أمعروف قد واسيت قلب المتيم

أمعروف قد واسيت قلب المتيم

وداويت جرحا فت مهجة مريم

وداويت جرحا فت مهجة مريم

O Ma‘ruf, you have consoled the lovesick heart,

I knew you would comfort the heart of the lover

and healed a wound that shattered Mary's soul.

And heal a wound that tore open the chest of Maryam

عهدتك يا رب القريض منظما

عهدتك يا رب القريض منظما

قلائد درّ لا مجبر اعظم

قلائد درّ لا مجبر اعظم

I knew you, O master of verse, as one who strings

I entrusted you, O Lord of eloquence, to compose

necklaces of pearls, not as a setter of bones,

Necklaces of pearls, nothing greater

ومنزل آيات البلاغة والحجى

ومنزل آيات البلاغة والحجى

فها انت طب ما استعان بمرهم

فها انت طب ما استعان بمرهم

and a revealer of verses of eloquence and wisdom;

And a residence of miracles of rhetoric and proof

so behold, you are a physician who needed no ointment.

So here you are, a remedy without need of ointment

عرفت مكان السقم من نفس أيم

عرفت مكان السقم من نفس أيم

فداويت منها كل جرح ببلسم

فداويت منها كل جرح ببلسم

You recognized the seat of illness in a widow's soul,

You recognized where the sickness was from her own soul

so you healed her every wound with balm.

So you healed every wound in it with balm

وان كنت لم تنشر من القبر بعلها

وان كنت لم تنشر من القبر بعلها

فما انت عيسى كي تقول له قم

فما انت عيسى كي تقول له قم

And though you did not raise her husband from the grave,

And if you did not raise her husband from the grave

you are not Jesus, to tell him, ‘Arise!’

You are not Jesus to say to him "Rise!"

ولكن أولاد الأرامل كلهم

ولكن أولاد الأرامل كلهم

يفدون منك اليوم أكرم ضرغم

يفدون منك اليوم أكرم ضرغم

But the children of widows, all of them,

But all the sons of widows

would give their lives for you today, the noblest of lions.

Are ransomed by you today, most generous of men

وما انفردوا في ذاك بل كل منتم

وما انفردوا في ذاك بل كل منتم

لعيسى غدا يفديك يا خير مسلم

لعيسى غدا يفديك يا خير مسلم

Nor are they alone in this; rather, every follower

And they were not alone in this, but everyone who belongs

of Jesus now would give his life for you, O best of Muslims.

To Jesus will ransom you tomorrow, O best of Muslims!

جهرت بقول شف عن نفس عاقل

جهرت بقول شف عن نفس عاقل

كريم ابي لم يهب قول لوم

كريم ابي لم يهب قول لوم

You spoke out with words revealing the soul of a wise man,

You pronounced words "Heal your own rational soul"

generous and proud, who feared no word of reproach.

My noble father did not grant words of blame

وقمت بعذر لا يرد لدى امرئ

وقمت بعذر لا يرد لدى امرئ

فقلت ضلال القوم ساق إلى الدم

فقلت ضلال القوم ساق إلى الدم

And you came forward with an apology no one could reject,

And you stood with an excuse no man can refute

saying: the people's misguidance led to bloodshed;

Saying "the people's misguidance led to blood"

فقاموا بعار النهب والفتك وافتروا

فقاموا بعار النهب والفتك وافتروا

على الدين في تحليل كل محرم

على الدين في تحليل كل محرم

so they incurred the disgrace of plunder and slaughter, and lied

So they rose in the disgrace of pillage and murder and slandered

against religion in declaring every forbidden thing lawful.

The faith by making the unlawful lawful

ضلال يجل الدين عنه وان من

ضلال يجل الدين عنه وان من

يعالن به للجهل والكفر ينتم

يعالن به للجهل والكفر ينتم

Such error is beneath religion; and indeed whoever

Misguidance from which religion is absolved, though one

openly professes it belongs to ignorance and unbelief.

Who champions it belongs to ignorance and unbelief

إلى مريم وافيت معتذرا وما

إلى مريم وافيت معتذرا وما

سواك اتى بالعذر غير مجمجم

سواك اتى بالعذر غير مجمجم

You came to Mary apologizing, and no one

You came to Maryam with an excuse, and none

but you offered an apology without equivocation.

Other than you came with an excuse, unprompted

غلطت فقد وافى الولي بمثل ما

غلطت فقد وافى الولي بمثل ما

اتيت وان الفضل للمتقدم

اتيت وان الفضل للمتقدم

I was mistaken, for al-Wali came with the like of what

You erred, and the guardian came with the like of what

you brought; and the credit belongs to the one who came first.

You brought, though virtue is for the first

نعم يا ولي الدين قد كنت سابقا

نعم يا ولي الدين قد كنت سابقا

بعذر كما لو كنت أول مجرم

بعذر كما لو كنت أول مجرم

Yes, O Wali al-Din, you were indeed the first

Yes, O guardian of the faith, you were first

to apologize, as though you had been the first culprit.

With an excuse, as if you were the first offender

وحاشاك يا قطب المكارم والنهى

وحاشاك يا قطب المكارم والنهى

من الذنب لكن ذا كمال التكرم

من الذنب لكن ذا كمال التكرم

And far be it from you, O axis of noble virtues and wisdom,

Far be it from you, O pillar of nobility and restraint

to be guilty; but this is the perfection of magnanimity.

From sin! But such is the perfection of nobility

فانكما يا نابغي أمة لها

فانكما يا نابغي أمة لها

قديم شفيع في ضلال ميمم

قديم شفيع في ضلال ميمم

For you two, O geniuses of a nation that has

For both of you, O eminent one of a nation which has

an ancient past that intercedes when a seeker strays:

An ancient intercessor in grave misguidance

إذا ما الوف اجرمت بجهالة

إذا ما الوف اجرمت بجهالة

ففي كل لفظ منكما دية الدم

ففي كل لفظ منكما دية الدم

whenever thousands commit crimes in ignorance,

If the intimate sins in ignorance

in every word from you two lies compensation for bloodshed.

In every word from you is the blood money for blood