قلب المحب من الهجران مكلوم

قلب المحب من الهجران مكلوم

ودمعه من فراق الصحب مسجوم

ودمعه من فراق الصحب مسجوم

The lover's heart is wounded by estrangement,

The lover's heart is pained by separation,

And his tears pour forth at parting from his companions.

And his tears are shed for parting from companions.

وصبره عيل فاعتلت جوارحه

وصبره عيل فاعتلت جوارحه

كأنه من جواء البين محموم

كأنه من جواء البين محموم

And his patience is exhausted, so his limbs have fallen ill,

His patience is weak, so his limbs are disabled,

As though the anguish of separation had left him fevered.

As if he is delirious from the intensity of estrangement.

يشكو البعاد ولن يشفيه من أحد

يشكو البعاد ولن يشفيه من أحد

إلا أمون تسلى الهم غلكوم

إلا أمون تسلى الهم غلكوم

He laments the distance, and none shall heal him

He complains of distance, and none can cure him

Except a trusty, stout she-camel that dispels worry.

Except the beloved, who calms the boiling worries,

تغري الهجير إذا ما احتثها فرقاً

تغري الهجير إذا ما احتثها فرقاً

كأنها كوكب بالجو مرجوم

كأنها كوكب بالجو مرجوم

She defies the midday heat when he spurs her on in fear,

She excites the yearning one when she turns away,

As though she were a star hurled through the sky,

As if she is a planet wandering in the sky.

او كالمهات أحست ركض مقتنص

او كالمهات أحست ركض مقتنص

يسعى بغضف لهن الصيد معسوم

يسعى بغضف لهن الصيد معسوم

Or like oryx cows sensing a hunter's rush,

Or like mothers who sensed the running

Who races with droop-eared hounds for whom the quarry is coveted.

Of a predator chasing the designated prey.

أقول للراكب المزجى لمائرة

أقول للراكب المزجى لمائرة

كأنها أطم بالآل مزموم

كأنها أطم بالآل مزموم

I say to the rider urging on a swift she-camel,

I say to the rider galloping his swift she-camel,

As though she were a fortress haltered in the mirage:

As if she is a darkened night veiled in darkness:

يا أيها الراكب المزجى مطيته

يا أيها الراكب المزجى مطيته

يطوي المطاوح بالأخطار مهموم

يطوي المطاوح بالأخطار مهموم

O rider driving your mount onward,

O rider galloping your she-camel,

Folding up far-flung wastes, troubled by dangers,

Worried, leaping into dangers -

بالله عرج على الأحباب إن عرضت

بالله عرج على الأحباب إن عرضت

بك المقادير واستحانك الكوم

بك المقادير واستحانك الكوم

By God, turn aside to the loved ones if

For God's sake, stop by the loved ones, if you are able,

Fate brings you their way and the high-humped camels imperil you.

When fate has tested you and the dunes opposed you,

وبلغن على شط النوى قلقاً

وبلغن على شط النوى قلقاً

من شائق وامق البين مغموم

من شائق وامق البين مغموم

And convey, despite the far remove, the anxiety

And convey over the coast of Nawa

Of one yearning and deeply loving, grieved by separation.

My torment from a lover separated and worried,

قد باح بالهجر مكنوناً يكاثمه

قد باح بالهجر مكنوناً يكاثمه

فصبره بعد هذا البين معدوم

فصبره بعد هذا البين معدوم

He has disclosed through estrangement a secret he strives to hide;

Who has revealed privately that which he concealed,

So his patience, after this separation, is gone.

So his patience after this separation is destroyed.

والله ما مر يوم بعد فرقتكم

والله ما مر يوم بعد فرقتكم

إلا وفي القلب من ذكراه يحموم

إلا وفي القلب من ذكراه يحموم

And by God, no day has passed since parting from you

By God, no day has passed after your parting

Without its memory leaving black smoke in the heart.

Except my heart was aflame with thoughts of you.

يبيت يرعى نجوم الليل من وله

يبيت يرعى نجوم الليل من وله

وذاك عند جميع الناس معلوم

وذاك عند جميع الناس معلوم

He spends the night watching the stars of night, distraught with love,

It stays up tending to the stars of night in passion,

And that is known to everyone.

And that is known amongst all people.

يا ليت شعري على الهجر أوجب لي

يا ليت شعري على الهجر أوجب لي

وفيم حبل التصال الود مصروم

وفيم حبل التصال الود مصروم

If only I knew why estrangement was imposed upon me,

Oh, how I wish I knew what caused

And why the cord of loving union is severed.

The estrangement where the rope of connection is cut!

