أَشذا نعمان أَهدتُه النُعامى

أَم سرَت تحملُ عن نُعمٍ سَلاما

Ashad Na'aman I have gifted ostriches

Or did she set out carrying greetings of blessings

كلَّما أَهدت إلينا نفحةً

خلتُها فضَّت عن المسكِ ختاما

Whenever a breeze was gifted to us

I left it to reveal the seal of musk

أَرِجَ الرَوضُ بريّا طيبها

وروى عن طيبها نشرُ الخُزامى

The garden smelled wonderfully with basil

And the smell of its scent irrigated bushes of chamomile

وَسرت بالهِند منها نسمةٌ

فشممنا شيحَ نجدٍ والبَشاما

And a breeze from it blew to India

So we smelled the fragrance of Najd and al-Basham

يا رَعى اللَه ربوعاً بالحِمى

وَسَقاها صوبَ دَمعي فالغماما

Oh may God pasture Ruba with protection

And water it with the tears of my clouds

وَكَسا أَعطافَ هاتيك الرُبى

حُللاً طرَّزَها الغيثُ اِنسجاما

And clothe the hilltops of that slope

With garments embroidered by the rain in harmony

كَم بها من غادَةٍ إِن أَسفَرَت

في الدُجى أَوفت على البدر تَماما

How many meadows when they appear

In the darkness fulfilled the full moon

وإذا ما أَشرَقَت رأدَ الضُحى

سَفَرت عن طلعة الشَمسِ لِثاما

And when the morning shines its light

The dawn surpassed the rising of the sun's veil

هزَّت السمرَ عليها غيرةً

غلمةُ الحيِّ إذا هزَّت قَواما

She shook the dark hair jealously

The black-eyed gazelles when they shook their waists

واِنتضَت دونَ حِماها قُضُباً

مُرهَفاتٍ ترشحُ الموتَ الزؤاما

And she picked around her protection thin branches

That seep mortal agony

ما نُبالي لو أَمِنّا طرفَها

أَسناناً أَقبَلونا أَم حُساما

We do not care if her glance

Was fangs or swords that came to us

وَعَذولٍ رامَ نُصحي في الهَوى

كلَّما خاطَبَني قُلتُ سَلاما

And the one who intended my advice in passion

Whenever he spoke to me I said "peace"

أَتُراه لا رأى ذاك البها

كانَ أَعمى أَم تراهُ يَتَعامى

Can he not see that beauty

Was he blind or pretending to be blind?

يا نزولَ المُنحنى من أَضلُعي

وَحُلولاً من غَضا قَلب مَقاما

Oh you who descended flexibly into my ribs

And lodged in the tender abode of my heart

إِن أَكن شِبتُ غَراماً بعدَكم

فالهَوى العُذريُّ ما زالَ غُلاما

If after you I grew gray-haired in love

Then my passion is still a youth

بنتُمُ عن ظِلِّ باناتِ اللِوى

وَشرَعتم برُبى نجدٍ خياما

You built against the shadow of the bending saplings

And erected tents in the meadows of Najd

كلَّ يوم نيَّةٌ تنأى بكم

وَهواكم حيثما حلَّ أَقاما

Every day an intention takes you away

And your love wherever it settled, settled

كَم إِلى كَم أَتَقاضى وصلَكم

وإلامَ الهَجرُ لا كان إلى ما

How long to how long do I seek your union

And to what has separation not been?

أَفَحَقّاً لا تَمَلّون الجَفا

وَعذولي فيكم ملَّ المَلاما

Is it true that you do not grow tired of estrangement

And my advice to you is filled with blame?

