خل الكئيب بدائه في ذاته

ففؤاده قد ذاب في حسراته

Leave the sorrowful one to his own sorrow

His heart has melted in his regrets

واتركه يرسب في عباب دموعه

ويصعد الأنفاس من زفراته

And leave him to sink in the deeps of his tears

And sighs to rise up from his lamentations

وارحمه ترحم إن بليت بدائه

فالصب آخره مراد عداته

Have mercy on him, have mercy if his affliction overwhelms you

For enduring pain is the purpose of his existence

ما أنت والصب الكئيب وما ابتلي

فالكل محمولٌ على نياته

You are not to blame, neither the sorrowful one, nor his affliction

For all are driven by their own intentions

إياك تكثر من دواعي عذله

فالعذل يغريه على لوعاته

Do not excessively reproach him

For reproach makes him more distraught

فلكل سائلةٍ قرار والهوى

أجلاه ما أوقعت في هواته

Every questioner has an answer, and passion

Has cast him into the abyss of his love

لو كنت تلعق لعقة من حبه

لعذرته ودخلت في مرضاته

If you were to taste a sip of his love

You would excuse him and accept his desire

ليس الخلي من الشجي ولأنما

عصيان هذا ذاك من طاعاته

The disobedient is not devoid of fidelity, but rather

Disobedience in this and obedience in that are among his qualities

يا من لقلب لم يزل في أسره

متنعماً والأسر من لذاته

O you whose heart was always held captive

Basking in pleasure, captivity being its delight

أحلى الهوى ما راح فيه مفنداً

وشفاؤه في الحب من راحاته

The sweetest passion assails him wandering

And its cure, in love, is his tranquility

من ذا يلوم المستهام إذا بكى

إثر الخليط منوهاً بجداته

Who would blame the enamored if he weeps

Pining for his darling's past companionship?

فحياته في صرمهم كمماته

ومماته في وصلهم كحياته

His life with them is like his articulated wishes

And his death with their union like his life

وبنفسي الرشأ الذي ودعته

دمعي وأدمعه على وجناته

By my soul, the friend I bade farewell

My tears and his tears streamed down his cheeks

متغيراً عند الوداع فمهجتي

كادت به تنسل من عبراته

Changing at the farewell, my ardor for him

Almost burst forth from my sobbing

أكل الهوى غضّا وأيبسني به

فبقيت مقليّاً على جمراته

The passion consumed me as fuel, and desiccated me with it

Leaving me roasted on its embers

أمحدثي بنقا العقيق أعد لنا

فيه الحديث موشحاً بدواته

Speak to me gently, prepare for us

A conversation adorned with its instruments

ظبياته هل هن هن كعهدنا

فقلوبنا أسرى هوى ظبياته

Are his gazelles still "hinn hinn" as we knew them?

For our hearts are captives of their tender gazelles

ولحبذا نسمات فيح من قبا

بكرت فعطرنا شذى نفحاته

And how excellent were the breezes of a beloved land

That wafted its perfume early in the morning

حبي أجاز ظبيةً من حبها

وأحبها لمحمد وصلاته

My love transcended a gazelle's love for her fawn

And I loved her for the sake of Mohammed and his grace

هي ظبيةٌ طابت بطيب حياته

شرفاً وقد نافت بفضل مماته

She is a gazelle purified by his blessed life

Noble, and distinguished by his excellent death

المصطفى الهادي النبي أجل من

وطئ الحصى يمشي على خدماته

The Chosen One, the Guiding Prophet, greater than one

Who stepped on pebbles walking upon his services

الخاتم الرسل الكرام وأول

في الفضل سابقها بحسن ولاته

The Seal of Prophets and the Noble Messengers, and foremost

In merit, preceding them in his fine traits

في كتب شيت قد وصفن خلاله

وبكتب إدريس سناء سماته

In the books of Seth were described his attributes

And in the books of Idris the brilliance of his features

وبصحف إبراهيم عظم قدره

وزبر داود لدى تلواته

And in the scriptures of Abraham the greatness of his worth

And the Psalms of David in his recitations

وبفضله الإنجيل جاء مصرحاً

ودعاه موسى الطهر في توراته

And by his grace the Bible came distinctly

And Moses called him the Immaculate in the Torah

وكذلك الفرقان أظهر فضله

في كل ما قد نص من آياته

Likewise the Criterion manifested his merit

In everything explicitly stated in its verses

يس سماه وطه إسمه

وقلى الذي الذي ناداه من حجراته

Jesus named him and called him "Taahaa"

