فطيّب رَيّاها المقامُ وضوّأَتْ

فطيّب رَيّاها المقامُ وضوّأَتْ

بإشرافها بين الحطيم وزمزما

بإشرافها بين الحطيم وزمزما

So the Station sweetened her fragrance, and she shed light

Her dwelling pleased, for she purified it,

by her appearance between al-Hatim and Zamzam.

Quenching with her presence amid the rubble and Zamzam.

فيا ربِّ إنْ لقّيتَ وجهاً تحيّةً

فيا ربِّ إنْ لقّيتَ وجهاً تحيّةً

فحيّ وجوهاً بالمدينةِ سُهَّما

فحيّ وجوهاً بالمدينةِ سُهَّما

So, O my Lord, if You grant a face a greeting,

So my Lord, if you meet a face with greeting,

then greet the wan faces in Medina.

Then greet the faces in the city, one and all.

تجافين عن مسّ الدَهان وطالما

تجافين عن مسّ الدَهان وطالما

عصمن عن الحِنّاءِ كفّاً ومِعْصَما

عصمن عن الحِنّاءِ كفّاً ومِعْصَما

They shunned the touch of oils, and long

They have long shunned the touch of makeup and

kept palm and wrist untouched by henna.

Their palms and wrists have been protected from henna.

وَكم مِن جليدٍ لا يُخامره الهوى

وَكم مِن جليدٍ لا يُخامره الهوى

شَنَنَّ عليه الوَجْدَ حتّى تتيّما

شَنَنَّ عليه الوَجْدَ حتّى تتيّما

And how many a steadfast man, untouched by passion,

And many an icy heart, not stirred by passion,

they assailed with longing until he became love's thrall.

Which ardour has attacked till left in solitude.

أَهانَ لهنّ النّفسَ وهي كريمةٌ

أَهانَ لهنّ النّفسَ وهي كريمةٌ

وألقى عليهنّ الحديثَ المُكَتّما

وألقى عليهنّ الحديثَ المُكَتّما

He abased his soul for them, though it was noble,

It has degraded noble souls, however cherished,

and revealed to them the words he had kept secret.

And whispered to them conversations concealed.

تسفَّهْتَ لمّا أنْ مررتَ بدارها

تسفَّهْتَ لمّا أنْ مررتَ بدارها

وعوجلتَ دون الحِلْمِ أنْ تتحلّما

وعوجلتَ دون الحِلْمِ أنْ تتحلّما

You acted foolishly when you passed her dwelling,

You scoffed when you passed by her house,

and were overtaken before you could even feign composure.

And rushed, lacking patience, to make fun.

فعُجْتَ تقرّي دارساً مُتَنكّراً

فعُجْتَ تقرّي دارساً مُتَنكّراً

وتسأل مصروفاً عن النُّطقِ أعجما

وتسأل مصروفاً عن النُّطقِ أعجما

So you turned aside to examine an effaced, unrecognizable ruin,

So you came questioning, disguised and secretive,

and questioned a mute thing barred from speech.

Asking a mute about speaking a foreign tongue.

وَيومَ وَقفنا للوداع وكلُّنا

وَيومَ وَقفنا للوداع وكلُّنا

يَعُدّ مُطيعَ الشّوقِ مَن كان أحزما

يَعُدّ مُطيعَ الشّوقِ مَن كان أحزما

And on the day we stood to say farewell, each of us

And the day we stood to bid farewell, each one

judged the one who obeyed longing the most prudent.

Deeming the obedient of passion the wisest.

نُصِرتُ بقلبٍ لا يُعَنَّف في الهوى

نُصِرتُ بقلبٍ لا يُعَنَّف في الهوى

وَعيناً متى اِستَمْطَرْتُها مَطَرَتْ دما

وَعيناً متى اِستَمْطَرْتُها مَطَرَتْ دما

I was aided by a heart unrebuked in love,

I gained support from a heart not harsh in love

and an eye that, whenever I asked it for rain, rained blood.

And tears, that when I summoned them, flowed copiously.