ما وَجْدُ مَن فارَق أحبَابَه

ما وَجْدُ مَن فارَق أحبَابَه

كَوجْد من فارَق رَوْحَ الحيَاهْ

كَوجْد من فارَق رَوْحَ الحيَاهْ

The grief of one who has parted from his loved ones is not

There is no grief like the grief of one parted from friends,

like the grief of one who has parted from life's solace.

Like the grief of one parted from the soul of life.

فارقتُ مَن أموالُه عِنْدَهُ

فارقتُ مَن أموالُه عِنْدَهُ

عاريَةٌ مَضمونةٌ للعُفَاهْ

عاريَةٌ مَضمونةٌ للعُفَاهْ

I have parted from one whose wealth, in his keeping,

I left behind one whose wealth was with him,

is a loan guaranteed to those who seek bounty;

Naked yet protected from dishonor.

مَن طَابَ لِلجَانِي جَناهُ وَمَنْ

مَن طَابَ لِلجَانِي جَناهُ وَمَنْ

كَفَّر بِالعَفْوِ ذُنُوبَ الجُنَاهْ

كَفَّر بِالعَفْوِ ذُنُوبَ الجُنَاهْ

one whose fruit was sweet to the gatherer, and who

He whose forgiveness graced the sinner,

wiped away the offenders' sins through pardon;

And whose pardon atoned the sins of the criminal.

أعزُّ مِن أجْفَانِ عَيْني عَلَى

أعزُّ مِن أجْفَانِ عَيْني عَلَى

عَيْني ومِن قَلبٍ حباهُ هَواهُ

عَيْني ومِن قَلبٍ حباهُ هَواهُ

dearer than the lids of my eye to

More precious to me than my eyes

my eye, and than a heart graced by his love.

Was he who gifted my heart his love.

إذا مَدَحْنا ماجداً غَيرَه

إذا مَدَحْنا ماجداً غَيرَه

فَما أردَنا بمديحٍ سِواهُ

فَما أردَنا بمديحٍ سِواهُ

When we praise another noble man,

When we praise the glorious acts of others,

we intend none but him in our praise.

We never intend by such praise to exclude him.

فمن يُساوي فقْدَ هذا بمح

فمن يُساوي فقْدَ هذا بمح

بوبٍ إذا ما غَابَ عنهُ سَلاَهْ

بوبٍ إذا ما غَابَ عنهُ سَلاَهْ

Who, then, equates losing this man with losing a be-

So who can equal the loss of this beloved

loved one whom he forgets when that beloved is away?

When absent from the one who longs for him?