أمغازلي بالطرف مرهف

أمغازلي بالطرف مرهف

ومقابلي بالقدّ أهيف

ومقابلي بالقدّ أهيف

O my wooer, keen-edged in glance,

My eyes flirt with him, so delicate and refined

and you who face me, slender of stature,

And he returns my glances with his slender, willowy frame

لي من جفونك والقوا

لي من جفونك والقوا

م السيف والرمح المثقف

م السيف والرمح المثقف

from your eyelids and your stature I have

His eyelashes pierce me like swords and sharpened spears

the sword and the straightened spear.

While the braided belt wraps snug around his slim waist

ومهفهفٌ عقد النطاق

ومهفهفٌ عقد النطاق

على قضيب نقاً مهفهف

على قضيب نقاً مهفهف

A slender one has fastened his girdle

His supple quiver bounces lightly as he walks

around a slender wand upon a sand-dune.

Bearing the weight of his heavy tail with ease and grace

مجدول مستنّ الوشاح

مجدول مستنّ الوشاح

قصيف معتدل المقصف

قصيف معتدل المقصف

Well-knit where his sash runs,

He increases my burden with his narrow hips

slender, well-proportioned at the waist,

Fluid in motion, his curled forelock dancing as he prances

ومرجرج الردف الثقيل

ومرجرج الردف الثقيل

خفيف طي الكشح مخطف

خفيف طي الكشح مخطف

with swaying, heavy hips,

With soothing conversation, though reserved and shy

light in the flank's fold, slender-waisted.

His neck arched as he nudges gently with his graceful legs

قد زادني كلفاً به

قد زادني كلفاً به

خصرٌ بدعص نقاً تكلف

خصرٌ بدعص نقاً تكلف

What has increased my passion for him

His alluring glances have ensnared me

is a waist burdened with a sandy mound.

With modest gazes, lowered yet so meaningful

سمح السوالف عاقص

سمح السوالف عاقص

من مرسل الجعد المعكف

من مرسل الجعد المعكف

Smooth of neck, he coils up

His beauty brands my heart like a fiery seal

some of his flowing, backward-curling locks.

As if stamped by a craftsman pressing precious coins

واختال يطعن قدّه

واختال يطعن قدّه

بمقدم الخيلين بالصف

بمقدم الخيلين بالصف

He swaggered, his stature thrusting

A lazy horse lagging behind the lead

at the vanguard of both cavalry hosts in battle array.

Dragging his feet, reluctant in the race

خالسته النظر المريب

خالسته النظر المريب

بفاسق النظر المعفف

بفاسق النظر المعفف

I exchanged a furtive, disquieting glance with him,

Plodding heavily over rugged terrain

with a wanton gaze kept chaste.

Squinting through the dark veil of night

بالنار يطبع وجنةً

بالنار يطبع وجنةً

فكأنما دينار صيرف

فكأنما دينار صيرف

It stamps a cheek with fire,

Give me your radiance, bright as stars that shine

as though it were a money-changer's dinar.

Rise my love, and greet me with your glowing light

كسلان يرفع رفرفا

كسلان يرفع رفرفا

عن سابقه ويجرُّ رفرف

عن سابقه ويجرُّ رفرف

Languid, he lifts one trailing hem

For you my heart has melted, seeping from each pore

off his courser, and drags another.

And mingled with the tears that I can no longer keep inside

امدعدع الطَّاسات في

امدعدع الطَّاسات في

غلس وجفن الليل اوطف

غلس وجفن الليل اوطف

O you who brim the drinking bowls in

You who has been granted such nobility and grace

the predawn gloom, with night's eyelid thick-lashed,

Not grasping nor presumptuous, but with humility

من لي بريقك قرقفاً

من لي بريقك قرقفاً

قم عاطني بالريق قرقف

قم عاطني بالريق قرقف

who will grant me your saliva as wine?

Oh son of highborn lineage, your perfume is intoxicating

Rise; let your saliva be the wine you offer me.

Your critics stand no chance to build their feeble case

بك قد اذبت حشاشة

بك قد اذبت حشاشة

نزفت مع الدمع المكفكف

نزفت مع الدمع المكفكف

Because of you I have melted my last remnant of life,

Glory clings to you, generosity is your mark

drained away with the tears wiped back.

