هل أَنت مُدْرِكُ آمالي فمحييها

هل أَنت مُدْرِكُ آمالي فمحييها

ومُبْدِلِي فِي الورى من ذِلَّتِي تِيها

ومُبْدِلِي فِي الورى من ذِلَّتِي تِيها

Will you fulfill my hopes and thus revive them,

Can you grasp my hopes, so revive them,

And exchange my humiliation among people for pride,

And change my humiliation in the world to loss?

بلحظةٍ تقتضِي مِنِّي مكارِمَهَا

بلحظةٍ تقتضِي مِنِّي مكارِمَهَا

هدِيَّةً لَكَ حازَ السبقَ مُهْدِيها

هدِيَّةً لَكَ حازَ السبقَ مُهْدِيها

With a glance whose generous favors demand from me

With a glance that requires of me its nobilities,

A gift to you, whose giver has taken the lead—

A gift to you who attained precedence in guiding them.

جواهراً من بحورِ العلمِ لَيْسَ لَهَا

جواهراً من بحورِ العلمِ لَيْسَ لَهَا

إِلَّا استماعكَها قدرٌ يُسَاوِيهَا

إِلَّا استماعكَها قدرٌ يُسَاوِيهَا

Jewels from the seas of knowledge, which have no

Gems from oceans of knowledge that have no

Equal in worth save your listening to them,

Worth except your listening, a value equalling them,

حتى ترى الطِّرْفَ فِي كَرَّاتِ فارِسِهِ

حتى ترى الطِّرْفَ فِي كَرَّاتِ فارِسِهِ

وَالكاعِبَ الرُّوَد فِي أَثوابِ جَاليها

وَالكاعِبَ الرُّوَد فِي أَثوابِ جَاليها

So that you see the noble steed in its rider's charges,

Until you see elegance in the orbits of its horsemen,

And the tender maiden in the robes of her unveiler?

And the eloquent speaker in the garb of its manifestations.

عسى الَّذِينَ نأَوْا عنِّي أُخْبِّرُهم

عسى الَّذِينَ نأَوْا عنِّي أُخْبِّرُهم

بأَنَّ نَفْسِيَ مبلوغٌ أَمَانِيهَا

بأَنَّ نَفْسِيَ مبلوغٌ أَمَانِيهَا

Perhaps I shall tell those who have gone far from me

Perhaps those who avoided me, I will inform them

That my soul's wishes have been fulfilled.

That my soul has attained its wishes.