مَلَكْتَ رَسولَ اللهِ رِقّي فمَنْ يَبْرَحْ

مَلَكْتَ رَسولَ اللهِ رِقّي فمَنْ يَبْرَحْ

وأوْلَيْتَني الحَظَّ الرّغيبَ ومَنْ يَشْرَحْ

وأوْلَيْتَني الحَظَّ الرّغيبَ ومَنْ يَشْرَحْ

You hold me in bondage, O Messenger of God—who could depart?

You possessed the Messenger of Allah as a healing, so who would depart?

And you have granted me a bountiful share—and who could describe it?

And you granted me the most hopeful of fortunes, so who would feel joy?

فلا كانَ لي جَفْنٌ لبُعْدِكَ لمْ يَصُبْ

فلا كانَ لي جَفْنٌ لبُعْدِكَ لمْ يَصُبْ

ولا كانَ لي قَلْبٌ بقُرْبِكَ لمْ يَفْرَحْ

ولا كانَ لي قَلْبٌ بقُرْبِكَ لمْ يَفْرَحْ

So may no eyelid be mine that does not pour tears at your absence,

For I had no eyelid from your absence that did not swell,

Nor may a heart be mine that does not rejoice at your nearness.

Nor a heart from your nearness that did not delight.

فسَعْيُكَ مَدْعىً لا يُخَيِّبُ مَنْ نأى

فسَعْيُكَ مَدْعىً لا يُخَيِّبُ مَنْ نأى

ورَعْيُكَ مرْعىً لا يَضيقُ بمَنْ يَسْرَحْ

ورَعْيُكَ مرْعىً لا يَضيقُ بمَنْ يَسْرَحْ

For your striving is a place of appeal that disappoints none who are far away,

Your effort is an invitation that does not disappoint he who turns away,

And your care is a pasture never too narrow for those who graze.

And your care is a pasture that does not constrict he who roams freely.

فِداكَ فؤادٌ ضَمّ حُبَّكَ حَبّةً

فِداكَ فؤادٌ ضَمّ حُبَّكَ حَبّةً

كما يودَعُ المَبْذورُ في الأرضِ أو يُطْرَحْ

كما يودَعُ المَبْذورُ في الأرضِ أو يُطْرَحْ

May a heart that enfolded love for you as a seed be your ransom,

My heart that harbored love for you is a ransom for you,

As seed is deposited in the earth or cast there.

As what is sown in the earth deposits or is strewn about.

فأصْبَحَ غُصْناً ذا مُروحٍ ونَعْمَةٍ

فأصْبَحَ غُصْناً ذا مُروحٍ ونَعْمَةٍ

وما عُذْرُهُ مَهْما ذُكِرْتَ فلَمْ يَمْرَحْ

وما عُذْرُهُ مَهْما ذُكِرْتَ فلَمْ يَمْرَحْ

So it became a bough full of exuberance and luxuriance;

So it became a branch with a gentle breeze and blessing,

And what excuse has it, whenever you are mentioned, for not rejoicing?

And its excuse is not void, whenever you are mentioned but it does not dance.

رَجاؤكَ سُؤْلي كلّما جَرَحَ الأسى

رَجاؤكَ سُؤْلي كلّما جَرَحَ الأسى

ولا يَسْتوي آسِي الكُلومِ ومَنْ يَجْرَحْ

ولا يَسْتوي آسِي الكُلومِ ومَنْ يَجْرَحْ

Hope in you is what I seek whenever sorrow wounds,

My hope in you is my request whenever sorrow wounds,

Nor are the healer of wounds and the one who wounds alike.

And the grieved of anguish is not equal to the wounded.

وقدْ كانَ في قَلبي لبُعْدِكَ قُرْحَةٌ

وقدْ كانَ في قَلبي لبُعْدِكَ قُرْحَةٌ

وفَوْديَ لمْ يَشْهَبْ وسِنّيَ لم يَقْرَحْ

وفَوْديَ لمْ يَشْهَبْ وسِنّيَ لم يَقْرَحْ

And a sore from your absence was already in my heart,

There was in my heart from your absence a lesion,

While my temple hair had not grayed, nor had my tooth yet come fully in.

And my delegation did not become white-haired, nor did my years become decrepit.

فكَيْفَ وقدْ رانَتْ علَيْهِ ذُنوبُهُ

فكَيْفَ وقدْ رانَتْ علَيْهِ ذُنوبُهُ

وإنْ أنّني لمْ أُضّرَحْ فَوَيْلي مَتى أُضْرَحْ

وإنْ أنّني لمْ أُضّرَحْ فَوَيْلي مَتى أُضْرَحْ

How, then, now that its sins have coated it with rust?

So how could it, when sins have flowed upon it,

And though I have not yet been buried, woe to me when I am buried!

And I—woe is me—have not been shrouded, so when will I be shrouded?

فَضَلْتَ النّبِيئِينَ الكِرامَ مَزيّةً

فَضَلْتَ النّبِيئِينَ الكِرامَ مَزيّةً

وكمْ بيْنَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ وبيْنَ ألَمْ نَشْرَحْ

وكمْ بيْنَ رَبِّ اشْرَحْ وبيْنَ ألَمْ نَشْرَحْ

You surpassed the noble prophets in distinction:

You have given the noble prophets special preference,

And how vast the difference between 'My Lord, expand' and 'Have We not expanded'!

And how vast between “My Lord, relieve” and “Did We not expand?”