إنّ لموْكَا عليَّ مكْرُمَةً

إنّ لموْكَا عليَّ مكْرُمَةً

لَيْسَتْ لِبُعْدِ الديارِ أَجْحَدُها

لَيْسَتْ لِبُعْدِ الديارِ أَجْحَدُها

Indeed, Mocha has done me a kindness,

Indeed, Muwakka has a kindness to me

Which I do not deny, though the homes are far away.

Not lessened by the distance of homelands

قُلْ لابنِ يحيى قدْ كانَ منْكَ لَنا

قُلْ لابنِ يحيى قدْ كانَ منْكَ لَنا

مَجالِسٌ عِنْدَنا تُرَدِّدُها

مَجالِسٌ عِنْدَنا تُرَدِّدُها

Tell Ibn Yahya: you once held for us

Say to the son of Yaḥyá, you have had with us

Gatherings here that you would repeat.

Gatherings that we often recall

وكُنْتَ تَأْتي بكُلِّ شارِدَةٍ

وكُنْتَ تَأْتي بكُلِّ شارِدَةٍ

منْ نَظْمِكَ الدُّرَّ كُنْتَ تَسْرُدُها

منْ نَظْمِكَ الدُّرَّ كُنْتَ تَسْرُدُها

And you would bring every stray verse

And you would bring every wandering thought

From your poetry—pearls you would string together.

Of your poetry whose pearls you would string

هَل ذَاكَ للبَيْن عَنْ أزَالَ أم ال

هَل ذَاكَ للبَيْن عَنْ أزَالَ أم ال

حجّاج فاعْلَمْ بذَاكَ مَوْرِدُها

حجّاج فاعْلَمْ بذَاكَ مَوْرِدُها

Is that due to parting from Azal, or al-

Is this because of separation that removed it or

Hajjaj? Know its source from that.

Pilgrims, so know by that its course

وَيْلُ أمِّ حَجّاجَ قد أتيتَ على

وَيْلُ أمِّ حَجّاجَ قد أتيتَ على

إخراجها للأَنام تَشْهَدها

إخراجها للأَنام تَشْهَدها

Woe to Hajjaj's mother! You have seen to

Woe to the mother of Ḥajjáj, you have come upon

Bringing it forth for humankind; you behold it.

Bringing her out to the people as witness

أبْرَزَها كالهِلالِ طالِعَةً

أبْرَزَها كالهِلالِ طالِعَةً

كَمْ عِلَّةٍ للغَرامِ تُبْرِدُها

كَمْ عِلَّةٍ للغَرامِ تُبْرِدُها

He brought it forth, rising like the crescent moon;

Displaying her like the emerging crescent moon

How many an ailment of love it cools!

How many reasons for passion it cools