هَبَّت جُوَيرِيَّةٌ عَذلاَ تُجَارِيني

مِن أهلِ دَارِى لاَمِن أهلِ دَارِينِ

Jawiriyah reproached me with abandonment,

Not from my own people, but from others.

هَبّت تَلُومُ عَلَى بُطئِي فَقُلتُ لها

ِإني بَطِئتُ ولَكِن لاَ تَلُومِيني

She reproached and blamed my slowness, so I said to her,

"I was slow, but do not blame me."

جَاوَرتُ بَعدِكِ مَن يحلُو جِاوَرُهُمُ

في كُلِّ حِينٍ عَلَى مَرِّ الأحَايِينِ

After you, I lived alongside those whose company

Gladdens me at all times and in all states.

أهلَ المَكَارِمِ آل الشَّيخِ سَيِّدِنَا

بَابَ المُرُوءَةِ والعَليَاءِ والدِّينِ

The people of virtues, the family of our Master the Shaykh,

The gate of chivalry, glory and religion.

حَمَّالِ كُلِّ خُطُوبِ الدَّهرِ إِن هَجَمَت

سُبَّاقِ حَلبَاتِ غَايَاتِ المَيَادِينِ

Bearers of all the tribulations of fate when they strike,

Racers to the farthest goals in arenas.

هُلاَّكِ مَالِهُمُ في صَونِ عِرضِهُمُ

سُلاَّكِ شِرعَةِ نِبرَاسِ الأنَاسِينِ

Spenders of their wealth to protect their honor,

Travelers on the path lit by the torch of mankind.

مُحيِى عُلُومٍ تَعَفَّت آىُ أرسُمِهَا

مُدَوِّنِيهَا بِتَحرِيرِ وتَدوِينِ

Revivers of sciences whose marks had vanished,

Recording them in writing and codification.

يَكفي مِنَ الحَاجِ أني بَينَ حضرَتِهِم

في حُصنِ عِزٍّ وتَأيِيدٍ وتَأمِينِ

It suffices me, from making the pilgrimage, that I am

In their fortress of might, support and safety.

إِذَا نَظرتُ ِإلَى أنوَارِ أوجُهِهِم

شِيفَت رُيُوني وشِيدَت لِى أسَأطِينِ

When I look upon the lights of their faces,

My cheeks flush and pillars rise up for me.

وإن هَزَزتُ بَسَاتِينَ إمتِدَاحهم

يَسَّاقِطِ البَذلُ مِن دَوحِ البَسَاتِينِ

And if I shake the gardens of praising them,

Fruits rain down from the orchards.

فَأجتِنِيهِ بِلاَ مَنٍّ ولاَ مَلَلٍ

عَلَى دُنُوٍّ عَلَى رِفقٍ عَلى لِينِ

So pick them for me without coyness or boredom,

Gently, kindly and smoothly.

وقَد تَخَيَّرتُ مِنهُم شَمسَ صَحوِهِمُ

عَبدَ الإلهِ الشَّهِيرِ الصِّيتِ في الصِّينِ

And I have chosen from them the sun of their morning,

'Abdullah, famed of name in China,

خَلِيفَةِ الشَّيخِ في عِلمٍ وفي عَملٍ

وفي رَعَايَاتِ حَاجَاتِ المَسَاكِينِ

The successor of the Shaykh in knowledge and deed,

And in caring for the needs of the poor,

وفي دِفَاعٍ عن الغَرَّاءِ رَائِمَهَا

خَسفاً وضَيفاً بِصُولاتِ البراهين ِ

And in defending the precious ones, striking

With proofs and arguments, guest or resident.

إن كُنتِ طَالِبَةً مني الرُّجُوعَ إِلَى

أندَاءِ غَيرِهِمُ أو بَينِهم بَيني

If you ask me to return to the calls

Of others than them, or between them and me,

لو كُنتِ جَاوَرتِهم مَا كُنتِ لاَئِمَتِى

فَجَاوِرِيهم ولِيني أو فَلُومِيني

If you had lived alongside them you would not blame me.

So live alongside them, and blame me or reproach me!