لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

ما مات لكن صار في الأنجم

ما مات لكن صار في الأنجم

Do not grieve for the inspired poet.

Do not grieve for the inspired poet

He has not died, but has passed among the stars.

He did not die, but became a star

ما كان إلا زائراً عابراً

ما كان إلا زائراً عابراً

لأي سر جاء لم نعلم

لأي سر جاء لم نعلم

He was only a passing visitor;

He was just a passing visitor

For what mystery he came, we did not know.

For what secret did he come, we do not know

والآن قد رُدَّ إلى سربه

والآن قد رُدَّ إلى سربه

في قدس ذاك الفلك الأعظم

في قدس ذاك الفلك الأعظم

And now he has been returned to his flock,

And now he has returned to his flock

In the sanctuary of that supreme celestial sphere.

In the sanctity of that greatest sphere

الآن قد رُدَّ إلى ربه

الآن قد رُدَّ إلى ربه

فتى إلى الخلد مشوقٌ ظمي

فتى إلى الخلد مشوقٌ ظمي

Now he has been returned to his Lord,

Now he has returned to his Lord

A youth yearning and thirsting for immortality.

A lad longing for eternity, eminent

الآن قد أصبح في قربه

الآن قد أصبح في قربه

فتى لآفاق السما ينتمي

فتى لآفاق السما ينتمي

Now he has come to be near Him,

Now he has come close to Him

A youth belonging to the horizons of heaven.

A lad belonging to the horizons of the sky

كان فراشاً حائراً في الدنى

كان فراشاً حائراً في الدنى

في نورها أو نارها يرتمي

في نورها أو نارها يرتمي

He was a bewildered moth amid the worlds,

He was a moth confused in this lowly world

Flinging himself into their light or their fire.

Throwing himself into its light or its fire

فإن نجا من نارها مرة

فإن نجا من نارها مرة

فمن لهيب النفس لم يسلم

فمن لهيب النفس لم يسلم

For if he escaped their fire once,

And if he survived its fire once

He was still not safe from the soul's blaze.

He did not escape the flames of the self

لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

بنضرة الأيام لم ينعم

بنضرة الأيام لم ينعم

Do not grieve for the inspired poet.

Do not grieve for the inspired poet

He did not delight in the freshness of the days.

He did not enjoy the bloom of days

مرَّ بهذا الكون في لحظة

مرَّ بهذا الكون في لحظة

طالت كعمر الأبد الأعظم

طالت كعمر الأبد الأعظم

He passed through this universe in a moment

He passed through this universe in a moment

That stretched as long as the span of supreme eternity.

As long as that greatest eternity

أي جلالٍ فاته وصفه

أي جلالٍ فاته وصفه

وأي حسن فيه لم يرسم

وأي حسن فيه لم يرسم

What grandeur did he fail to describe?

What majesty beyond his description

And what beauty in it did he not depict?

What beauty in it he did not depict

فإن يكن ردَّ إلى حضنه

فإن يكن ردَّ إلى حضنه

فعودة المغرم للمغرم

فعودة المغرم للمغرم

So if he has been returned to its embrace,

If he has returned to His embrace

It is the lover's return to the lover,

It is the return of the enamored to the Beloved

ورجعة القلب إلى صدره

ورجعة القلب إلى صدره

بالعطف في أحنائه يرتمي

بالعطف في أحنائه يرتمي

And the heart's return to its breast,

And the heart's return to its chest

Flinging itself tenderly into its folds.

Cuddling in its folds

لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

لا تجزعوا للشاعر الملهم

والله ما نام مع النوَّم

والله ما نام مع النوَّم

Do not grieve for the inspired poet.

Do not grieve for the inspired poet

By God, he has not slept with the sleepers,

By God, he did not sleep with the sleepy

ولم ينل منه أكول البلى

ولم ينل منه أكول البلى

وإنما غاب إلى موسمِ

وإنما غاب إلى موسمِ

Nor has voracious decay taken hold of him;

Nor did the ravages of time affect him

But he has only gone away until a season comes.

He only disappeared for a season