلَمِ الفَرْدِ

one of the hastening travellers

Since his separation was confirmed to me,

toward the peerless beacon,

I have lingered confused,

مُغْتَفَرِ الذّنْبِ

مُغْتَفَرِ الذّنْبِ

معْتَمِرٍ زائِرْ

معْتَمِرٍ زائِرْ

his sin forgiven,

As if my tears,

an ʿumrah pilgrim and visitor,

Do not flow.

مُبَلَّغِ القَصْدِ

مُبَلَّغِ القَصْدِ

مُذْ جالَ في سمْعي

مُذْ جالَ في سمْعي

enabled to attain his goal.

The generosity of my father Salim,

Since news reached my ears

The healer of the crack,

فِراقُهُ حَقّا

فِراقُهُ حَقّا

ظَلِلْتُ كالهائِمْ

ظَلِلْتُ كالهائِمْ

of his departure, in truth,

And the firm handhold,

I have remained like one distraught.

And the subduer of the unjust,

كأنّما دَمْعي

كأنّما دَمْعي

يَهْمي فَلا يَرْقا

يَهْمي فَلا يَرْقا

As though my tears,

And the silencer of the clamor,

streaming and never ceasing,

And the extinguisher of the burning,

جَوْدُ أبي سالِمْ

جَوْدُ أبي سالِمْ

مُعالِجُ الصّدْعِ

مُعالِجُ الصّدْعِ

were Abu Salim's generosity:

And the clarifier of righteousness.

healer of the breach,

The Caliph of the Lord,

والعُرْوَةُ الوُثْقَى

والعُرْوَةُ الوُثْقَى

وقامِعُ الظّالِمْ

وقامِعُ الظّالِمْ

and the firmest handhold,

And the magnificent, the glorious,

and suppressor of the oppressor,

With the father and grandfather,

ومُصْمِتُ الضّجّهْ

ومُصْمِتُ الضّجّهْ

ومُطْفِئُ النّائِرْ

ومُطْفِئُ النّائِرْ

and silencer of uproar,

The giver of thousands,

and quencher of the blaze,

His noble character comes

وموضِحُ الرّشْدِ

وموضِحُ الرّشْدِ

خَليفَةُ الرّبِّ

خَليفَةُ الرّبِّ

and revealer of right guidance,

With his glancing eye,

the Lord's vicegerent,

And the surpasser of ranks,

والباذِخِ الفاخِرْ

والباذِخِ الفاخِرْ

بالأبِ والجَدِّ

بالأبِ والجَدِّ

and the lofty one, proud

To his enemies,

of his father and grandfather,

If he witnesses the march.

الواهِبُ الألْفِ

الواهِبُ الألْفِ

تاتِي معالِيهِ

تاتِي معالِيهِ

the giver of a thousand;

And the sender of death,

his lofty deeds arise

So who will call him?

منْ رَجْعِهِ الطّرْفا

منْ رَجْعِهِ الطّرْفا

وخارِقُ الصّفِّ

وخارِقُ الصّفِّ

from his turning back his gaze.

He meets death face-to-face.

And he breaks the battle line

The earth quakes

الى أعاديهِ

الى أعاديهِ

إنْ شاهَدَ الزّحْفا

إنْ شاهَدَ الزّحْفا

toward his enemies

With the thriving army,

if he beholds the advancing host;

Swarming with the regiments,

ومُرْسِلُ الحَتْفِ

ومُرْسِلُ الحَتْفِ

فمَنْ يُناديهِ

فمَنْ يُناديهِ

and sends forth death:

And the deadly sharp swords,

so whoever calls him out

And the dense forest of spears.

يُصادِمُ الحَتْفا

يُصادِمُ الحَتْفا

الأرضُ مُرتَجّةٌ

الأرضُ مُرتَجّةٌ

collides with death.

He who won precedence

The earth is shaking

In the loftiness of worth,

بالعَسْكَرِ الزّاخِرْ

بالعَسْكَرِ الزّاخِرْ

قدْ ماجَ بالجُرْدِ

قدْ ماجَ بالجُرْدِ

with the swelling army;

And the highest office,

it has surged with sleek steeds,

And surpassed in character,

وغصّ بالقُضْبِ

وغصّ بالقُضْبِ

والصّارِمِ الباتِرْ

والصّارِمِ الباتِرْ

and is choked with swords,

And noble manners,

and the keen, cleaving blade,

And compassionate conduct.

