1. أغرق الطرف بالدموع وأعرقْ

    وتناسى الربوع كوكب جلَّقْ

    He flooded the eye with tears and journeyed far,

    and put the dwellings out of mind—the star of Jilliq.

  2. كوكب اللطف والملاحة والظر

    ف الذي يعشق الملال ويُعشق

    A star of gentleness, beauty, and

    wit, who loves weariness and is loved.

  3. كوكبٌ لو تراه عبَّادة الشم

    س لقالت عبادتي لك أليق

    A star whom, if the sun-worshipper beheld,

    she would say, 'My worship is more fitting for you.'

  4. في محياه للغزالة نورٌ

    وثناياه للكواكب رونق

    His face gives light to the sun,

    and his front teeth lend radiance to the stars.

  5. كلما أحدق الدلال به ما

    ل وفي الناس بالملالة حدَّق

    Whenever coquetry surrounds him, he

    sways and gazes at people with weariness.

  6. سار عن ساحتي فريد من النا

    س ومن حسنه الفريد بفيلق

    He left my courtyard, peerless among men,

    with an army of his matchless beauty.

  7. آه واحسرتاه مرَّ زماني

    وبشهد الرضاب لم أتلمّق

    Ah, alas for my sorrow! My time has passed,

    yet I never tasted the honey of his saliva.

  8. والذي تستحب خمرة فيه

    ما تصدى له امرؤٌ وتصدَّق

    And he in whom wine is found delightful—

    no man has approached him and received his charity.

  9. أيها الراحل المقيم بقلبي

    وعيوني لطيفِه تتشوَّق

    O you who depart yet remain in my heart,

    while my eyes yearn for his phantom.

  10. ضاق صدر المشوق واتسع الشو

    ق لثغر على رضابك ضَيَّق

    The yearning one's breast grew narrow, and longing grew

    for a mouth sparing with your saliva.

  11. ما تعاصيك مات عاصيك أولى

    من تلافيك للقلوب وأوفق

    Your obstinacy—may whoever defies you die!—is not worthier

    than your healing of hearts, nor more fitting.

  12. صل غريباً يود منك غريراً

    ريقه يترك الفرات معتق

    Grant union to a stranger who loves in you a guileless youth,

    whose saliva turns the Euphrates into aged wine.

  13. عاشقاً أنَّ حين طوقه الدم

    ع وورَّى فقال أنَّ المطوَّق

    a lover who moaned when tears encircled him,

    and punned, saying, 'The collared dove has moaned.'

  14. كلما غرد الكريم ترجَّى

    عفوه وابتغى لقاك بجلق

    Whenever the generous one sang, he hoped

    for his pardon and sought to meet you in Jilliq,

  15. في رياض بها المدامة راقت

    والهوا رقَّ والتمتع أورق

    in gardens where the wine grew clear,

    the air grew gentle, and enjoyment put forth leaves,

  16. ذات وردٍ ونرجس وشقيقٍ

    وبهارٍ وجلنارٍ وزنبق

    full of roses, narcissus, and anemones,

    and oxeye daisies, pomegranate blossoms, and lilies.

  17. طالما كان يُصْبَحُ الصبُّ فيها

    من حميّاك والرضاب ويُغبَق

    How often the lovesick one was served his morning drink there,

    of your heady wine and saliva—and his evening drink too.

  18. كلما جادها الإله بنورٍ

    خاله من جبين عارف أشرق

    Whenever God lavished light upon them,

    he thought it had shone from Arif's brow.

  19. سيد العارفين قطب سماء ال

    دين خير المثابرين على الحق

    Master of the mystics, pole of the heaven of

    religion, best of those steadfast in truth;

  20. سيدٌ بالتقى تسربل والعد

    ل تردى وبالعفاف تمنطق

    a master who clothed himself in piety and

    robed himself in justice, girding himself with chastity.

  21. قام للَه فالمنابر والأق

    لام تثني عليه والناس والحق

    He stood for God; the pulpits and

    pens praise him, as do the people and the Truth.

  22. وانتضى صارم الحقيقة فالحك

    مة تنضمُّ والضلالة تزهق

    He unsheathed the keen sword of truth; then

    wisdom gathers together, and error perishes.

  23. لفظُ ليثٍ على سواه مجازٌ

    ليس إلّا عليه بالحق يطلق

    The word 'lion,' applied to anyone else, is metaphor;

    only to him is it applied in truth.

  24. يحسب الناس في يديه خطوطاً

    وهي للجود أبحرٌ تدفق

    People think there are lines in his hands,

    yet they are flowing seas of generosity.

  25. ما تبارى يراعه والحسام ال

    عضب إلا جهلت من هو أسبق

    Whenever his reed pen and the keen sword competed,

    I could not tell which was swifter.

  26. يحسد الغيث جوده فينادي

    بلسان الرعود جودك أغرق

    The rain envies his bounty and cries

    in the tongue of thunder, 'Your bounty is more engulfing!'

  27. ولو اختار أن يقول مقالاً

    صادقاً قال سيل جودك أغدق

    Were it to choose to speak

    truthfully, it would say, 'The torrent of your bounty is more abundant.'

  28. يا أمين العلوم يا عروة الدي

    ن وسبط الأمين طه الموفق

    O keeper of the sciences, O firm bond of

    religion, descendant of trustworthy Taha, the divinely favored.

  29. يعلم اللَه أنني لمحيّا

    ك من الصاديات للماء أشوق

    God knows that for your face

    I yearn more than the thirsty yearn for water.

  30. غير أني مقيدٌ بأمور

    ما لها من ينوب عني بجلق

    Yet I am bound by duties

    for which no one in Jilliq can take my place:

  31. خدمة العاهل المعظم والأم

    مِ التي اختارني لخدمتها الحق

    service to the exalted sovereign and my mother,

    whom the Truth chose me to serve.

  32. ولها من سقامها واحتياجي

    مهجةٌ تلتظي وصبرٌ يمزَّق

    For her, through her illness and my own need,

    my heart blazes, and my patience is torn apart.

  33. وعسى اللَه أن يمن على عب

    دك يوماً بما يحب ويعشق

    May God bestow upon your servant

    one day what he loves and adores,

  34. فتداوي حشاشة شقها البي

    ن بتقبيل راحتيك وترتق

    so you may heal a remnant of life torn by

    parting, with kisses on your two palms, and mend it.

  35. لا برحت الدوامَ كعبةَ خيرٍ

    كل من طاف حولها يتوفق

    May you forever remain a Kaaba of goodness,

    where everyone who circles it finds success.

  36. يتهادى لها حجيج ثنائي

    وعليها مدائحي تتعلق

    To it the pilgrims of my praise move gently,

    and upon it my poems of praise hang.