يا بريقاً بالحمى قد لمعا

حي عني البان والاثل معا

O lightning flash that has shone in the protected grounds,

greet for me the moringa trees and tamarisks together.

فبذاك الحي لي غصن نقا

طائر القلب عليه وقعا

For in that quarter I have a branch upon a dune;

the bird of my heart has alighted upon it.

يا له من غصن بان يانع

صادح الحلى عليه سجعا

Oh, what a flourishing moringa branch he is!

The songbird of jewels has warbled upon it.

ظبي انس في الحشا مرتعه

ليت يوما لودادي لو رعي

A gazelle in human form, whose pasture is my heart;

if only he would one day heed my affection!

لم ازل طوع الهوى احفظه

ما له حفظ عهودي ضيعا

I have never ceased, obedient to love, to cherish him;

why has he neglected to keep my pledges?

لين الاعطاف منه خصره

رق حتى كاد ان ينقطعا

He is supple of limb; his waist

is so slender it almost snaps in two.

عادل القد حكت طلعته

بدر تم فوق غصن طلعا

Well-proportioned in stature, his face resembles

a full moon risen above a branch.

لحظه فوق نحوي اسهما

فصابت من فؤادي موقعا

His glance aimed arrows toward me,

and they struck a mark within my heart.

كم له اخفض ذلا جانبي

وهو عني لم يزل مرتفعا

How often, abased, I bow low before him,

while he remains high and aloof from me.

صد ظلما وأراني قسوة

ولقلبي بالتجافي صدعا

He turned away unjustly and showed me cruelty,

and shattered my heart through his estrangement.

والى الكاشح القى سمعه

يا كفى الله حديثا سمعا

And he lent his ear to the spiteful foe;

ah, may God ward off the tale he heard!

شنع العاذل عني سلوة

كذب العاذل فيما شنعا

The reproacher spread a rumor that I had ceased to love;

the reproacher lied in what he proclaimed.

واتى من جهله يعذلني

ثم لما ان رآه رجعا

And in his ignorance he came to reproach me,

then, when he saw him, he turned back.

انا لا اهوى سواه خلني

من هوى هند واسما وسعا

I love none but him; leave me free

of love for Hind, Asma, and Su'a.

لا ولا عن حبه اسلو ولا

وصلة فيه ارى لي مطمعا

No, I never forget my love for him, nor

do I see any hope of union with him.

واذا رمت سواه لم اجد

في فؤادي لسواه موضعا

And if I seek another, I find no

place in my heart for anyone but him.

سائلي عما جرى من ادمعي

لا تسل بالهجر ما بي صنعا

You who ask me about the tears I have shed,

do not ask what he has done to me through separation.

منح العين سهاداً فجرت

ورقادي من جفوني منعا

He gave my eye sleeplessness, so it streamed,

and withheld my sleep from my eyelids.

ارسل الطيف لطرفي زائراً

ايزور الطيف من لا هجعا

Send the dream-phantom as a visitor to my eyes—

can the dream-phantom visit one who has not slept?

لا تلم ان ملت اسعى نحوه

ليس للانسان الا ما سعى

Do not blame me if I turn to strive toward him;

a person has only what he has striven for.

فاتبع يا صاح مجدا وعلى

حرم الامال عج بي مسرعا

So pursue glory, my friend, and toward

the sanctuary of hopes turn with me in haste:

شيخ الاسلام امام العصر من

آل فرفور الكرام الشفعا

the Shaykh of Islam, the imam of the age, from

the noble house of Farfur, the intercessors.

روضة العلم ومن منهاجه

مطلب الروض به قد اينعا

A garden of knowledge; and through his method,

the garden's aspiration has ripened through him.

الشهاب الثاقب السامي الذرى

والذي حاز المعالي اجمعا

The piercing meteor, lofty in his heights,

and he who has attained all lofty honors;

من سما قدرا وفخرا وارتقى

في سما المجد المحل الارفعا

who rose in rank and glory, and ascended

in glory's sky to the highest station;

وحوى فضلا وجودا وندى

وعلى تلك السجايا طبعا

and possessed merit, generosity, and bounty,

and was naturally endowed with those traits.

كيف لا يسمو علوا وهو في ال

مهد من ثدي المعالي رضعا

How could he not rise high, when in the

cradle he suckled from the breast of lofty honors?

المعيّ كاد يقضي بالذي

لم يكن قبل عليه اطلعا

So keen-witted, he could almost judge what

he had never previously known.

واذا ما جل امر حله

واذا ابدى علوما ابدعا

And whenever a matter grows grave, he resolves it;

and when he expounds learning, he excels.

ما به عيب اذا جاد سوى

انه يتلف ما قد جمعا

He has no fault when he gives, save

that he exhausts what he has amassed.

واذا استمطرت يمناه همى

وابل الغيث ومنها همعا

And when his right hand is asked for rain, there pours

a downpour of rain, streaming from it.

لا تقس بالبحر جددوى كفه

فهو من لا يساوي اصبعا

Do not compare his palm's bounty with the sea;

for it cannot equal even a finger.

لا ولا بالغيث يدعى ربما

ضر غيث ونداه نفعا

No, nor should he be called rain: sometimes

rain does harm, while his bounty brings benefit.

بابه للجود اضحى حرما

فاز من حج اليه وسعى

His door has become a sanctuary of generosity;

he who makes pilgrimage there and strives has won.

يا امام العصر يا وتر الندى

والخطيب المعنوي المصقعا

O imam of the age, O peerless one in bounty,

and eloquent preacher, profound in meaning.

هاكها مني عقودا نظمت

خالص الدر بها قد رصعا

Take it from me as necklaces I have strung;

the purest pearls have been set within them.

زادها مدحك حسنا فحكت

مشربا عذبا وراقت منبعا

Praise of you increased their beauty, so they resembled

a sweet drinking-place, clear at its source.

وبها ذكرك اضحى نشره

من شذا مسك سحيق اضوعا

And through them, the fragrance of your name has become

more fragrant than the scent of powdered musk.

زادك الله عفافاً وتقى

وكسى تلك السجايا ورعا

May God increase you in chastity and piety,

and clothe those virtues in pious restraint.

وتلقاك على طول المدى

رحبٌ بالرحب والبشر معا

And may you, through all time, be received

with openhearted hospitality and cheerful smiles together.

حسبنا جودك فيه والعطا

والثنا حسبك منا والدعا

Throughout it, your generosity and gifts suffice us;

and our praise and prayers suffice you.

فابق واسلم فلك الاقبال في

فلك العز سعودا طلعا

So live on and stay safe: for you, good fortune in

glory's sphere has risen as auspicious stars.

لا برحت الدهر يا رب العلا

تكسب الحمد وتكسي الخلعا

May you never cease, through all time, O lord of eminence,

to earn praise and be clad in robes of honor.

والينا لم يزل متصلا

برك الجاري ولن ينقطعا

And still there reaches us, unbroken,

your flowing kindness, never to be cut off,

ما برود الروض وشاها الندى

ولها الحسن بنبت وشعا

as long as dew embroiders the garden's robes,

and beauty patterns them with plants.