أقسمت ما رزءك مما يهون

أقسمت ما رزءك مما يهون

يا غارقاً حتى بدمعِ العيون

يا غارقاً حتى بدمعِ العيون

I swear, the loss of you is no light matter.

I swear you are not harmed by what saddens you,

O you drowned even in the tears of eyes.

O you who is drowning, even in the tears of eyes.

وواجب يا فرع نوح الورى

وواجب يا فرع نوح الورى

عليك من قبل حمام الوكون

عليك من قبل حمام الوكون

And humankind's lament, O bough, is due

O branch of Noah's ark, it is your duty

For you, before that of the nesting doves.

Upon you, before the doves of eternity.

وإنما قومك شهب الهدى

وإنما قومك شهب الهدى

في الأجرِ من صبرهم يرغبون

في الأجرِ من صبرهم يرغبون

And your people are but bright stars of guidance;

Your people are comets of guidance,

They seek the reward that comes from their patience.

Seeking reward for their patience.

صبراً بني الأنصار عن كوكبٍ

صبراً بني الأنصار عن كوكبٍ

قد سهرتْ شوقاً إليه الجفون

قد سهرتْ شوقاً إليه الجفون

Be patient, sons of the Ansar, in losing a star

Patience, O Ansar's sons, from a planet

For whom the eyelids have stayed awake in longing.

That eyelids have stayed up nightlong yearning for it.

وغصن علمٍ في رُبى سؤدد

وغصن علمٍ في رُبى سؤدد

قد مات بالماءِ خلاف الغصون

قد مات بالماءِ خلاف الغصون

And a bough of learning on the hills of eminence

A branch of knowledge in growing up wellbred

That died by water, unlike other boughs.

That died of thirst unlike other branches.

لهفي على ذاك الهلال الذي

لهفي على ذاك الهلال الذي

شقت له السحب ثياب الدّجون

شقت له السحب ثياب الدّجون

Alas for that crescent moon for whom

Yearning for that crescent to which

The clouds tore their robes of gloom.

The clouds split their clothes of darkness.

لهفي على دينارِ خدٍ له

لهفي على دينارِ خدٍ له

عاجله الدهر بصرفِ المنون

عاجله الدهر بصرفِ المنون

Alas for the dinar of his cheek;

Yearning for a cheek's golden dinar

Time overtook him with the vicissitudes of death.

Whose youth was cut short by passing away.

وغيضت على العلياء في حالتي

وغيضت على العلياء في حالتي

غيظٍ وغيضٍ وطمت من شجون

غيظٍ وغيضٍ وطمت من شجون

And they were drained over lofty honor, in the two states

I was angry at the noble ones in my state

Of wrath and ebbing, and overflowed with sorrows.

Of anger, wrath, and I ranted from passions.

إنا إلى الله فقد كانَ ما

إنا إلى الله فقد كانَ ما

خاف أبو تمامها أن يكون

خاف أبو تمامها أن يكون

Surely we are bound for God, for there has occurred what

We belong to Allah - it had to be what

Its Abu Tammam feared would occur.

Abu Tammam feared would happen.

هذا على أن اللقا بيننا

هذا على أن اللقا بيننا

مقترب الآماد فالأمر دون

مقترب الآماد فالأمر دون

All this, although our reunion

That being so, the meeting between us

Is near in time; so the matter is slight.

Is soon to come, so the matter is imminent.

إن منع الغياب أن يقدموا

إن منع الغياب أن يقدموا

لنا فأنا لهم مقدمون

لنا فأنا لهم مقدمون

If the absent are prevented from coming

If absence kept them from coming to us

To us, then we are coming to them.

We'll go to them, being the firstcomers.

عزاء مولانا وتسليمه

عزاء مولانا وتسليمه

فكل خطب قد عداه يهون

فكل خطب قد عداه يهون

Consolation for our lord, and his submission;

Condolences to our Master and his greetings -

For every calamity that has spared him is light.

All sorrows, next to it, are slight.

ما سخنت فيها عيون الورى

ما سخنت فيها عيون الورى

حتى تجليت فقرت عيون

حتى تجليت فقرت عيون

No sooner had people's eyes grown hot over it

No eyes in the world have been heated

Than you appeared, and eyes grew cool.

Until they shone and dimmed eyes.

فلا خبا شخصك عن معشرٍ

فلا خبا شخصك عن معشرٍ

إلى العلى بالنجمِ هم يهتدون

إلى العلى بالنجمِ هم يهتدون

So may your presence never fade from a people

Your person is not absent from a folk

Who find their way to the heights by the star.

To the Most High, by the stars they find guidance.