أَمَولاي شَمسَ الدينِ يا مَن غَدَت لَهُ

أَمَولاي شَمسَ الدينِ يا مَن غَدَت لَهُ

سَجايا كَزَهرِ الرَوضِ غِبَّ سِجامِ

سَجايا كَزَهرِ الرَوضِ غِبَّ سِجامِ

O my lord Shams al-Din, you who have come to possess

O my lord Shams al-Din, you who have come to possess

qualities like meadow-flowers after a downpour;

virtues like the garden's blossoms after pouring rain,

وَفكرٌ إِذا يَسري بِلَيلِ غَوامِضٍ

وَفكرٌ إِذا يَسري بِلَيلِ غَوامِضٍ

غَدَت تَنجَلي كَالبَدرِ عِندَ تَمامِ

غَدَت تَنجَلي كَالبَدرِ عِندَ تَمامِ

and a mind that, when it journeys through the night of mysteries,

and a mind that, when it journeys through a night of mysteries,

makes them shine clear like the moon at the full;

makes them clear as the moon at its fullness;

وَعَزمٌ يَقدُّ المَشرفيَّ وَهِمَّةٌ

وَعَزمٌ يَقدُّ المَشرفيَّ وَهِمَّةٌ

تُزاحِمُ رُكني يَذبُل وَشَمامِ

تُزاحِمُ رُكني يَذبُل وَشَمامِ

a resolve that cleaves even the Mashrafī blade, and an aspiration

and resolve that cleaves the Mashrafi blade, and aspiration

that rivals the twin peaks of Yadhbul and Shamām.

that rivals the two pillars of Yadhbul and Shamam:

مُحِبُّك يَرجو مِن حَواشٍ رَقيقةٍ

مُحِبُّك يَرجو مِن حَواشٍ رَقيقةٍ

لَدَيكَ عَلى الشَرحِ الشَهيرِ بِجامي

لَدَيكَ عَلى الشَرحِ الشَهيرِ بِجامي

Your devoted friend hopes for some subtle marginal glosses

your admirer hopes for some subtle glosses

that you possess upon the celebrated commentary by Jāmī,

in your possession, on the commentary renowned as Jami,

يَحِلُّ بِها مِن مُشكِلاتِ سُطُورِهِ

يَحِلُّ بِها مِن مُشكِلاتِ سُطُورِهِ

عُراها لَيَعرى فيهِ كُلُّ عُرامِ

عُراها لَيَعرى فيهِ كُلُّ عُرامِ

with which the knots of its difficult lines may be untied,

with which he may unravel the difficulties of its lines,

stripping every stubborn obscurity in it bare—

undoing their knots, so that all unruliness within it lies bare—

لِعَبدِ الغَفورِ الحَبر أَولاً فَعِصمَتي

لِعَبدِ الغَفورِ الحَبر أَولاً فَعِصمَتي

إِذا لَم تَكُن في حِلِّها بِعِصامِ

إِذا لَم تَكُن في حِلِّها بِعِصامِ

first those of the learned ʿAbd al-Ghafūr. For who will safeguard me

those by the scholar ʿAbd al-Ghafur first; then my recourse,

if, in resolving them, you do not prove an ʿIṣām?

if those are unavailable, is to ʿIsam for resolving them.

وَدُم مَقصَداً لِلفَضلِ وَالعِلمِ ما رَقى

وَدُم مَقصَداً لِلفَضلِ وَالعِلمِ ما رَقى

مَنابر قُضبانٍ خَطيب حمامِ

مَنابر قُضبانٍ خَطيب حمامِ

Remain a destination for virtue and learning as long as

And remain a destination for excellence and learning, so long as there ascends

a dove-orator mounts pulpits of branches.

to the pulpits of branches a preacher-dove.