نمت ولم يجف كراك الجفون

فالمتني واللوم أمر يهون

You grew and your eyelids did not dry up

So blame me, reproach is something trivial

رمت بأن يسلو فؤادي هوى

سلع فمهلاً رمن مالا يكون

You wanted my heart to be consoled from passion

It yielded, so wait, do not hasten what cannot be

أبا المنون الآن خونتني

وهل يخاف العاشقون المنون

Oh intimate of grief, now you have betrayed me

Do lovers fear grief?

ما أنا بالروح ضنين ولا

ممن إذا خوف ظن الظنون

I'm not stingy with my soul nor

Of those who if afraid, suspect suspicions

فاسكن ولا تلح أمرأ ماله

في حب سكان الحمى من سكون

So rest, do not insist on one whose passion

Has no tranquility in loving the inhabitants of yearning

لو عاينت عيناك برق الحمى

أومض كالنصل جلته القيون

If your eyes saw the lightning of passion

Flashing like the blade polished by the whetstones

إذا خبا أضرم نار الجوي

وإن بدا فجر ماء الشؤون

When the embers of love are lit

And the dawn of watering grief appears

ولاح في حلة أنواره

وهنا سنا ذاك الجناب المصون

It shone in a dress of lights

And this preserved side shone

وقد بدا نور أعالي الحمى

كالنور يبدو في اعلى الغصون

And the light of the elevated passions appeared

Like the light that appears at the top of the branches

وذهبت منه ثياب الدجى

فأشرقت أعلامها وهي جون

And the clothes of darkness went away from it

So its banners shone while still soft

وشاهد الركب قبايا أتو

لظل من حل بها يرتجون

And the caravan saw tents that

Came to the shade in which they settled

ولاحظتهم في حمى حمزة

على الظما أعين تلك العيون

And I noticed them in the passion of Hamzah

With eyes looking upon that eye's light

وأفوا ووفاهم كفيل المني

ما كان في ذمته من ديون

And they were welcomed by the guarantor of favor

Who had no debts in his liability

وهب من ذاك الحمى نسمة

تذكي شجاهم وتثير الشجون

And a breeze blew from that passion

That stirred their resolve and aroused sorrows

همت ومللت ووافيتهم

موافقاً في كل ما يدعون

I was determined, bored, and met them

Concurring in all they called for

حيث ترى الأدمع منهلة

على الربى مثل السحاب المهتون

Wherever you see the tears pouring down

Upon the cheeks like pouring clouds

والنور من حجرة خير الورى

لولا سنا الرحمة أغشى العيون

And the light from the chamber of the best of creation

If not for the radiance of mercy, would have blinded the eyes

والناس من هيبة ذاك الحمى

خاشعة أبصارهم مطرقون

And the people in awe of that passion

Their gazes bowed down, humble

موطن من أسرى به ربه

إليه وأئتم به المرسلون

The dwelling of the one whose Lord took him

On the night journey to Him, and the messengers trusted in him

محمد أشرف خلق نشا

ومن مشى بين الصفا والحجون

Muhammad, the noblest of those created

Who walked between Safa and Marwah

يأوى إليه الأخرون الأولى

يرجونه في الحشر والأولون

The last of all flee to him, and the first

Hope for him on the Day of Resurrection and formerly

له اللوا والحوض في بعثهم

يظلهم ذا وبذا يرتون

For him are the flag and the basin when they are resurrected

In their shade and from it they water

وشافع الكلإذا ما أتوا

إليه عندالله يستشفعون

The intercessor of all when they come

To God, seeking his intercession

منقذهم من كربهم يوم لا

تنفعهم أموالهم والبنون

Their rescuer from their adversity on a day

When their wealth and children will not avail them

لولاه لم يعرف طواف ولا

أهل بالتلبية المحرمون

If not for him, none would have known circumambulation

Nor those proclaiming the call to pilgrimage

ولا سمي الساعون في صحبهم

ولا أرتقي فوق الصفا المرتقون

Nor would the companions at their side

Have been called, nor those ascending above the hill

وما درى الحجاج ماذا الذي

يأتون في الإحرام أويتمون

And the pilgrims would not have known what

They do, arriving in pilgrim garb or completing

ولا أتوا من كل فج إلى

ذاك الحمى يستطئون الحزون

Nor would they have come from every pass to

That passion, to take rest at Arafat

ولا أقيمت في جهاد العدي

بنصرة الإسلام حرب زبون

Nor for the victory of Islam would a war

Have been waged against the enemies

ماذا يقول الناس في وصف من

أنزل فيه الله طه ونون

What can people say in describing the one

For whom Allah revealed Ta Ha and Noon

الأمر فوق المدح لكنه

يمدح كي يسمو به المادحون

The matter is beyond praise, however

He is praised so that the praisers may rise

وما عسى الناظم يبديه في

أجياد أبكار ثناء وعون

And what might the composer elucidate

Of the glories of brilliant praise and support?

وما الدراري بأكفائها

والدر لو يسمو لها ظل دون

What are poems to his due?

The pearl cannot match his brilliance

لهفي على عمر تمادت على

شحط التنائي عن حماه النون

My longing for a life that persisted

Upon the plains, away from its passions

فاز امرؤ لم يرع في قصده

أرض الهوينا ورياض الهدون

A man succeeded whom cares did not preoccupy

From reaching the land we love and the meadows of calm

وأمه أما على رجله

في سيره أو فوق حرف أمون

While his mother followed him,

Whether on foot or riding a camel

صلى الله عليه ما أبدت ال

ورقاء في الأوراق أشجي فنون

May Allah bless him as long as

Leaves rustle in leaves with pliant arts

وما سرى في البر سار وما

هبت أو عام في البحر نون

And the east wind blows, and the sea

Swells and surges with fish