صبراً ففي الصّبر الجمي

صبراً ففي الصّبر الجمي

لِ يهون فينا ما يهونُ

لِ يهون فينا ما يهونُ

Be patient: through beautiful patience,

Patience, patience, for in patience lies salvation

whatever can grow lighter grows lighter for us.

To make bearable what can be made bearable

لا تجزعنَّ لكائنٍ

لا تجزعنَّ لكائنٍ

ماضٍ وخذْ ما لا يكونُ

ماضٍ وخذْ ما لا يكونُ

Do not be distraught over an event

Do not despair at what has transpired

now past; accept what is not to be.

Take what cannot transpire

ودعِ الحنينَ فإنّه

ودعِ الحنينَ فإنّه

ما ردَّ مُفتَقَداً حنينُ

ما ردَّ مُفتَقَداً حنينُ

Abandon yearning, for

And leave yearning behind

no yearning has ever brought back one who was lost.

For yearning has never brought back the yearned

وَاِترُكْ لَنا قَرْعَ الجَبِي

وَاِترُكْ لَنا قَرْعَ الجَبِي

نِ فما جنى شيئاً جبينُ

نِ فما جنى شيئاً جبينُ

And for our sake stop striking your brow;

And stop knocking your head against a wall

no brow has committed any wrong.

For no wall was ever knocked down by a forehead

وَإِذا اِلتفتّ إلى الّذي

وَإِذا اِلتفتّ إلى الّذي

خلّتْ لنا منك المَنونُ

خلّتْ لنا منك المَنونُ

And if you turn toward what

And when you look back at what

Death has left us of you,

We have been deprived of through death

وإلى أبيك فإنّهُ

وإلى أبيك فإنّهُ

جبلٌ لنا أبداً حصينُ

جبلٌ لنا أبداً حصينُ

and toward your father, for he

And at your father, for he is to us

is forever an impregnable mountain for us,

A mountain, an eternal fortress

فالغُرْمُ غُنْمٌ واصلٌ

فالغُرْمُ غُنْمٌ واصلٌ

وخشونةُ الأيّامِ لِينُ

وخشونةُ الأيّامِ لِينُ

then loss is gain that reaches us,

So loss is gain, reconciliation

and the harshness of days is softness.

And the harshness of days becomes gentle

مضتِ الشّمالُ وبُقِّيَتْ

مضتِ الشّمالُ وبُقِّيَتْ

رِفْقاً بنا منك اليمينُ

رِفْقاً بنا منك اليمينُ

The left hand has gone, and there was spared

The north wind has passed and

your right hand, in kindness to us.

The right hand, gentle with us, remains

وذوى لنا غُصنٌ وبا

وذوى لنا غُصنٌ وبا

قٍ منك للدّنيا غُصونُ

قٍ منك للدّنيا غُصونُ

And a branch has withered for us, but there remain

And a branch, which has branches for this world,

branches of yours for the world.

Remains with us from you

فَلئِنْ ظمئنا بالفقي

فَلئِنْ ظمئنا بالفقي

دِ فعندنا العَذْبُ المَعينُ

دِ فعندنا العَذْبُ المَعينُ

For though we thirst because of the departed,

So if we thirst for lack of rain

sweet, flowing water is with us.

We have the fresh, sweet well

ولَئِنْ مضى ليثٌ لنا

ولَئِنْ مضى ليثٌ لنا

فاللّيثُ باقٍ والعرينُ

فاللّيثُ باقٍ والعرينُ

And though a lion of ours has departed,

And if a lion that belonged to us is gone

the lion remains, and so does the den.

The lion remains and the lair

قَرّتْ عيونٌ إنْ بَقِي

قَرّتْ عيونٌ إنْ بَقِي

تَ لنا وإنْ ذَرَفَتْ عيونُ

تَ لنا وإنْ ذَرَفَتْ عيونُ

Eyes are comforted if you remain

Eyes may stay if they remain

with us, though eyes may shed tears.

And may shed tears if they do not

أنتمْ لنا دارُ المُقا

أنتمْ لنا دارُ المُقا

مِ وأنتُمُ الحبلُ المتينُ

مِ وأنتُمُ الحبلُ المتينُ

You are our abiding home,

You are for us the abode of glory

and you are the firm rope.

And you are the firm rope

ولنا كما شئنا بِعَق

ولنا كما شئنا بِعَق

وَةِ داركُمْ دُنيا ودينُ

وَةِ داركُمْ دُنيا ودينُ

And, as we wish, we have within

And through your family's sanctity

your home's precincts both worldly life and faith.

We have the life of this world and of faith according to our wishes

أنتمْ هداةٌ في الظّلا

أنتمْ هداةٌ في الظّلا

مِ وأنتمُ الحقُّ المبينُ

مِ وأنتمُ الحقُّ المبينُ

You are guides amid darkness,

You are guides in perplexity

and you are the manifest truth.

And you are the clear truth

أنتمْ سيوفٌ في الحوا

أنتمْ سيوفٌ في الحوا

دِثِ لا تلمُّ بها القُيونُ

دِثِ لا تلمُّ بها القُيونُ

You are swords amid calamities,

You are swords in events

which smiths never approach.

