زَمَنَ التّقى اغْرُبْ ما عليك مَلاَمُ

تَقْوَى المُتيَّمِ لَوْعَةٌ وغرامُ

The time of meeting is strange, do not blame me

The passion of the infatuated is agony and love

مَنْ يرتجي عَدْناً بفضل تنسّكٍ

فالنّاس في سُبُلِ الهوى أقسام

Who hopes for bliss through devoutness

People are divided in the ways of passion

وتَوَلُّعي بمحمّدٍ وبآله

حظّي ويا كلَّ الحظوظ سَلاَمُ

And my adherence to Muhammad and his progeny

Is my fortune, and greetings to all fortunes

قل للعواذل فيهمُ أحسنتمُ

إنّ الملامة في الغرام مُدام

Tell the coquettes among them you have done well

For blame in passion is everlasting

حاولتمُ بالعذل نزعَ محبّةٍ

ثَمِلَتْ بها يوم الخطاب نِدَامُ

You have tried to remove a love with coquetry

Then regretted it the day of discourse

عاقرتها صِرْفاً كما شاء الهوى

ومزاجُها يا حبّذا الأنغامُ

I have deserted it out of desire's caprice

And its temperament, oh the melodies!

فهناك لي طاب الشّرابُ ولم يكن

في كأسه لَغْوٌ ولا آثام

For there I found the wine sweet, no nonsense in its cup

Nor sins

إن تطلبوا التّقليد منّي في الهوى

فَلِمِثْلِيَ التَّقْلِيدُ فيه حَرَامُ

If you seek my precedent in passion from me

Then for the like of me precedent therein is forbidden

وضحت فصحّت للفؤاد أَدِلَّةٌ

حَجَبَتْكُمُ عن دركِهِنَّ سِقام

The proofs became clear to my heart and eloquent

Maladies barred you from realizing them

ونظرتُها والشّمسُ دون ضيائِها

إذا أنتمُ كَلْمى الجفونِ نِيام

And I saw her while the sun is less than her radiance

When you are bleary-eyed sleepers

وشممتُ عَرْفَ حديثِها وسمعتُه

دُرّاً يغير الدُّرّ وهو نظام

And I smelled the fragrance of her words and heard them

Pearls that change pearls and compose poems

للّه هُمْ ومحاسنٌ خُصُّوا بها

سَمَحَتْ بها الأيّام وهي جهام

By God, an integrity granted exclusively to them

The days were lenient with it while they are strict

ومكارم هِمَمُ الزّمان قصيرة

عنها وألسنُهنّ والأقلام

And the times' noble deeds are brief regarding them

As are their tongues and pens

ماذا يقال لهم إذا قالوا بنا

مُحِيَ الضّلالُ وكُسِّرَ الأصنام

What can be said if they say "We have brought

Guidance and the idols are smashed"

مَنْ يَتَّبِعْ آثَارَنَا فَلَهُ الهنا

دارُ النَّعِيمِ ودينُه الإسلام

Whoever follows our footsteps, paradise is his

Abode of bliss and his faith is Islam

هذا هو الشرّف الأثيل فَلُذْ به

لا ما سواه فإِنّه أوهام

This is the honorable nobility, so hold fast to it

Not what is other, for it is delusions

واسنَنْفِذِ المقدورَ في تعظيمهم

قَوْمٌ أَجَلَّهُمُ الكتابُ عِظَامُ

And carry out what you can in glorifying them

A people the Scripture extols as great

واصْرِفْ لنجلهمُ السّعيدِ محمّدٍ

وجهَ الثنا تَسْعَدْ لكَ الأيّامُ

And direct the happy endeavor for their excellent son Muhammad

The days will be joyous for you

ذاك الذي وضحت محاسن نوره

نورُ النبوّة واضحٌ بسّامُ

He whose beauties of light have become clear

The light of prophecy radiant with joy

وتبينت في وجهه نَضَّارة

إنّ السّعادة نضرة وكلام

And freshness has become evident in his face

Indeed good fortune is radiance and words

جلّ الذي سوّاه حُسْناً خالصاً

فكأنّه لم تَحْوِهِ الأرحام

Sublime is He who created him of sheer beauty

As if the wombs did not carry him

لا تعجبوا فجمال أرباب العبا

لجمال مولانا السّعيدِ قوام

Do not wonder, for the beauty of the lords of mankind

Is the beauty of our happy master enduring

أو تحسبوه جهالةً شمسَ الضُّحَى

ولها على نقض الغروب ظلام

Or think it ignorance of the sun of daybreak

While over the dusk it has darkness

أو تظلموه بجعله بحرَ النّدى

والبحرُ رشح أنامل وسجام

Or wrong it by making it a sea of limpidity

While the sea is but a bracelet and anklet

ولئن حوى كلَّ العلوم فإنّما

من بيتهم حَظِيَتْ بها الأعلام

And if he contained all knowledge, but rather

From their house the flags have gotten it

فمتى تَرِدْ صَفْوَ المعارفِ منهمُ

فاشرب فما بعد الشّراب هُيَامُ

So when do you want the choice of knowledges from them

Then drink, and after drinking there is no delirium

واقْبِسْ مَصُونَ السِّرِّ من نَفَحَاتِهِمْ

فهمُ فقط دون الأنام كِرَامُ

And take the guarded secret from their breaths

For they alone, not people, are generous

صلّى الإله عَلَيْهِمُ وِفْقَ الرِّضَى

مِنْ بَعْدِ مَنْ هو فاتحٌ وخِتَامُ

May God bless them as He wills

After the opener and seal

ما حَرَّكَتْ ريحُ الغرام سواكناً

وترنّمت فوقَ الغصون حَمَامُ