لِقَلبي ما تَهمي العُيونَ وَتَأرَقُ

لِقَلبي ما تَهمي العُيونَ وَتَأرَقُ

وَلِلعَينِ ما يُبلى الفُؤادُ وَيُرهِقُ

وَلِلعَينِ ما يُبلى الفُؤادُ وَيُرهِقُ

For my heart the eyes pour tears and lie awake;

My heart cares not for glances though they torment and consume,

And for the eye the heart is worn down and burdened.

While to the eye what wearies the heart and makes it faint.

وَما كُنتُ مِمَّن يُرهِقُ العِشقَ قَلبَهُ

وَما كُنتُ مِمَّن يُرهِقُ العِشقَ قَلبَهُ

وَلَكِن مَن يَدري فُنونُكَ يَعشَقُ

وَلَكِن مَن يَدري فُنونُكَ يَعشَقُ

Nor was I one whose heart love overwhelms,

I was not one whose love exhausted his heart,

But whoever knows your arts falls in love.

But who knows the ways your charm makes one fall in love.

وَما كُنتُ مِمَّن يَرشُقُ السَهمَ لَحظَهُ

وَما كُنتُ مِمَّن يَرشُقُ السَهمَ لَحظَهُ

فَيَهوى لِذا لَكِن يَراعُكَ أَشيَقُ

فَيَهوى لِذا لَكِن يَراعُكَ أَشيَقُ

Nor was I one whose gaze an arrow strikes,

I was not one whose gaze was pierced by the arrow of your glance,

And thus falls in love; yet your reed pen is more alluring.

To swoon for that, but to watch you is more wondrous.

أُصِبتُ بِهِ كُلَّ القُلوبِ وَأَنَّهُ

أُصِبتُ بِهِ كُلَّ القُلوبِ وَأَنَّهُ

لِيَنضَحَها بِالنَبلِ قَبلَ يَفوقُ

لِيَنضَحَها بِالنَبلِ قَبلَ يَفوقُ

I was struck by it, as were all hearts; indeed, it

It struck all hearts yet it

Showers them with arrows before even nocking them.

Sprinkled them with nobility before it left.

تَرَكتُ الوَرى أَسرى هَواكَ وَإِنَّما

تَرَكتُ الوَرى أَسرى هَواكَ وَإِنَّما

أَسيرُكَ في مَيدانِ فَضلِكَ مُطلَقُ

أَسيرُكَ في مَيدانِ فَضلِكَ مُطلَقُ

I left mankind captive to your love; yet

I left people captives of your love, but I

Your captive is free in the arena of your excellence.

Am your captive in the field of your excellence, free.

لَدَيكَ اِستَرَقتَهُم مِنَ الطَبعِ رِقَّةً

لَدَيكَ اِستَرَقتَهُم مِنَ الطَبعِ رِقَّةً

فَأَنتَ لَهُم حَقٌّ رَقيقٌ وَمُعتَقُ

فَأَنتَ لَهُم حَقٌّ رَقيقٌ وَمُعتَقُ

At your side, you enslaved them through tenderness of nature;

With you, you stole gentleness from nature,

So you are, truly, their bondsman and their liberator.

So you have the right to be tender and to emancipate.

جَذَبتُ بِهاتيكَ المَعاني قُلوبَهُم

جَذَبتُ بِهاتيكَ المَعاني قُلوبَهُم

وَتيمَها وَاللَهُ ذاكَ التَأَنُّقُ

وَتيمَها وَاللَهُ ذاكَ التَأَنُّقُ

With those meanings I drew their hearts,

I attracted their hearts with these meanings,

And, by God, that refinement enthralled them.

And my addiction, by God, is that elegance.

كَلامٌ إِذا أَلقَيتَهُ في جَماعَةٍ

كَلامٌ إِذا أَلقَيتَهُ في جَماعَةٍ

غَدا مِنكَ مِثلَ اللُؤلُؤُ الرَطبُ يَنسُقُ

غَدا مِنكَ مِثلَ اللُؤلُؤُ الرَطبُ يَنسُقُ

Speech that, when you deliver it before a gathering,

Speech, when you utter it among a gathering,

Becomes from you like fresh pearls strung in order.

Becomes from you like moist pearls, well-arranged.

