منهل دمع المحب من دمه
فارفق بمغرى الفؤاد مغرمه
The lover's tears flow from his blood
So be gentle with the one your heart loves
ابكيته والبكاء شاهد ما
يذوب من لحمه واعظمه
I cried for him, and crying bears witness to
What melts of his flesh and bones
كأنه في الفراش من سقم
معنى رفيق يجول في فمه
As if he were sick abed
The meaning of a gentle companion roams in his mouth
يا قمرا فرعه الظلام على
غصن نقا باسماً بأنجمه
O moon, the darkness has branched upon
A straight branch with its stars
أي ظلوم سواك يبصره
لم يخف اللَه من تظلمه
What oppressor but you sees him
Who did not fear God in his oppression
والصب يبدي اليم صبوته
للحب في الحب من تألمه
And passion shows the pain of its outpouring
To love, for love, from its agony
وحرقة القلب ليس يطفئها
الحبيب إلا يبرد مبسمه
And the burning of the heart only
The beloved cools with his smile
فاعطف على من سلبت مهجته
لا خير في الكف دو معصمه
So show mercy to him whose passion you have stolen
No good in a palm without its wrist
وان عبء الهوى على كبدي
اثقل في القلب من تكتمه
Though the burden of love weighs heavy
On my liver more than its concealment
والدهر ما يومه بلا غده
وموجد الحسن مثل معدمه
And time's day comes with no tomorrow
The maker of beauty like its destroyer
عل الليالي تكف اسهمها
عن ذي غرام قتيل اسهمه
May the nights cease their arrows
Against the passionate, slain by their arrows
اشكو الهوى والهوان من زمن
اسرع في الختل من تصرمه
I complain of love and disgrace in an age
Swifter to decline than its hoariness
دهر غبي ابر فاجره
وخص ابراره بصيلمه
An ignorant, sinful time
That singled out the virtuous for its blade
منكس هامه يقل على
سنامه من علا بمنسمه
Bowing its head, lacking in
Pride over its mounts and banners
ويمنح العذب من موارده
من حقه دون شرب علقمه
And grants the sweetest from its streams
To those unworthy of its bitter drafts
وهذه الطيبات فيه لمن
ليس يساوي خبيث مطعمه
Though these kindnesses contain for those
Not equal to the wickedness of their taste
قد يرزق النذل في تأخره
ما يحرم الندب في تقدمه
The lowly may be granted in their lateness
What the eminent are denied in their advance
ولن ترى الغمد في طلاوته
امضى من العضب مع تكهمه
You will never see the sword fresher
Than the bare blade in its sheath
فاصبر لأقدار حكمه ابدا
صبر قوي الجنان محكمه
So be patient always with the decrees of His wisdom
The patience of resolute souls in His grasp
فأن نيل النجوم اقرب للأيدي
منالاً من نقض مبرمه
For reaching the stars is closer to hands
Than attaining what He has forbidden
وان صبر الكرام يسفر في
اللأواء عنه وعن تكرمه
The patience of the noble reveals in the end
Their merit and generosity
مثل يراع اللبيب يوضح للأفهام
في العلم حل مبهمه
A parable the discerning should heed
To solve the obscure in knowledge
رب الأيادي رحب الفضائل
إبراهيم في علمه ومعلمه
Lord of bounty, magnanimous
Ibrahim in his learning and his teacher
الملوي الذي يؤرقه
جمع المعالي وبذل أنعمه
Al-Mawlawi whom worries
Gathering virtues and granting favors
انجح منه في نيل مكرمة
طالب ديناره ودرهمه
May you succeed in gaining an honored place
Seeker of his dinar and dirham
تسنم المجد في ذراه
وما المجد بسام بلا تسنمه
He assumed glory loftily
For glory is no stair without climbing
يرقى المعالي على الرؤوس علاً
إذا سواه رقى بسلمه
He ascends the heights highly
When others ascend by its steps
يا حرم المعتفين طاف به