وَجَميع الدَهر صدٌّ وَقلىً

يَنقضي الدَهرُ ولم أَقضِ مَراما

And the whole life is rejection and paucity

Life ends and I have not fulfilled my purpose

ما مَرامي بغرامي بكم

وَعَذابي في الهَوى كانَ غَراما

My purpose in my love for you

And my torment in passion has been love

يا ندامايَ وأَسرارُ الهوى

لَم يُطق كتمانَها إلّا النَدامى

Oh my regret and the secrets of love

None but the regretful can bear to hide

أَعلمتُم أَنَّ جيرانَ اللِوى

خفروا العَهدَ ولَم يَرعَوا ذِماما

Do you know the neighbors of passion

Broke the covenant and did not rein in the bridle

سَفَكوا بالخَيف عن عمد دمي

واِستحلّوا بمنىً منّي حَراما

They spilled my blood deliberately by betrayal

And made unlawful from me what is sacrilegious

زعموا أَيّامَ جمعٍ جمعت

بهمُ شَملي وِلاءً ولِماما

They claimed there were days we gathered

And I collected their group with loyalty and leadership

لا وَمَن سارت إليه ذُلُلاً

في بُراهُنَّ يُبارين النَعاما

No, and those who were led to him humbled

Among evidence they vie with ostriches

لَم تكن إلّا ثَلاثاً واِنبرَت

بهمُ بُدنُ المَطايا تَتَرامى

They were only three and rode off

With their bodies on steeds dashing

وأَحالوني عَلى آثارِهم

ما شَفوا داءً ولا بَلّوا أواما

And they referred me to their ruins

Not curing illness or testing resolve

يا حُداة الظعنِ هل من وقفةٍ

برُبى طيبةَ تَشفي المُستَهاما

Oh you whose spear stabs, is there a stop

At the meadows of T̠ayyibah to cure the wounded?

