عسىmay لعليلto one ailing الجسمthe body طيفكyour phantom عائدreturning
عسى لعليل الجسم طيفك عائد
كريمgracious اللّقاthe encounter والمكرماتand noble deeds عوائدcustomary ways
كريم اللّقا والمكرمات عوائد
May your phantom return to one ailing in body,
May your frail body's specter return,
Gracious in meeting, with noble deeds its wont.
Generous in meeting and generosity recurring,
لقدindeed حجَّmade pilgrimage فيَّwithin me الطيفthe phantom بالوصلwith union مرةonce
لقد حجَّ فيَّ الطيف بالوصل مرة
فهلso, will…? هوit فيin حجِّpilgrimage الوصالunion معاوِدُreturning again
فهل هو في حجِّ الوصال معاوِدُ
Indeed, the phantom once made pilgrimage within me, bringing union;
For the specter visited me once with union,
Will it return, then, to the pilgrimage of union?
Will it in visiting union recur?
ألاbehold إننيindeed I am فيin الحبِّlove ياO ظبيةَgazelle النقاthe sand dune
ألا إنني في الحبِّ يا ظبيةَ النقا
كماas فيin العلاeminence بنson of القيسal-Qays إنيindeed I am واحدunique
كما في العلا بن القيس إني واحد
Behold, in love, O gazelle of the dune, I am—
Indeed, I am in love, O gazelle of virtue,
As Ibn al-Qays is in eminence—one without peer.
Like Al-Nabigha in his love - I stand alone,
شريفnoble مسماهhis named self الممدّحthe much-praised واسمهand his name
شريف مسماه الممدّح واسمه
وشائدُand the builder بيتhouse المدحpraise والمنحand bounty سائدa lord
وشائدُ بيت المدح والمنح سائد
Noble are his much-praised person and his name,
Noble is his name, the one praised,
And he who raises the house of praise and bounty is a lord.
Rising in the abode of praise and favor.
تهنّrejoice بهin it حجّpilgrimage القبولacceptance ودعوةand a prayer
تهنّ به حجّ القبول ودعوة
عليهاupon it لأنوارto the lights of القبولacceptance شواهدsigns
عليها لأنوار القبول شواهد
Rejoice in it: an accepted pilgrimage and a prayer,
With him the pilgrimage of acceptance was blessed, and invoked upon it
Upon which are signs attesting to the lights of acceptance.
Were beacons of acceptance as witnesses.
تقولyou say لهاتيكto those المناسكِthe rites مرحباًwelcome
تقول لهاتيك المناسكِ مرحباً
بكمto you all ياO بنيsons of مخزومَMakhzum حينwhen تشاهدyou behold
بكم يا بني مخزومَ حين تشاهد
You say to those rites, 'Welcome
It says to those rites, "Welcome!
To you!' O sons of Makhzum, when you behold them.
O children of Makhzum, when you are seen."
لقدindeed شرَّفتwere honored ناسٌpeople وبادتand perished وإنماbut only
لقد شرَّفت ناسٌ وبادت وإنما
لكمto you all شرفٌhonor فيamong سائرِthe rest of الناسِthe people خالدeverlasting
لكم شرفٌ في سائرِ الناسِ خالد
People have indeed been honored and perished; but
Some ennobled people then perished, but for you
Yours alone is an honor enduring among all other people.
Is an abiding nobility among all people.