While the Sublime called him from his chambers

وبدا له بالعفو قبل عتابه

وأراه ما تخفي قلوب عداته

And he was gentle with him before rebuke

And showed him what was hidden in the hearts of his enemies

واللَه أنذره بحيث تجمعت

سفهاء مكة تسع في هجماته

And God warned him when the arrogant of Mecca

Gathered in their attacks against him

منهم أبي والمغيرة ثم بو

جهل وإبليس أخو لعناته

Among them were my father and al-Mugheera, then Abu

Jahl and Iblees, brothers of damnation

منهم أشار بقتله وبحبسه

بعض أشار وبعضهم بشتاته

Some suggested killing him, imprisoning him

One suggested exile, another isolation

نزل الأمين من السماء معرجاً

لمحمد بجميع رأي شناته

The Trustworthy descended from the heavens in ascension

To Mohammed with the entirety of his hatred's provisions

قال الأمين له عليك بطيبةٍ

فانهض بليلك واسر في وفراته

The Trustworthy said to him: Set out for Yathrib

So leave by night and travel quickly through its plains

واقصد إلى الأنصار هم لك عصبةٌ

تغنيك عن بو طالب وحماته

And head for the Helpers, they are your partisan tribe

Who will suffice you against Abu Talib and his defenses

ولسوف تدخل مكة رغماً على

أنف المغيرة أو ذرى سرواته

And you will enter Mecca despite the nose

Of al-Mugheera and the peak of its mountains

فسرى وثانيه أبو بكر إلى ال

غار المنيف فأولجا بلجاته

So he traveled, with Abu Bakr second to him, to

The Cave of Thawr where they entered its crevices

ومضى أبو بكر يشقق ثوبه

خوفاً على المختار من حياته

And Abu Bakr tore his garment in fear

For the life of the Chosen one at his fingertips

وبنى الخدرنق بيته في بابه

والورق عشش في سما عتباته

And the sons of Nadr set up their homes at its entrance

With spiders nesting high up on its doorframe

حتى إذا يئس العدو لطيبة

قصد اقتضاء محقق نياته

Until the enemy despaired of kind Yathrib

Heading purposefully to fulfill their intentions

فلقيته آل الأوس ثم الخزرج الش

شم الكرام وهم حمى راياته

The clans of Aus met him, then the Khazraj, the summit

Of the generous, guarding his banners

كم بيعةٍ قد جددت لهم به

قبل النزول لهم لدى عقباته

How many times did they renew allegiance to him through it

Before the revelation, when he met them during his retreats?

