تُرى حَبيبي نَسي العَهدَ إِذ

تُرى حَبيبي نَسي العَهدَ إِذ

فازَ وَأَبرى المَوتُ أَمراضهُ

فازَ وَأَبرى المَوتُ أَمراضهُ

I wonder—did my beloved forget the covenant when

I wonder, did my beloved forget the pledge when

My love, did you forget your promise when

I wonder, has my beloved forgotten the covenant since

he triumphed, and death cured his ailments?

he triumphed and death cured his ailments?

You triumphed and death cured its diseases?

He has triumphed, and death has healed his ailments?

لا يسلُ المُدرِكُ عَمَّن وَنى

لا يسلُ المُدرِكُ عَمَّن وَنى

خَلّى عِنانَ الصَعبِ أَم راضَهُ

خَلّى عِنانَ الصَعبِ أَم راضَهُ

He who reaches the goal does not forget one who faltered—

The one who reaches his goal does not ask after the one who faltered—

The pursuer does not ask about the one who turned away.

He who attains the goal asks not of the one who faltered,

whether he loosed the unruly steed’s rein or tamed it.

whether he let go of the unruly steed’s reins or tamed it.

Did you release the reins of hardship or please it?

Whether he cast aside the reins of the unruly steed or tamed it.

يا راحِلاً نَحوَ جَنى جَنَّةٍ

يا راحِلاً نَحوَ جَنى جَنَّةٍ

سَل لِأَبيكَ اللَه إِنهاضَهُ

سَل لِأَبيكَ اللَه إِنهاضَهُ

O you departing toward the fruits of Paradise,

O traveler toward the fruits of Paradise,

O you who travel to the gardens of Paradise,

O you who are departing toward the harvest of Paradise,

ask God to raise your father up.

ask God to lift your father up.

Ask Allah for your father to revive him.

Beseech God for your father, that He may grant him strength to rise;

غادَرَهُ الدَهرُ أَسيرَ الأَسى

غادَرَهُ الدَهرُ أَسيرَ الأَسى

وَكانَ فيكَ الخَيرُ إِن هاضَهُ

وَكانَ فيكَ الخَيرُ إِن هاضَهُ

Fate left him a prisoner of sorrow,

Time has left him a captive of sorrow,

Time left him prisoner of sorrow,

For Fate has left him behind, a prisoner of sorrow,

yet in you was consolation for him, if fate broke him.

and in you lay solace if it broke him.

And through you goodness revived him.

And in you lay the goodness to mend him, had he been broken.