أَبَتْ جَمْرَةٌ مِنْ شَوْقِ حَمْزَةَ تَفْتُرُ

أَبَتْ جَمْرَةٌ مِنْ شَوْقِ حَمْزَةَ تَفْتُرُ

أَمَا فِي اللِّقَا مِنْ خَمْرَةٍٍ مِنْهُ تُنْشَرُ

أَمَا فِي اللِّقَا مِنْ خَمْرَةٍٍ مِنْهُ تُنْشَرُ

An ember of longing for Hamza refuses to cool.

The embers of Hamzah's love will not cool in my heart

An ember of Hamza's yearning refuses to cool,

Is there not, in reunion, a wine that spreads from him?

Will his wine not grant me the joy of union?

Is there not in our meeting an intoxicating wine diffused from him?

أُحَمِّلُ أَنْفَاسَ الدَّبُورِِ تَحِيَّةً

أُحَمِّلُ أَنْفَاسَ الدَّبُورِِ تَحِيَّةً

تُلَطِّفُهَا كاَلمِِْسْكِ بَلْ هِيَ أَعْطَرُ

تُلَطِّفُهَا كاَلمِِْسْكِ بَلْ هِيَ أَعْطَرُ

I charge the breaths of the west wind with a greeting

I send the returning caravans greetings scented

I entrust the breaths of the west wind with a greeting,

that sweetens them like musk—nay, it is more fragrant—

with musk - nay, more fragrant than musk -

That softens it like musk—nay, it is even more fragrant,

لِخِلِّي ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ مَنْ بِكَمَالِهِ

لِخِلِّي ابْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ مَنْ بِكَمَالِهِ

وَأَوْصَافِهِ بُرْدُ الْمَعَالِي مُحَبَّرُ

وَأَوْصَافِهِ بُرْدُ الْمَعَالِي مُحَبَّرُ

for my dear friend Ibn Abd Allah, through whose perfection

For my friend the son of Abdullah, whose perfection

For my close friend Ibn 'Abd Allah, he whose perfection

and qualities the mantle of eminence is richly embroidered.

and noble traits humble the heights

And noble traits beautifully adorn the cloak of eminence.

وَأَقْوَالُهُ دُرٌّ لَدَيْنَا مُنَظَّمٌ

وَأَقْوَالُهُ دُرٌّ لَدَيْنَا مُنَظَّمٌ

وَأَخْلاَقُهُ مِسْكٌ أَحَمُّ وَعَنْبَرُ

وَأَخْلاَقُهُ مِسْكٌ أَحَمُّ وَعَنْبَرُ

And his words are, to us, pearls strung together;

Whose words are to me strung pearls, well-ordered

His words are perfectly strung pearls unto us,

and his character is jet-black musk and ambergris.

And whose nature is musk, heated, ambergris

And his character is dark musk and ambergris.