لَو أَنَّ لي صَبرَها أَو عِندَها جَزعى

لَو أَنَّ لي صَبرَها أَو عِندَها جَزعى

لَكُنتُ أَعلَمُ ما آتى وَما أَدَعٌ

لَكُنتُ أَعلَمُ ما آتى وَما أَدَعٌ

If I had her patience, or she my anguish,

If I had her patience, or if I had her despair

I would know what to undertake and what to leave undone.

I would know what is coming and what remains

لا أَحمِلُ اللَومَ فيها وَالغَرامَ بِها

لا أَحمِلُ اللَومَ فيها وَالغَرامَ بِها

ما حَمَّلَ اللَهُ نَفساً فَوقَ ما تَسَعُ

ما حَمَّلَ اللَهُ نَفساً فَوقَ ما تَسَعُ

I cannot bear both reproach on her account and passion for her;

I do not blame her nor pine for her

God has burdened no soul beyond what it can bear.

God does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear

إِذا دَعا بِاِسمِها داعٍ فَأَسمَعَني

إِذا دَعا بِاِسمِها داعٍ فَأَسمَعَني

كادَت لَهُ شُعبَةٌ مِن مهجِتي تَقَعُ

كادَت لَهُ شُعبَةٌ مِن مهجِتي تَقَعُ

When a caller calls out her name and makes me hear it,

When someone calls her name near me

A piece of my heart almost falls away at his call.

Part of my soul nearly falls

مُوَفَّقُ الرَأي لا زالَت عَزائِمَهُ

مُوَفَّقُ الرَأي لا زالَت عَزائِمَهُ

تَكادُ مِنها الجِبالُ الصُمُّ تَنصَدِعُ

تَكادُ مِنها الجِبالُ الصُمُّ تَنصَدِعُ

Blessed in judgment—may his resolves never cease

Al-Muwaffaq, resolute in his opinion

To make the solid mountains all but split asunder.

Mountains would nearly crack from it

كَأَنَّما كانَتِ الآراءُ مِنهُ لَها

كَأَنَّما كانَتِ الآراءُ مِنهُ لَها

نَواظِرٌ في قُلوبِ الدَهرِ تَطَّلِعُ

نَواظِرٌ في قُلوبِ الدَهرِ تَطَّلِعُ

As though his counsels had

As if opinions for him

Eyes that peer into the hearts of time.

Were insights into the hearts of time