That misfortune cannot touch

وَإذا اِنتُديتمْ فالنّدي

وَإذا اِنتُديتمْ فالنّدي

ي لكُم هو البلدُ الأمينُ

ي لكُم هو البلدُ الأمينُ

And when you gather in council, your meeting-place

And when you are provoked, that provocation

is the secure city,

Is for you the safe sanctuary

والمَوْقفانِ وزَمْزَمٌ

والمَوْقفانِ وزَمْزَمٌ

والحِجْرُ والحَجَرُ المَصونُ

والحِجْرُ والحَجَرُ المَصونُ

and the two stations, and Zamzam,

And the two holy places, and Zamzam

and the Hijr, and the guarded Stone.

And the black stone and the guarded tablet

من ذا ترى عَفَتِ النّوا

من ذا ترى عَفَتِ النّوا

ئبُ عنه والزّمنُ الخَؤونُ

ئبُ عنه والزّمنُ الخَؤونُ

Whom do you think calamities

Who, do you think, did tribulation

and treacherous Time have spared?

Spare, and the mournful fate of time?

داءُ المنيّةِ معضلٌ

داءُ المنيّةِ معضلٌ

ماتتْ بحسرتِهِ القُرونُ

ماتتْ بحسرتِهِ القُرونُ

The disease of death defies all cure;

The sentence of death is an intricate one

generations have died of grief over it.

For which generations have died grieving

لم ينجُ منه لا جوا

لم ينجُ منه لا جوا

دٌ في الرّجالِ ولا ضَنينُ

دٌ في الرّجالِ ولا ضَنينُ

None has escaped it, neither the generous

It spared no brave man among men, nor any loved one

among men nor the miser.

And love of this life, what an insanity is its crime!

ومحبّةُ الدّنيا وه

ومحبّةُ الدّنيا وه

ذي مِنْ جنايتها جنونُ

ذي مِنْ جنايتها جنونُ

And love of the world—when this

O soul that found peace and priceless treasure

is one of its crimes—is madness.

O son whom the centuries have not seen the like of his glory

يا أيّها الذُّخرُ النَّفي

يا أيّها الذُّخرُ النَّفي

سُ سلمتَ والكنزُ الثمينُ

سُ سلمتَ والكنزُ الثمينُ

O precious treasure,

He unified the horizons and the nearby lands

and valuable hoard—may you be safe!—

As one, needing no other's help

واِبنَ الّذي شابتْ ولم

واِبنَ الّذي شابتْ ولم

تَرَ مثلَ دولتِهِ القرونُ

تَرَ مثلَ دولتِهِ القرونُ

and son of him whose reign the ages, grown grey,

Replace your sorrow with that of another

never saw equaled.

Perhaps the sorrowful may regret

ساسَ الأقاصي والأدا

ساسَ الأقاصي والأدا

ني واحداً لا يستعينُ

ني واحداً لا يستعينُ

He governed those far away and those near,

And ignore regard for certainty

alone, seeking no help.

Since certainty may sometimes harm

بدّلْ بحزنك غيرَه

بدّلْ بحزنك غيرَه

فلربّما نَدِم الحزينُ

فلربّما نَدِم الحزينُ

Replace your grief with something else,

For life cannot be sweetened

for the sorrowful may well feel regret.

Except by safety or uncertainty

واِترُكْ مُراعاة اليقي

واِترُكْ مُراعاة اليقي

نِ فربّما ضرّ اليقينُ

نِ فربّما ضرّ اليقينُ

And cease dwelling on certainty,

May God bless him whose eyelids

for certainty may sometimes do harm.

Were wounded by the place of his death

فالعيشُ ليس تُطِيبُهُ

فالعيشُ ليس تُطِيبُهُ

إلّا أمانٍ أو ظُنونُ

إلّا أمانٍ أو ظُنونُ

For nothing sweetens life

He mixed with dust, and none

but wishes or conjectures.

Resembles him, not a companion nor a namesake

صَلّى الإلهُ على الّذي

صَلّى الإلهُ على الّذي

قُرِحَتْ لمصرعِهِ الجُفونُ

قُرِحَتْ لمصرعِهِ الجُفونُ

May God bless the one

The rain clouds watered the sides of his grave

whose death has left eyelids ulcerated.

The humming of the spilling rain a song

حلَّ التُّرابَ وما له

حلَّ التُّرابَ وما له

إِلّاكَ شِبهٌ أو قَرينُ

إِلّاكَ شِبهٌ أو قَرينُ

He has settled in the dust, and has

Shed tears over it, for if they flow

no likeness or peer except you.

Sorrows will be carried in their streams

وسقى جوانبَ قبرِهِ

وسقى جوانبَ قبرِهِ

وَطْفاءُ هَيْدَبُها هَتونُ

وَطْفاءُ هَيْدَبُها هَتونُ

And may the sides of his grave be watered

by a dense cloud whose trailing fringe streams with rain,

تَهمِي عليه فإنْ رَقَتْ

تَهمِي عليه فإنْ رَقَتْ

خَلَفَتْ بعبرتها الشُّؤونُ

خَلَفَتْ بعبرتها الشُّؤونُ

pouring upon him; and if it ceases,

the tear ducts will replace it with their tears.