عَلَيهِ مِنَ النورِ الإِلَهي مَسحَةً

عَلَيهِ مِنَ النورِ الإِلَهي مَسحَةً

تَكادُ عَلى أَرجائِهِ تَتَأَلَّقُ

تَكادُ عَلى أَرجائِهِ تَتَأَلَّقُ

Upon it lies a touch of divine light,

Upon it is the divine light's touch

That all but sparkles throughout its reaches.

That almost glitters at its edges.

مَناهِلَ الطافِ وَأَعيُنَ حِكمَةٍ

مَناهِلَ الطافِ وَأَعيُنَ حِكمَةٍ

تَظَلُّ عَلى رَوضِ المَعارِفِ تَغدَقُ

تَظَلُّ عَلى رَوضِ المَعارِفِ تَغدَقُ

Pools of kindness and springs of wisdom

The fountains of wit and the springs of wisdom

Continue to water the garden of knowledge abundantly.

Shade the garden of knowledge pouring.

يَبيتُ بِها غُصنُ البَلاغَةِ ناضِراً

يَبيتُ بِها غُصنُ البَلاغَةِ ناضِراً

وَريقاً عَلى نَبتِ الفَصاحَةِ يَسمَقُ

وَريقاً عَلى نَبتِ الفَصاحَةِ يَسمَقُ

Through them the branch of eloquence stays fresh through the night,

The branch of eloquence spends the night thriving

Leafy, towering above the growth of lucid speech.

And ascending the growth of rhetoric, climbing.

سَلامٌ عَلى وَجهِ الإِمامِ مُحَمَّدٌ

سَلامٌ عَلى وَجهِ الإِمامِ مُحَمَّدٌ

مُحَيّا بِهِ ماءَ الحَياةِ يَتَرَقرَقُ

مُحَيّا بِهِ ماءَ الحَياةِ يَتَرَقرَقُ

Peace upon the face of Imam Muhammad,

Greetings to the face of the Imam Muhammad,

A countenance upon which the water of life shimmers.

Revived by it the water of life murmuring.

وَلِلَهِ دُرُّ البَحرِ دَرُّ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَلِلَهِ دُرُّ البَحرِ دَرُّ مُحَمَّدٍ

تَتَوَّجَ مِنهُ لِلمَعارِفِ مَفرَقُ

تَتَوَّجَ مِنهُ لِلمَعارِفِ مَفرَقُ

God be praised for the sea's pearls—Muhammad's pearls—

And to God belong the pearls of the sea, the pearls of Muhammad,

With which the brow of learning has been crowned.

From it, branches of knowledge spread out.

وَأَخلاقِهِ الغَرا إِذا شِئتَ وَصفَها

وَأَخلاقِهِ الغَرا إِذا شِئتَ وَصفَها

وَإِن لَم أَشَأ توحي إِلى وَأَنطِقُ

وَإِن لَم أَشَأ توحي إِلى وَأَنطِقُ

And his radiant virtues, if you wish to describe them,

And his sublime morals, if I wished to describe them

Even if I do not wish, inspire me, and I speak.

And if I did not, they would inspire and make me speak.

إِمامٌ بِخَصلِ العَقلِ وَالنَقلِ فائِزٌ

إِمامٌ بِخَصلِ العَقلِ وَالنَقلِ فائِزٌ

سَبوقَ لِغاياتِ حَكيمٍ مُحَقَّقُ

سَبوقَ لِغاياتِ حَكيمٍ مُحَقَّقُ

An imam, victorious in the contest of reason and tradition,

An Imam winning in the qualities of intellect and scripture,

Ever first to the goals, a sage and discerning scholar.

Preceding the goals of a fulfilled wise man.

إِذا ما اِنبَرى في حَلبَةِ الفَضلِ قَصُرَت

إِذا ما اِنبَرى في حَلبَةِ الفَضلِ قَصُرَت

حَوالي مَداهُ حِليَةَ هُن سَبقُ

حَوالي مَداهُ حِليَةَ هُن سَبقُ

Whenever he steps forward in the arena of excellence, they fall short

If he rose in the arena of virtue, its environs would shorten

Around his reach—[the remaining wording is unclear in the supplied text].

Before the extent of his splendor racing ahead.

خَطيبُ الوَرى بِالحَقِّ لِلحَقِّ مُظهِرٌ

خَطيبُ الوَرى بِالحَقِّ لِلحَقِّ مُظهِرٌ

ظَهيرٌ وَلِلبَطَلانِ مُردٍ وَمَزهَقُ

ظَهيرٌ وَلِلبَطَلانِ مُردٍ وَمَزهَقُ

Mankind's orator, revealing the truth through truth,

The preacher of the world with truth for truth manifesting,

Its champion, and the destroyer and annihilator of falsehood.