هلا سمعتم بأن الهجر مشربه

هلا سمعتم بأن الهجر مشربه

يا أهل ودي وخيم فهو مذموم

يا أهل ودي وخيم فهو مذموم

Have you not heard that estrangement's draught,

Why did you not heed that estrangement is a drink

O those I love, is harmful and therefore blameworthy?

Whose bitterness, O people of love, is condemned?

تا الله لا أستفيق الدهر أندبكم

تا الله لا أستفيق الدهر أندبكم

ما صاحب الحب في المحبوب مليوم

ما صاحب الحب في المحبوب مليوم

By God, I shall never regain my senses, lamenting you—

By God, I will never awake from lamenting you

No lover is to blame for devotion to the beloved—

As long as the lover is blamed for loving.

او يجمع الله شملاً بالنوى انصدعت

او يجمع الله شملاً بالنوى انصدعت

منه العصا ففؤاد الصب مكلوم

منه العصا ففؤاد الصب مكلوم

Unless God reunites a company, separation having splintered

Or may God reunite what was torn asunder,

Its staff; for the ardent lover's heart is wounded.

For the youth's heart is pained when companions are lost.

أولو وفاء بعهد الحب حيث مضت

أولو وفاء بعهد الحب حيث مضت

فيه العقود وحبل الود مبروم

فيه العقود وحبل الود مبروم

You keep faith with love's covenant, wherein were fulfilled

Where are those true to the pact of love that passed

The pledges, and the cord of affection is firmly twined.

Between us, though the bonds and rope are severed?

وإن تفحصتم الأخبار مجملة

وإن تفحصتم الأخبار مجملة

فإن منصور بالخسران موسوم

فإن منصور بالخسران موسوم

And if you examine the reports as a whole,

If you examine the news in general,

Then Mansur is branded with loss.

You'll find Mansur is marked for loss.

قد شب بالغدر طغياناً وشاب به

قد شب بالغدر طغياناً وشاب به

حتى انبرى وهو بالخذلان مخطوم

حتى انبرى وهو بالخذلان مخطوم

He grew up in treachery and rebellion, and grew gray in it,

He grew arrogant and ignorant in treachery

Until he stepped forth, bridled by failure.

Until he set out while branded for betrayal.

يسعى بشق العصا والنور يطفئه

يسعى بشق العصا والنور يطفئه

والله يأبى وأمر الله محتوم

والله يأبى وأمر الله محتوم

He strives to split the staff of unity and extinguish the light,

He seeks to break the pact though the light opposes him,

But God refuses, and God's decree is inevitable.

But God refuses, for God's command is realized.

يغالب الله والإسلام من عمه

يغالب الله والإسلام من عمه

وود لو أن حصن الدين مهدوم

وود لو أن حصن الدين مهدوم

He contends against God and Islam in his blind confusion,

He fights God and Islam out of blindness,

And wished the fortress of the faith were demolished.

Wishing the fortress of the faith was demolished.

يسوقه الكبر والإعجاب من بطر

يسوقه الكبر والإعجاب من بطر

فليهنه البطر المذموم والشوم

فليهنه البطر المذموم والشوم

Arrogance and self-admiration drive him out of wanton pride.

Arrogance and admiration lead him astray,

Then let blameworthy pride and ill fortune give him joy!

So let the accursed and ill-omened straying humiliate him.

لما رأى عصب التوحيد قد ظهرت

لما رأى عصب التوحيد قد ظهرت

يود لو أن جند الله مهزوم

يود لو أن جند الله مهزوم

When he saw the bands of monotheism had prevailed,

When he saw the party of monotheism appear,

He wishes that God's host were defeated.

He wished the army of God was defeated.

والله قد وعد الإسلام نصرته

والله قد وعد الإسلام نصرته

لكن ذا البغي من ذا الوعد محروم

لكن ذا البغي من ذا الوعد محروم

And God has promised Islam His support,

But God has promised victory to Islam,

But the wrongdoer is deprived of this promise.

Though the transgressor is deprived of that promise.

ثم الصلاة على المعصوم سيدنا

ثم الصلاة على المعصوم سيدنا

من للنبيين بالإرسال مختوم

من للنبيين بالإرسال مختوم

Then blessings upon the infallible one, our master,

Then prayers upon our master, the seal

Through whose mission the line of prophets is sealed,

Of prophets, the one by whom messengers were concluded.

والآ والصحب ثم التابعين لهم

والآ والصحب ثم التابعين لهم

ما انهل ودق وما بالرق مرقوم

ما انهل ودق وما بالرق مرقوم

And upon his family and companions, then those who follow them,

And upon his comrades and successors -

As long as rain pours down and writing is inscribed on parchment.

May he enjoy all that is finely ground or fluid!