رجاؤنا وارداً لزمزمه
O sanctuary of the devout visited
By our hopes pouring to Zamzam
ما اسرع الدهر في تقلبه
واظلم العبد في تحكمه
How quickly time changes
And man grows darker in his tyranny
أنا إلى اللَه من سواسية
في الشر كالجمر في تضرمه
To God I complain of evil men
Like embers in their inflammation
يوهن اسماعنا خطابهم
ما يوهن الساق ثقل ادهمه
Their words weaken our hearing
As a burden weakens the leg
والعبد سيان في أوامره
لسانه أو لسان أرقمه
And man is the same in His commands
Whether his tongue or the mute's
أفٍ على منزل به نفر
فصيحنا خادم لأعجمه
How rude is one whose party we join
Our eloquent servant to the foreigner
يقدم تيها فنستوي ادبا
ليت حمامي قبيل مقدمه
Who enters lost so we are equal in manners
Would that my pigeon knew before the guest
ويضمر الحقد في ضمائره
ويظهر الود من تبسمه
And harbors malice in his conscience
While showing good cheer in his smile
وليس يخفي عليك لفظ فتى
تفصح عيناه عن تجمجمه
No word of a youth escapes you
When his eyes expose his thoughts
وان ذا اللب في تصوره
اصدق في القول من منجمه
Though the perceptive in his vision
Are more truthful than the astrologer's scrolls
يريك قلب المريب ناظره
وتعرف الغمر من تكلمه
A glance shows you the heart of the suspicious
And you know fraud by his speech
ولست ترضى نوكى الزمان
ولو فضلت في الزهد ابن ادهمه
You would not gratify the age's parrots
Even if you excelled Ibn Adham in asceticism
وكل من ساء في طبائعه
ظن بك السوء من توهمه
And all who are evil in nature
Suppose ill of you in their fancy
اواه من غصة اجرعها
تسفع قلبي كسفع ميسمه
Alas! The anguish which I have swallowed
That rends my heart like a slap to the mouth
لا يحرم الناطق البليغ منى
في الدهر إلا بقصد ابكمه
It does not deprive the eloquent speaker but me
In life unless to silence the mute
وضيق عيش الكرام أيسره
عند لئام الورى كأعظمه
The narrow worldly lot of the noble
Is easier for the wicked than its width
وعادة الدهر لست أنكرها
من عاده في الورى وجرهمه
It is the way of time I do not deny
What it has made its habit and custom
ان يبتلى باللئيم اكرمه
ظلما وعشاقه بلومه
That the noblest should be tried
Unjustly while their lovers blamed
فررت منهم إليك قاطبة
فرار من غنمه كمغرمة
So I fled them all to you
Like a dove fleeing its jealous mates
اقرع سنى ندامة ومتى
ينتفع المرء من تندمه
May my years repent while regretting profits a man nought
And I resigned myself beyond hope in them
واصحب اليأس عنهم طمعا
ان رجائي شفيع محرمه
That my hope intercedes for their forbidden
While time plots without a plot
والدهر فيما يروم منجده
من غير جد له كمتهمه
Its turns make the brave one fall
Though often the rash one's limit is unclear
تثني مقاديره الشجاع لقاً
وطالما فل حد مخذمه
And the foolish in their ignorance of consequences
Fulfill without anger or zeal
والغمر مع جهله مآربه
تقضى بلا عضبه ولهذمه
So I entrusted myself to a time that protected me
And lived through your heights a protected life
فأسلم بدهر عصمت منه به
وعش بعلياك عمر اعصمه
Console me with the sight of you for what has pained me
Only a salve can heal the wound
نأسو برؤياك ما اساء بنا
لا يصلح القرح غير مرهمه
Those I built up, though they brought me misery
Have no state but to seek your favors
وما بنوه وان شقيت بهم
حالاً سوى طالبي تنعمه
For the virtue of this age is atonement
For the sins of criminals
فأن هذا الزمان محسنه
كفارة عن ذنوب مجرمه