وبهم لقد فتح المهيمن مكة

باسم النبي مضوا على بركاته

And through them the Almighty opened Mecca

In the name of the Prophet, following his blessings

سبحان من أسرى به ليلاً إلى

أقصى المساجد راقياً درجاته

Glory to Him who traveled by night with him to

The Farthest Mosque, climbing up its degrees

وملائك الرحمن سارت حوله

والنور أضوى الأفق من جنباته

And the angels of the Merciful traveled around him

With light illuminating the horizon on all sides

يا ليلة المعراج أسعد ليلة

درك النبي بها منى غاياته

O night of ascension, happiest night

When the Prophet attained his goals through it

وارتد والديجور أسود ظافراً

بمراده معطى قضى حاجاته

And he returned victorious, the sword blackened

Fulfilling his purpose, granting demands

فاستل قرضاب الهدى من غمده

وأراق دم المعتدي بظباته

So he drew the sword of guidance from its sheath

And spilled the blood of the aggressor with its blades

حتى غدا الشرك المشقشق جله

واهٍ ولم يخطر على هلباته

Until polytheism lay shattered and demolished

Alas! No longer any strength left in its joints

وغدا يغوث ونسره ويعوقه

متحطماتٍ من سنان قنانه

And Yaghooth, its eagle, and Ya'ooq were left

Smashed to pieces by the teeth of his spearhead

من معجزات المصطفى والبعض من

برهانه وسماته وصفاته

Among the miracles of the Chosen one, some were from

His proof, features, and attributes

خمدت بمولده مقابس فارسٍ

وتهدم الإيوان من شرفاته

The palace fires of Persia subsided at his birth

And the temples collapsed from their towers

وكفى بمن قد أرضعته أدلةٌ

من مرضعات نسائه وشياته

And his wet nurses' evidence suffices -

His wives' and grandmothers' suckling of the infant

فحليمة من قبل ترضعه فقد

كانت غروز الثدي عن حلماته

For Haleema had suckled him beforehand

Her breast was barren before its pressing

فجرى الحليب بحيث مص ثديها

عذباً فراتاً سائغاً بلهاته

The milk flowed such that he suckled her breast

Pure, abundant, and delicious in his gulps

وتكاثرت أرزاق آل حليمةٍ

شرقاً به والفضل من مناته

The provisions of Haleema's family multiplied

Eastwards through him, by his blessings

وبحيث أصبح يافعاً مترعرعاً

نزل الأمين عليه في خلواته

And when he reached virility, fully grown

The Trustworthy descended to him in his solitude

وأراه آية ربه من ربه

وأراه كيف يكون في أوقاته

And showed him a sign from His Lord

And showed him what his times would entail

فكفى به شرفاً بأن المرتضى

جبريل خادمه وفي طاعاته

It suffices him as an honor that the Chosen One

Gabriel serves him obediently

والبدر شق بكمه والظبي كل

لمه وحياه البعير بذاته

And for him the moon split with his gesture, and the gazelle

Suckled him, and the camel acknowledged him as its master

وغمامةٍ قد ظللته بعد ما

رقص السراب على مطار بواته

And a cloud shaded him after the mirage

Danced deceptively across the surfaces of his abode

والقوم مذ ورد الهلاك من الظما

في صحصحٍ قد عام في هفواته

And the people, when destruction came to them from thirst

In a waterless desert across its expanse

أجرى لهم ماء براحةٍ كفه

منه ارتوى وروت جميع سقاته

He made water flow with the strike of his palm

From it they drank, and all their vessels were sated

ودعا على غمدان حتى هدمت

أركانه بالبعض من دعواته

And he invoked against the companions of the elephant until

Its pillars collapsed from some of his invocations

ومن الأدلة في غوامض علمه

سأل المسن الشيخ عن أبياته

And among the obscurities of his knowledge

He asked an old man about his verses

والشيخ لم تسمع بنظم أذنه

من سره في نفسه وخفاته

The old man's ears had never heard

His secret compositions and hidden arts

أسفاً بحيث سليله لم يعطه

من نفسه حقاً ومن نفقاته

Regretfully, his grandson did not grant him

His due rights, of his self or expenditures

حتى لقد قال النبي لإبنه

قم أنت مال أبيك من أقواته

The Prophet even said to his son:

"Stand, for your father's provisions are scarce"

ولكم وكم من آيةٍ لم أحصها

عدّاً ويحصى الرمل دون رواته

And how many a sign I have not enumerated

Beyond counting, more than its sands can be counted

ولكيف لي فيه الثنا واللَه قد

أثنى له بالفضل في آياته

But how could I praise him, when God has already

Praised him with merit in His verses?

لا سورة إلا وعظم ذكره

فيها فشاع الذكر في سوراته

There is no chapter but that his mention is great in it

Thus his remembrance spread in its passages

لكنني متوسل بمدائحي

راج شفاعته وحسن صلاته

But I am pleading through my eulogies

Hoping for his intercession and excellent prayers

وإذا المسيء جنى ولاذ بمحسن

فالظن يخبره بحسن نجاته

And when the sinner panics and seeks refuge in the benefactor

Hope informs him of the excellence of his salvation

قد قادني حسن الرجاء وقادني

أملي أرجي منه جم هباته

Fair hope led me, and my expectation led me

I hope for his abundant gifts

ولقد وقفت ببابه ونزلت من

زل رفده وحللت بين عفاته

And I stood at his door, and I descended

From the ascent of his sanctuary, and lodged among his chastities

ورجاي أني لا أخيب من يدي الد

دارين يوم نزل في ساحاته

And my hope is that I will not be deprived at the hand

Of the Holder of the two abodes, the day I arrive at his courtyard

مولاي يا مولى البرية كلها

لطفاً بعبدٍ ساء في توباته

My Master, O Master of all the lands

Be kind to a servant who did evil in his penitence

ولطال ما قد ضل في شهواته

متنعماً فيها على شبهاته

And for long strayed in his passions

Basking in them, in his doubts

ألقى العصي بك الغداة وراجياً

ينجو وترفعه لمن هفواته

I cast aside disobedience this morning, hoping

To be saved, and raised from my lapses

صلى عليه اللَه من مدثر

وعلى ضجيعيك جزيل صلاته

May Allah bless him from the Enshrouded One

And upon your two companions, abundantly

وجميع آلك والصحابة ما ثنى

مثن لخالقه على عرفاته

And all your family, and the companions whenever

One praised his Creator at the Mount of Mercy