فديتكَ زائراً في كلِّ عامٍ

فديتكَ زائراً في كلِّ عامٍ

تحيِّ بالسلامةِ والسلامِ

تحيِّ بالسلامةِ والسلامِ

I would give my life for you, a visitor each year,

I would sacrifice myself for you, visiting every year

You greet us with well-being and peace.

Greeting with wellness and peace

وتُقبِلُ كالغمامِ يفيضُ حيناً

وتُقبِلُ كالغمامِ يفيضُ حيناً

ويبقَ بعدَهُ أثرُ الغَمامِ

ويبقَ بعدَهُ أثرُ الغَمامِ

And you come like a raincloud, pouring for a while,

And kissing like pouring rain for a while

And after it, the raincloud's trace remains.

Leaving after it the trace of rain

وكم في الناسِ من دَنِفٍ مَشوقٍ

وكم في الناسِ من دَنِفٍ مَشوقٍ

إليكَ وكمْ شجيِّ مُستهامِ

إليكَ وكمْ شجيِّ مُستهامِ

And how many among the people are sick with longing

And how many soft, yearning people among the people

For you, and how many are sorrowful and love-smitten!

Longing for you, and how many burning with passion

رمزتُ لهُ بألحاظِ الليالي

رمزتُ لهُ بألحاظِ الليالي

وقد عيَّ الزمانُ عنِ الكلامِ

وقد عيَّ الزمانُ عنِ الكلامِ

I signaled to him with the glances of the nights,

I signaled to him with the gazes of the nights

While time had become incapable of speech.

And time had given up on speaking

فظلَّ يعدُّ يوماً بعدَ يومٍ

فظلَّ يعدُّ يوماً بعدَ يومٍ

كما اعتادوا لأيَّامِ السِّقامِ

كما اعتادوا لأيَّامِ السِّقامِ

So he kept counting day after day,

So he kept counting a day after a day

As people are accustomed to counting days of illness.

As they were used to in the days of sickness

ومدَّ لهُ رواقُ الليلِ ظِلاً

ومدَّ لهُ رواقُ الليلِ ظِلاً

ترفُّ عليهِ أجنحَةُ الظلامِ

ترفُّ عليهِ أجنحَةُ الظلامِ

And night's canopy spread a shadow for him,

And the night spread for him a shaded porch

The wings of darkness fluttering over him.

On which the wings of darkness flutter

فباتَ وملءَ عينيهِ منامٌ

فباتَ وملءَ عينيهِ منامٌ

لتنْفُضَ عنهُما كَسَلَ المَنامِ

لتنْفُضَ عنهُما كَسَلَ المَنامِ

So he spent the night with sleep filling his eyes,

So he slept with his eyes full of slumber

That you might shake from them the lethargy of sleep.

To shake off the drowsiness of sleep

ولم أرَ قبلَ حبَّكِ من حبيبٍ

ولم أرَ قبلَ حبَّكِ من حبيبٍ

كفى العُشاقَ لوعاتِ الغرامِ

كفى العُشاقَ لوعاتِ الغرامِ

And before loving you I had never seen a beloved

And I have not seen before your love anyone

Who spared lovers the torments of passion.

Who sufficed the lovers the agonies of passion

فلو تدرِ العوالمُ ما درينا

فلو تدرِ العوالمُ ما درينا

لحنتْ للصلاةِ وللصيامِ

لحنتْ للصلاةِ وللصيامِ

For if the worlds knew what we have known,

If the worlds knew what we knew

They would yearn for prayer and fasting.

They would incline to prayer and fasting

بني الإسلامَ هذا خيرُ ضيفٍ

بني الإسلامَ هذا خيرُ ضيفٍ

إذا غَشَيَ الكرِيمُ ذرى الكِرامِ

إذا غَشَيَ الكرِيمُ ذرى الكِرامِ

O sons of Islam, this is the best of guests,

O my Islam, this is the best guest

When the noble one visits the heights of the noble.

When the generous man hosts the generous

يلُمكمْ على خيرِ السجايا

يلُمكمْ على خيرِ السجايا

ويجمعكُم على الهِمَمِ العِظامِ

ويجمعكُم على الهِمَمِ العِظامِ

He gathers you in the finest virtues,

Bringing you together on the best manners

And unites you in lofty aspirations.

And uniting you on the greatest aspirations

فشُدُّوا فيهِ أيديكُم بعزمٍ

فشُدُّوا فيهِ أيديكُم بعزمٍ

كما شدَّ الكَمِيُّ على الحُسامِ

كما شدَّ الكَمِيُّ على الحُسامِ

So, during it, tighten your grip with resolve,

So brace yourselves in it with determination

As the armored warrior gripped the keen-edged sword.

As Al-Kamil did with the swords

وقوموا في لياليهِ الغوالي

وقوموا في لياليهِ الغوالي

فما عاجتْ عليكُم للمُقامِ

فما عاجتْ عليكُم للمُقامِ

And stand in prayer during its precious nights,

And stand during its sublime nights

For they have not come to you to stay.

For they were not too hard for staying up

وكم نفرٍ تغرهمُ الليالي

وكم نفرٍ تغرهمُ الليالي

وما خُلقوا ولا هيَ للدَوامِ

وما خُلقوا ولا هيَ للدَوامِ

And how many people the nights beguile,

While a group are tempted by the nights

Yet neither they nor the nights were made to last forever.

And they were not created for eternity

وخلوا عادةَ السفهاءِ عنْكم

وخلوا عادةَ السفهاءِ عنْكم

فتِلكَ عوائدُ القَومِ اللئامِ

فتِلكَ عوائدُ القَومِ اللئامِ

And cast the habit of fools away from you,

And leave the habit of fools

For those are the customs of ignoble people.

Those are the morals of mean people

يُحلُّونَ الحَرَامَ إذا ما أرَادوا

يُحلُّونَ الحَرَامَ إذا ما أرَادوا

وقد بَانَ الحلالُ منَ الحرامِ

وقد بَانَ الحلالُ منَ الحرامِ

They deem the forbidden lawful whenever they wish,

They make the unlawful lawful when they want

Though the lawful is clearly distinct from the forbidden.

And the lawful and unlawful had become clear

وما كلُّ الأنامِ ذوي عُقولٍ

وما كلُّ الأنامِ ذوي عُقولٍ

إذا عدَّوا البَهائِمَ في الأَنامِ

إذا عدَّوا البَهائِمَ في الأَنامِ

And not all humankind possess reason,

Not all people are reasonable

If they count beasts among humankind.

When they count beasts among people

ومن روتْهُ مرضَعةُ المعاصي

ومن روتْهُ مرضَعةُ المعاصي

فقد جاءَتهُ أيَّامُ الفِطامِ

فقد جاءَتهُ أيَّامُ الفِطامِ

And whoever the wet nurse of sins has suckled,

And whoever was nursed by the breastfeeding of disobedience

Then the days of weaning have come to him.

The days of weaning had come to him