Wisdom, sincerity, and counsel you impart

ومؤلف للفضل ما

ومؤلف للفضل ما

قد شدّ منه وما تألف

قد شدّ منه وما تألف

And you who gather excellence—what

In you I glimpse the finest qualities

has grown firm within it and what has come together—

Were it not for such refinement, I would say divine

يا ابن الغطارف افرخت

يا ابن الغطارف افرخت

ضرم الشذا بازاً تغطرف

ضرم الشذا بازاً تغطرف

O son of noble chiefs, there has been hatched

As for the Sacred House and crowds who've come to worship there

by the fiery-spirited a falcon grown lordly.

None more deserving to circle round that noble shrine

والضاربين بكل ممتنع ال

والضاربين بكل ممتنع ال

ذرى بيتا مسجَّف

ذرى بيتا مسجَّف

And of those who pitch, on every unassailable

In pilgrim garb they humbly walk, fulfilling their Hajj rites

height, a curtained tent.

Raising their voices in exaltation at that holy site

المجد اتلع والمكارمُ

المجد اتلع والمكارمُ

سمحة والرأي محصف

سمحة والرأي محصف

Glory holds its head high, and noble virtues

Glorious is the knowledge you have gained and now possess

are generous, while judgment is firmly grounded.

Fearsome, momentous, an honor you've been blessed

تصبيك منك شمائلٌ

تصبيك منك شمائلٌ

لولا الفخامة قلت اهيف

لولا الفخامة قلت اهيف

Your own qualities enchant you;

To lead all those who've stood at Arafat's rocky height

but for your grandeur, I would call you slender.

And those who've prayed and reflected through the long day's light

واما وبيت اللَه والنفر

واما وبيت اللَه والنفر

الأولى بالبيت طوَّف

الأولى بالبيت طوَّف

And indeed, by God's House and the company

As well as those who've purified themselves from sin

who circumambulate the House,

Walking the paths between Safa and Marwah's hills

وبمحرمين تجلببوا

وبمحرمين تجلببوا

بمجلل الريط الملفف

بمجلل الريط الملفف

and by consecrated pilgrims who have robed themselves

And those whose Hajj is now complete, their duties done

in enveloping, closely wrapped cloths,

You are foremost among the honorable ones

وعجيج اصوات الحجيج

وعجيج اصوات الحجيج

ومن به لبى وعرّف

ومن به لبى وعرّف

and by the clamor of the pilgrims' voices,

Oh you who holds the highest aspirations dear

and those who there answered the call and stood at Arafat,

Devout in faith, though tolerant and not austere

وعظيم ما ضمَّ المعرف

وعظيم ما ضمَّ المعرف

والمحصب والمخيف

والمحصب والمخيف

and by the great things embraced by al-Muʿarraf,

Your pen flows like a stream, so elegant and bright

al-Muhassab and al-Mukhif,

Inscribed with artistry upon each page you write

والمشعرين ومن تلبث

والمشعرين ومن تلبث

يومه والعيس وقَّف

يومه والعيس وقَّف

and by the two sacred stations, and whoever lingered

Pure of conscience, brimming with eloquent speech

throughout his day, with the pale camels standing still,

Culled like ripe fruit from branches just beyond your reach

والمروتين وما صفا

والمروتين وما صفا

بين الصفا والخيف اوشف

بين الصفا والخيف اوشف

and by the two Marwas, and what was clear

Unblemished by the dust of doubt, you've cast off shame

between al-Safa and al-Khayf, or shone through,

Wresting the false perceptions that obscure your name

والآيبين ليكملوا

والآيبين ليكملوا

فرضا لحجهم الموَّقف

فرضا لحجهم الموَّقف

and by those returning to complete

You double each gift, and multiply every sum

an obligation of their pilgrimage, with its prescribed standing:

That you extend to those who seek your favor

انت المقدَّم في العلى

انت المقدَّم في العلى

لا من تقدَّم او تخلف

لا من تقدَّم او تخلف

you are foremost in lofty rank,

You spur your steeds like eagles in swift flight

not those who went ahead or lagged behind.