A supporter and for falsehood, declining and perishing, an adversary.

إِذا قامَ مِن فَوقِ المَنابِرِ فاصِلاً

إِذا قامَ مِن فَوقِ المَنابِرِ فاصِلاً

فَأَيُّ ضَلالٍ لَيسَ يَمحي وَيَمحَقُ

فَأَيُّ ضَلالٍ لَيسَ يَمحي وَيَمحَقُ

When he rises upon the pulpits, speaking decisively,

When he stood above the pulpits, judging,

What misguidance does he not erase and obliterate?

What misguidance then does not erase and obliterate?

تَميدُالوَرى عِندَ اِستِماعِ خَطابِهِ

تَميدُالوَرى عِندَ اِستِماعِ خَطابِهِ

وَتَعجَبُ لِلأَعوادِ إِذ لَيسَ تورِقُ

وَتَعجَبُ لِلأَعوادِ إِذ لَيسَ تورِقُ

Mankind sways as it listens to his address,

The world sways upon hearing his sermon

And you marvel that the wooden planks do not put forth leaves.

And is amazed that the wooden poles do not sprout leaves.

فَما قامَ بِالحَقِّ الحَنيفي صادِعاً

فَما قامَ بِالحَقِّ الحَنيفي صادِعاً

وَلِلفِكرِ شَملٌ باتَ لَيسَ يُمَزِّقُ

وَلِلفِكرِ شَملٌ باتَ لَيسَ يُمَزِّقُ

For he never stood openly proclaiming the truth of the upright faith,

When he stood for the pure Hanafi rite arguing,

While thought's unity remained unshattered.

And for thought a refuge not torn apart.

لَهُ القَلَمُ المَشهورُ يَزري مِدادَهُ

لَهُ القَلَمُ المَشهورُ يَزري مِدادَهُ

بِتِبرٍ إِذا في مَهرِقٍ هُوَ مُهرِقُ

بِتِبرٍ إِذا في مَهرِقٍ هُوَ مُهرِقُ

His is the renowned pen, whose ink puts to shame

He has the famed pen that sheds its ink

Gold dust, when the ink is poured onto a writing sheet.

With blades, when unsheathed, unsheathing.

عَجائِبَ مَولى في مُحَمَّد عَبدُهُ

عَجائِبَ مَولى في مُحَمَّد عَبدُهُ

وَرَبُّكَ يُعطي ما يَشاءُ وَيَرزُقُ

وَرَبُّكَ يُعطي ما يَشاءُ وَيَرزُقُ

The Lord's wonders in Muhammad, His servant!

The wonders of my Master are in Muhammad His servant,

And your Lord gives what He wills and grants sustenance.

And your Lord gives what He wills and sustains.

لَكَ اللَهُ يا مَولايَ هَل مِن فَضيلَةٍ

لَكَ اللَهُ يا مَولايَ هَل مِن فَضيلَةٍ

بِهَذا الوَرى إِلّا بِها أَنتَ أَليَقُ

بِهَذا الوَرى إِلّا بِها أَنتَ أَليَقُ

God be with you, my master! Is there any virtue

Is there, my Master, any virtue in this world

Among these people that does not befit you best?

Except that you are most befitting of it?

وَفي أَمَلٍ أَنّى لَدى فِعلِ واجِبٍ

وَفي أَمَلٍ أَنّى لَدى فِعلِ واجِبٍ

أَسكُنُ قَلباً دونَهُ باتَ يَخفِقُ

أَسكُنُ قَلباً دونَهُ باتَ يَخفِقُ

And I hope that, in fulfilling a duty,

And in hope that, in fulfilling an obligation,

I may quiet a heart that, without it, has kept fluttering.

My heart alongside it ceases to pulsate.

إِذا نالَ مِثلي مِن كَلامِكَ لَفظَةً

إِذا نالَ مِثلي مِن كَلامِكَ لَفظَةً

تُشرِفُهُ فَهوَ السَعيدُ المُوَفِّقُ

تُشرِفُهُ فَهوَ السَعيدُ المُوَفِّقُ

If someone like me receives a word from your speech

If one like me obtained a word from your speech

That honors him, then he is the fortunate, favored one.

Honoring him, then he is fortunate, successful.