وَقفَةٌ لا أَشتَكي من بعدِها

لوعةَ البَين ولا أَشكو الهُياما

A stop after which I will no longer complain

Of the agony of separation or lament ruins

هي أَقصى أَملي لا رامةٌ

وَمُنى قَلبيَ لا دارُ أماما

It is the height of my hope, not an intention

And the wish of my heart, not houses ahead

أنخ العيسَ بها واِقرأ على

من به طابَت صَلاةً وَسَلاما

I moan the staff by it and send prayers upon

The best prayers and peace upon

واِلثِم الأَرضَ لديه خاضِعاً

واِستلم أَعتابَه العُليا اِستِلاما

And I kiss the ground humbly before Him

And touch its highest threshold in submission

إنَّها حضرةُ قدسٍ لم تزل

حولَها الأملاكُ أَفواجاً قياما

It is truly a holy presence, angels around it

Have always stood in groups reverently

واِدعُ إِن ناجيتَه مبتهلاً

واِخفضِ الصوتَ خشوعاً واِحتراما

And if you whisper to it imploring

Then lower your voice in awe and respect

واِعتصِم منه بحبلٍ إِنَّه ال

عُروةُ الوُثقى لمن رامَ اِعتصاما

And take hold of its rope, indeed it is

The firmest handhold for one who seeks a bond

خيرةُ اللَه الَّذي أَرسلَه

بالهُدى للدين والدنيا قِواما

The chosen of God who sent him

With guidance for religion and worldly order

ملأ العالمَ نوراً وَسَناً

وَجَلا عن غُرَّة الحقِّ ظلاما

He filled the world with light and law

And uncovered the truth from its dark ignorance

وَرقى هامَ المَعالي صاعداً

واِمتَطى من كاهِل المجد سَناما

And he climbed to the summit of glory ascending

And mounted the shoulder of glory a graphic

خصَّه اللَهُ بأسمى رُتبةٍ

جلَّ أَدنى قَدرِها عن أَن يُسامى

God favored him with the highest rank

Too glorious is its lowest for estimation

وَلَقَد أَسرى به في لَيلةٍ

كان فيها للنبيّين إِماما

And He took him by night on a journey

In which the prophets took leadership

لَيلَةٌ ودَّ سَنى الصبحُ لها

أَنَّه في فمها كان اِبتساما

A night the dawn smiled at

That in its mouth was a smile

فاقَت الأَفلاكَ فخراً عندما

وطِئت أَقدامُهُ منهنَّ هاما

It surpassed the heavens in pride when

His feet tread from them aloft

أَحرزَ السهمَ المُعَلّى إِذ دَنا

قابَ قَوسين ولم يُقرع سِهاما

He gained the highest arrow when he approached

Within two bow lengths and did not clash arrows

بدأ اللَه به الخلقَ كَما

ختم اللَهُ به الرُسلَ الكراما

God began creation with him and

Ended prophets with him, the honorable

حاز أَصنافَ المَعالي قدرُه

وحَوى الآخرَ منها والقُدامى

His worth encompassed varieties of glories

And contained the last and the first of them

وأَتانا بكلامٍ معجِزٍ

أَفحمَ المنطيقَ إِن رام كلاما

And he brought us miraculous speech

That silenced logic if it attempted speech

فُضِّلت آياتُه إِذ نُسِّقَت

نَسَقاً يهزأ بالدُرِّ نِظاما

His verses were preferred when composed

In a composition that ridicules the symmetry of pearls

وَسمت حجَّتُه إِذ وَسَمت

كلَّ خَصمٍ رامَ للحقِّ خِصاما

And his argument, when it branded,

Branded every opponent who intended dispute

فاِنثَنى عنها مقرّاً أَنَّ في

أَنفهِ الرغمَ وفي فيه الرغاما

So he conceded, admitting that in

His nose is dust and in his mouth bits

يا لَها أَحكامَ حقٍّ أحكمت

لا يرى عِقدُ لآليها اِنفصاما

Oh the just rulings of truth it ruled

No knots are seen in its strategies untying

وَلَكم من مُعجزٍ أَظهرَه

لَم يَدَع للحقِّ في الخلق اِكتتاما

And how many miracles he brought forth

Leaving no concealment of truth among people

يا رَسولَ اللَه يا أَكرمَ مَن

أَغدقت سحبُ أَياديه الأناما

Oh Messenger of God, oh most generous of those

Whose clouds of hands rained favors upon people

يا منيلَ المُرتجي مِن جوده

نِعماً غُرّاً وآمالاً وِساما

Oh you who hopes rely upon in your generosity

For noble gifts, hopes and markings

جُد لراجيكَ بما أَمَّله

وأَنِلهُ ما لَه أَمَّ وَراما

Help your seeker with what he aspires

And grant him what he has wished and wanted

واِنتقِذني من يد البَين الَّذي

شفَّ جِسمي وَبَرى منّي العِظاما

And save me from the harm of separation that

Slashed my body and bared my bones

وَبأَرضِ الهند طالَت غيبتي

إنَّها ساءَت مقرّاً وَمُقاما

And in India my absence has been long

It was miserable as a place and abode

فَمَتى أَرحَلُ عنها قاصداً

رَبعكَ المأنوسَ والبيتَ الحَراما

So when will I travel from it seeking

Your beloved homeland and the Sacred House?

أَولني يا خيرَ من أَولى يَداً

منك قُرباً يُبرئ الداء العَقاما

Make me foremost, oh Best of those whose hand

Brought nearness, curing the incurable ill

وأَقِلني عَثَراتٍ لم أَزَل

ساعياً في كسبِها خَمسينَ عاما

And save me stumblings which I have not stopped

Seeking for fifty years

ثمّ كُن لي من ذُنوبي شافعاً

يوم يَقضي اللَه عفواً واِنتقاما

Then be my intercessor for my sins

The day God rules in pardon and vengeance

وَصَلاةُ اللَه تترى دائماً

وتَغَشّاك مدى الدَهرِ دَواما

And God's prayer upon you continues forever

Covering you always and eternally

وتعمُّ الآلَ والصَحبَ الألى

بِعُلاهم نهضَ الحقُّ وقاما

Including upon the Family and Companions

Through whom the truth rose and stood