As if nothing can stop you from attaining your height

يا محرزاً قصب العوالي

يا محرزاً قصب العوالي

الصم بالقصب المجوف

الصم بالقصب المجوف

O you who win the shafts of towering spears—

No fault lies in your munificence, though some deride

solid shafts—with a hollow reed:

That without restraint you spread your arms open wide

قلمٌ بريق رضابه

قلمٌ بريق رضابه

علقاً على الورق المزخرف

علقاً على الورق المزخرف

a pen, the gleam of whose saliva

For those who give plenty and take little in return

is clotted blood upon the ornamented paper;

You make no complaint of blessings that you've earned

خالي الضمائر ممتلٍ

خالي الضمائر ممتلٍ

من يانع الكلم المقطَّف

من يانع الكلم المقطَّف

empty within, yet filled

Wherever you turn your steps will follow suit

with ripe, plucked words;

Pause or proceed, your will shall bear the fruit

عريان من دنس تجرَّد

عريان من دنس تجرَّد

نازع الشبهات مترف

نازع الشبهات مترف

naked, stripped of defilement,

Greetings to you, a sun but newly risen in the morn

dispelling doubts, luxuriously nurtured.

Whose radiance reveals the guiding light we've sworn

امثنِّي المأة الثنى

امثنِّي المأة الثنى

ومضاعف الألف المضعف

ومضاعف الألف المضعف

O doubler of the doubled hundred,

A sun whose veil is lifted to unveil her face

and multiplier of the already doubled thousand,

Putting the stars and moon to shame with her grace

والباعث الخيل العتاق

والباعث الخيل العتاق

كأنها العقبان خطَّف

كأنها العقبان خطَّف

and sender of thoroughbred steeds,

She rises to the zenith, where you reign supreme

as though they were eagles swooping to snatch,

Dragging the train of your gown as you fulfill your dream

يا مسرفاً ما ضرّه

يا مسرفاً ما ضرّه

ان قيل لولا النص اسرف

ان قيل لولا النص اسرف

O extravagant giver, what harm is done him

Once hidden, when she appears in darkest night

if one says, 'But for the text, he would spend excessively'?

All stars and meteors sparkle in her light

ما ضرَّ باسط راحة

ما ضرَّ باسط راحة

تركت وعور الجود صفصف

تركت وعور الجود صفصف

What harm comes to one who opens a palm

So let all rejoice in the noble prince we adore

that has made generosity's rough ground a level plain?

And celebrate with joy his virtue evermore

يعطي الكثيى وبعضهم

يعطي الكثيى وبعضهم

مسترجع ما قلَّ بالكف

مسترجع ما قلَّ بالكف

He gives abundantly, while some of them

take back even the little in a hand.

ان سرت سار ميّمما

ان سرت سار ميّمما

قصداً وان وَّقفت وقف

قصداً وان وَّقفت وقف

If you travel, he travels, heading

straight onward; and if you halt, he halts.

حيَّتك شمس تحجُّب

حيَّتك شمس تحجُّب

زفت لبدر هدىً تكشف

زفت لبدر هدىً تكشف

A sun of seclusion greeted you,

brought as a bride to an unveiled full moon of guidance.

شمسٌ بكسر حجابها

شمسٌ بكسر حجابها

ان قابلتها الشمس تكسف

ان قابلتها الشمس تكسف

A sun: when her veil is broken,

if the sun faces her, it is eclipsed.

وافت لمطَّرف العلى

وافت لمطَّرف العلى

غراً تجرُّ ذيول مطرف

غراً تجرُّ ذيول مطرف

She came to one mantled in loftiness,

radiant, trailing the hems of a silken mantle.

محجوبة فاذا بدت

محجوبة فاذا بدت

ليلاً لطرف النجم يطرف

ليلاً لطرف النجم يطرف

Veiled, yet when she appears

at night to the star's eye, it blinks.

فلتهنئن بفتى العليّ

فلتهنئن بفتى العليّ

وليهنئنَّ بها ويسعف

وليهنئنَّ بها ويسعف

So may she be congratulated on the exalted youth,

and may he be congratulated on her and favored.