أيها اللائم لُمْ غي

أيها اللائم لُمْ غي

ريَ فيما قد أتَينا

ريَ فيما قد أتَينا

O faultfinder, blame someone other

O you who blame, why do you blame me for what I have done

than me for what we have done.

And command the obedient with scorn, though we refused

وأْمُرِ الطائعَ بالهَجْ

وأْمُرِ الطائعَ بالهَجْ

رِ فإنا قد أبَيْنا

رِ فإنا قد أبَيْنا

And bid the obedient one to keep away,

Do you see me demanding of a moon that lights up our faith

for we have refused.

The neighing of a lively steed that resembles a swaying branch

هل تراني أقتضي من

هل تراني أقتضي من

قمَرٍ يُزهِرُ دَيْنا

قمَرٍ يُزهِرُ دَيْنا

Do you see me demanding from

With a charming coquetry that walked above his charming cheeks

a shining moon repayment of a debt?

And enchanting eyelids that made us infatuated since we saw them

أهيفِ القدّ غريرٍ

أهيفِ القدّ غريرٍ

يُشبِهُ الغُصْنَ اللُجَيْنا

يُشبِهُ الغُصْنَ اللُجَيْنا

Slender of form and guileless,

We did not demand anything of him except that we determined

resembling a bough of silver;

And desolate lands the like of which we never saw

ذي عذارٍ قد مشى من

ذي عذارٍ قد مشى من

فوق خدّيْه الهُوينى

فوق خدّيْه الهُوينى

with cheek-down that has crept

We split them with curved blades that count hardship as ease

gently over his two cheeks;

And to the Preserver we turned those lands from far in the east

وجفونٍ ساحراتٍ

وجفونٍ ساحراتٍ

مذ رأيناها تَوينا

مذ رأيناها تَوينا

and bewitching eyelids—

To whom belongs the favor upon us, and to him belong our praises

since we saw them, we have perished.

Who is the revolutionist among the people when we speak

ما اقتضيْنا منه دَيناً

ما اقتضيْنا منه دَيناً

غيرَ أنّا قد قضَيْنا

غيرَ أنّا قد قضَيْنا

We have claimed no debt from him,

And al-Bukhari with the truth when he dictates to us

except that we ourselves have met our end.

And Ibn Idris in teaching what he said and we comprehend

وبلادٍ موحشاتٍ

وبلادٍ موحشاتٍ

مثلَها ما إن رأينا

مثلَها ما إن رأينا

And desolate lands,

And when he commands us in a matter we comply

the like of which we had never seen,

And when he forbids us from it we desist and become righteous

قد شقَقْناها بعَوْجا

قد شقَقْناها بعَوْجا

ءَ تَعدُّ الصّعْبَ هيْنا

ءَ تَعدُّ الصّعْبَ هيْنا

we have cut through on a lean she-camel

O friend, tell me, where on earth is his equal

that reckons hardship easy.

Restraining himself from wealth, truly not falsely we speak

والى الحافظِ تلك ال

والى الحافظِ تلك ال

أرضَ من شرقٍ طَوَينا

أرضَ من شرقٍ طَوَينا

And toward the Hafiz, that

From him burst forth twelve springs for the desolate lands

land we traversed from the east—

God has made him a cave and adornment for all mankind

مَنْ له الفضلُ علينا

مَنْ له الفضلُ علينا

وله الحُسْنى لدَينا

وله الحُسْنى لدَينا

he whose favor rests upon us,

So he can see in everyone who envies him a fault and disgrace

and whose goodness is with us;

من هو الثوري في النا

من هو الثوري في النا

سِ إذا قال رَوَيْنا

سِ إذا قال رَوَيْنا

he who is al-Thawri among

people: when he speaks, we transmit;

والبخاريّ مع الصّد

والبخاريّ مع الصّد

قِ متى أمليَ علَيْنا

قِ متى أمليَ علَيْنا

and al-Bukhari in truth,

whenever he dictates to us;

وابنُ إدريسَ لدى التد

وابنُ إدريسَ لدى التد

ريسِ ما قال وعَيْنا

ريسِ ما قال وعَيْنا

and Ibn Idris in

teaching: whatever he says, we retain.

وإذا حدّ لنا أم

وإذا حدّ لنا أم

راً الى الأمرِ جرَيْنا

راً الى الأمرِ جرَيْنا

And whenever he lays down for us an

order, we hasten to obey it;

ومتى ما قد نَهى عن

ومتى ما قد نَهى عن

هُ انتهَيْنا وارعَوَيْنا

هُ انتهَيْنا وارعَوَيْنا

and whenever he forbids

a thing, we desist and take heed.

أيها الصاحبُ قل لي

أيها الصاحبُ قل لي

مثلُه في الأرض أيْنا

مثلُه في الأرض أيْنا

O companion, tell me:

where on earth is his equal?

كفُّه بالمالِ حقاً

كفُّه بالمالِ حقاً

لا تقُلْ زوراً ومَيْنا

لا تقُلْ زوراً ومَيْنا

His hand, with wealth—in truth,

say no falsehood or lies—

للبرايا انْبجسَتْ من

للبرايا انْبجسَتْ من

ه اثنَتا عشرةَ عَينا

ه اثنَتا عشرةَ عَينا

for all creatures, there have gushed from

it twelve springs.

حاطهُ الله تعالى

حاطهُ الله تعالى

للورى كهفاً وزَيْنا

للورى كهفاً وزَيْنا

May God Most High guard him,

as a refuge and adornment for mankind,

كي يرى في كل من يحْ

كي يرى في كل من يحْ

سُدُه عيباً وشَيْنا

سُدُه عيباً وشَيْنا

so that he may see in everyone who

envies him a flaw and disgrace.