والحَلقِ السّرْدِ

والحَلقِ السّرْدِ

مَنْ فازَ بالسّبْقِ

مَنْ فازَ بالسّبْقِ

and closely woven mail-rings.

With a graceful appearance,

He who has won precedence

The supported of the matter,

في رِفعَةِ القَدْرِ

في رِفعَةِ القَدْرِ

والمَنْصِبِ الأسْمَى

والمَنْصِبِ الأسْمَى

in loftiness of rank

Who hits his target,

and the highest station,

When he mounts his saddle,

وفاقَ في الخُلْقِ

وفاقَ في الخُلْقِ

والخُلُقِ البَرِّ

والخُلُقِ البَرِّ

and excelled in disposition

The watching moon,

and virtuous character,

For the eye of the guided one,

واسّيرَةِ الرّحْمَى

واسّيرَةِ الرّحْمَى

ذو مَنْظَرٍ طَلْقٍ

ذو مَنْظَرٍ طَلْقٍ

and most merciful conduct;

And the disgracer of the sun,

possessed of a cheerful countenance,

In the pouring cloud,

مؤيّدُ الأمْرِ

مؤيّدُ الأمْرِ

مسَدّدُ المَرْمَى

مسَدّدُ المَرْمَى

upheld in authority,

If he is generous with aid.

unerring in aim.

Your ascent cannot be counted,

إذا امْتَطَى سرْجَهْ

إذا امْتَطَى سرْجَهْ

فالقَمَرُ الرّاصِدْ

فالقَمَرُ الرّاصِدْ

When he mounts his saddle,

And the condition and promise,

then he is the watchful moon

Habitually negate that,

لعَيْنِ مُستَهدِ

لعَيْنِ مُستَهدِ

ومُخْجِلُ الشّمْسِ

ومُخْجِلُ الشّمْسِ

to the eye of one seeking guidance;

If embodied in a person,

and he puts the sun to shame

It would exhaust the world,

في العارِضِ الماطِرْ

في العارِضِ الماطِرْ

إنْ جادَ بالرّفْدِ

إنْ جادَ بالرّفْدِ

in the rain-bearing cloud

With truth it wearies it.

if he lavishes gifts.

His state chose

عُلاكَ لا تُحْصَى

عُلاكَ لا تُحْصَى

والشّرْطُ والثُّنْيا

والشّرْطُ والثُّنْيا

Your glories cannot be counted,

The refinements of the sublime,

and qualification and exception

With all that is in it,

دَأباً يُنافِيها

دَأباً يُنافِيها

لوْ مُثّلَتْ شخْصاً

لوْ مُثّلَتْ شخْصاً

are forever at odds with them.

The marvels of splendor,

If they were embodied as a person,

And the purity of danger,

لغالَتِ الدُنْيا

لغالَتِ الدُنْيا

بالحَقِّ تُعْييها

بالحَقِّ تُعْييها

they would overwhelm the world,

And the garden of eternity,

truly exhausting it.

And the tranquility of heart,

دوْلَتَه اخْتَصّا

دوْلَتَه اخْتَصّا

تأنّقَ العُلْيا

تأنّقَ العُلْيا

His reign was singled out

And the desire of the beholder,

by the refinement of lofty glory,

In that cheek.

بكُلِّ ما فِيها

بكُلِّ ما فِيها

بَدائِعُ البَهْجَهْ

بَدائِعُ البَهْجَهْ

with all that it contains:

wonders of beauty,

ونُزْهَةُ الخطِرْ

ونُزْهَةُ الخطِرْ

وجنّةُ الخُلْدِ

وجنّةُ الخُلْدِ

and delight for the mind,

and the garden of eternity,

وراحَةُ القَلْبِ

وراحَةُ القَلْبِ

وبُغْيَةُ الناظِرْ

وبُغْيَةُ الناظِرْ

and repose for the heart,

and the beholder's desire

في ذلِكَ الخَدِّ

في ذلِكَ الخَدِّ

lie in that cheek.