1. هل لصبّ قد غير السقم حاله

    زورة منكم على أي حالة

    Is there, for a lovesick man whose condition illness has changed,

    a visit from you, whatever the circumstances?

  2. يا لقومي من للفتى من فتاة

    مزجت كأس صدها بالملاله

    O my people! Who will save the youth from a maiden

    who mixed the cup of her rejection with weariness?

  3. بغزال الكناس تزري لحاظا

    وبفرط السنا تفوق الغزاله

    With her glances she puts the gazelle in its covert to shame,

    and through her surpassing radiance she outshines the sun.

  4. قلت اذ مد شعرها لي ظلالا

    اسبغ الله لي عليها ظلالة

    I said, when her hair spread shadows over me:

    May God lavish shade upon her for my sake!

  5. ليت شعري مع الهوى كيف مالت

    ولها القد شاهد بالعداله

    Would that I knew how she could sway in love,

    when her figure bears witness to her uprightness!

  6. لست انسى وقولها انت سال

    قلت روحي ومهجتي لا محاله

    I do not forget her saying, 'You no longer pine.'

    I said, 'My soul and my heart's blood have flowed away, surely.'

  7. كم محب بدمعه قد اتاها

    سائلا وهي لا تجيب سؤاله

    How many a lover has come to her with his tears,

    entreating, while she does not answer his plea!

  8. حين اضحى بخدها المسك خالا

    قلت رفقا بمهجة الصب خاله

    When musk became a beauty mark upon her cheek,

    I said, 'Gently with the lover's heart's blood, O beauty mark!'

  9. رشقتني من لحظها بسهام

    بعدما جردت عليّ نصاله

    She shot at me with arrows from her gaze,

    after baring its blades against me.

  10. سالم القلب في الهوى مقلتيها

    فانثنى قدها يروم قتاله

    My heart made peace with her eyes in love,

    then her figure swayed, seeking to do battle with it.

  11. آه من قدها اما لفؤادي

    شافع من حديث واش اماله

    Ah, her figure! Is there not, for my heart,

    an intercessor against the words of a slanderer who swayed it?

  12. يا لقومي ما للعذول ومضنى

    بذل الروح في هواها ومالة

    O my people! What has the reproacher to do with an ailing lover

    who gave his soul and his wealth for love of her?

  13. انا ان احسنت وان هي اسائت

    ليس دمعي برقا على من اساله

    As for me, whether she is kind or does wrong,

    my tears are no lightning flash over the one who made them flow.

  14. عاذل الصب خل عنك ودمعي

    فعلى الخد قد كفى ما جرى له

    Reproacher of the lovesick, leave me and my tears alone;

    the cheek has had enough of what has run down it.

  15. فهي شمس تطلعت من خباها

    وعليها من البراقع هاله

    For she is a sun risen from her tent,

    with a halo of veils around her.

  16. رأت البدر في الكمال فأبدت

    واضحا بالسنا تريه كماله

    She saw the full moon in its perfection, then revealed

    a radiant face, showing it its own perfection.

  17. حاولت زورتي فنمّ عليها

    قرطها في الدجى ومسك الغلاله

    She sought to visit me, but was betrayed by

    her earring in the darkness and the musk of her thin robe.

  18. ثم لما ان سلمت اذكرتني

    مدح من سلمت عليه الغزاله

    Then, when she greeted me, she brought to my mind

    the praise of him whom the gazelle greeted:

  19. خاتم الانبياء والرسل حقا

    من اتى بالهدى وأدى الرساله

    truly the Seal of the prophets and messengers,

    who came with guidance and delivered the message.

  20. ناسخ بالكتاب امي خط

    ليس يحوى لوح الوجود مثاله

    An abrogator through the Book, yet unlettered in writing,

    the tablet of existence holds none like him.

  21. من سما قدره ونال مقاما

    لم يكن غيره من الرسل ناله

    He whose rank rose high, who attained a station

    that no other messenger had attained,

  22. وحمى الدين بالسيوف المواضى

    ومحا عصبة الهوى والضلاله

    and defended the faith with keen-edged swords,

    and wiped out the band of caprice and error.

  23. ولاهل القليب ازرى ببدر

    ولكل منهم اراه وباله

    He brought disgrace upon the people of the well at Badr,

    and showed each of them his ruin.

  24. واتى الفتح آية النصر يتلو

    عندما عاينت قريش قتاله

    And conquest came, reciting the verse of victory,

    when Quraysh witnessed his fighting.

  25. وله البدر شق نصفين جهرا

    وكفى آية بها ودلاله

    For him the full moon was openly split into two halves,

    and it was sign and proof enough.

  26. واحتشاما لاجله الشمس ردت

    بعد ما اسبل الظلام حباله

    And out of reverence for him, the sun was returned,

    after darkness had let down its cords.

  27. والعصا اورقت بلمس يديه

    وزها عودها ومدّ وزلاله

    And the staff sprouted leaves at the touch of his hands,

    its wood flourished, and its clear water spread.

  28. واتته الاشجار حين دعاها

    وسعت عاجلا بغير اطاله

    And the trees came to him when he called them,

    and hastened swiftly, without delay.

  29. لو اليه دعا الاهلة جاءت

    ولودّت بأن تكون نعاله

    Had he called the crescent moons to him, they would have come,

    and would have wished to become his sandals.

  30. وهو في قومه حسيب نسيب

    ذو فخار وسؤدد واصاله

    Among his people he is noble in standing and lineage,

    possessed of glory, eminence, and noble roots.

  31. وهو من اشرف القبائل قوما

    وهو من خير عنصر وسلالة

    And his people are of the noblest tribes,

    and he is of the finest stock and lineage.

  32. وهو بر بنا رؤف رحيم

    ومن الجود ان يبر عياله

    And he is kind to us, compassionate and merciful,

    and part of generosity is kindness to his dependents.

  33. لا تقسه بالبحر يوم نواله

    يعجز البحر ان يضاهي نواله

    Do not compare him with the sea on the day of his bounty:

    the sea is powerless to equal his bounty.

  34. واذا ما شكا له الفقر راج

    قال لا فقر تختشي واناله

    And whenever a hopeful petitioner complained to him of poverty,

    he said, 'You need fear no poverty,' and bestowed bounty upon him.

  35. يا امام الهدى ويا من عليه

    من طراز الوقار ابهى جلاله

    O leader of guidance, and O you upon whom

    rests the most splendid majesty, embroidered with dignity,

  36. كن شفيعي مما جنيت قديما

    زمن اللهو والصبا والجهالة

    be my intercessor for the wrongs I committed long ago,

    in the days of pleasure, youth, and ignorance.

  37. فعليك الصلاة في كل وقت

    وزمان مضى وفي كل حاله

    So may blessings be upon you at every moment,

    and every bygone age, and in every state,

  38. وعلى آلك الكرام وصحب

    قد سموا بالوفا وصدق المقاله

    and upon your noble family and companions

    who rose high through fidelity and truthful speech,

  39. ما حدا في العراق بالركب حاد

    ولنحو الحجاز شد رحاله

    as long as a camel-driver chants to the caravan in Iraq,

    and fastens his travel gear for the journey toward the Hijaz.