لَطالَ بِطولِ هِجرَتِهِ سُهادي

لَطالَ بِطولِ هِجرَتِهِ سُهادي

عِبادِيٌّ يَتيهُ عَلى العِبادِ

عِبادِيٌّ يَتيهُ عَلى العِبادِ

My sleeplessness has indeed grown long with his long desertion.

My love has been long in his estrangement,

An ʿIbādī who lords it proudly over people.

A worshipper wandering amongst the worshippers.

وَقَفتُ إِلَيهِ أَرفَعُ في التَجَنّي

وَقَفتُ إِلَيهِ أَرفَعُ في التَجَنّي

وَأَشرَحُ ما جَناهُ عَلى فُؤادي

وَأَشرَحُ ما جَناهُ عَلى فُؤادي

I stood before him, lodging a complaint of unjust treatment,

I stood to him, raising myself in reproach,

and explaining what he had inflicted upon my heart.

And disclosed what his abandonment had done to my heart.

فَوَقِع قَد حَطَطنا العَتبَ عَنهُ

فَوَقِع قَد حَطَطنا العَتبَ عَنهُ

وَصَرَّفناهُ في عَمَلِ الوِدادِ

وَصَرَّفناهُ في عَمَلِ الوِدادِ

So he wrote his ruling: “We have lifted blame from him,

So we let the reproach against him drop,

and appointed him to the service of affection.

And turned it into deeds of affection.

فَلا يَتَشَرَّرَنَّ عَلَيهِ سُخطٌ

فَلا يَتَشَرَّرَنَّ عَلَيهِ سُخطٌ

فَقَد بَطَلَت مُحاسَبَةُ البِعادِ

فَقَد بَطَلَت مُحاسَبَةُ البِعادِ

So let no wrath cast sparks upon him,

Let no discontent sprinkle on him,

for the reckoning for estrangement has been annulled.”

For the reckoning of distances is invalidated.