صَلّى عَلَيكَ الإِلهُ رُحمى

صَلّى عَلَيكَ الإِلهُ رُحمى

ما أَنقَبَ الغَيهَبُ الرَميضُ

ما أَنقَبَ الغَيهَبُ الرَميضُ

May God bless you and enfold you in mercy,

May God bless you in mercy,

May God have mercy upon you, my solace

May God bestow His mercy upon you, as long as the glowing darkness breaks.

as long as the scorching darkness pierces through.

as long as the glowing darkness is pierced.

The gloomy abyss did not tire out

You were struck down—nay, my Lord's command was fulfilled; He restores with justice, or He breaks.

ضُرِبتَ بَل تَمّ أَمرُ رَبّي

ضُرِبتَ بَل تَمّ أَمرُ رَبّي

يَجبُرُ بِالعَدلِ أَو يَهيضُ

يَجبُرُ بِالعَدلِ أَو يَهيضُ

You were struck—but my Lord’s decree was fulfilled:

You were struck—rather, my Lord's decree was fulfilled;

You were struck, yet my Lord's command was fulfilled

He harmed you—nay, he harmed only himself, O my little beloved, that hateful, envious one.

He mends with justice, or He breaks.

He mends with justice, or breaks anew.

He remedies with justice or awakens

He wronged you in seclusion, yet in my presence he seized you, and the tragedy is now widely known.

ضَرَّكَ بَل ضَرَّ نَفسَهُ يا

ضَرَّكَ بَل ضَرَّ نَفسَهُ يا

حُبَيِّبي الحاسِدُ البَغيضُ

حُبَيِّبي الحاسِدُ البَغيضُ

The hateful, loathsome envier harmed you—

He harmed you—no, he harmed himself, O

It pained you, rather it pained himself, oh my

He wasted my right regarding you—may he cease to exist—deluded by his own broad frame.

rather, my darling, he harmed himself.

my little beloved—that hateful envier.

Beloved, the envious hated one

He harmed you—nay, your Lord has tested me, by causing your flourishing garden to wither.

ضامَكَ في خِلوَةٍ وَعِندي

ضامَكَ في خِلوَةٍ وَعِندي

ضَمَّكَ وَالأَمرُ مُستَفيضُ

ضَمَّكَ وَالأَمرُ مُستَفيضُ

He wronged you in seclusion, though in my eyes

He wronged you in private, yet in my presence

He blamed you in private and in my presence

You were stained with blood, then they turned to decay—your roses and the tender narcissus.

he merely clasped you—and the affair is widely known.

he embraced you, and the matter is widely known.

I supported you and the matter is evident

Your father, usually restraining his grief, cried out at what befell you, and his tears do not recede.

ضَيَّعَ لا كانَ فيكَ حَقّي

ضَيَّعَ لا كانَ فيكَ حَقّي

وَغَرَّهُ جِسمُهُ العَريضُ

وَغَرَّهُ جِسمُهُ العَريضُ

He squandered my rightful claim in you—may he cease to be—

He neglected my right concerning you—may he be no more!

He wasted not what was my right in you

A calamity has doubled his sorrows; every healthy part of him has become sick.

deluded by his broad physique.

And his broad body deluded him.

And his massive body deceived him

A blaze was kindled in his heart, stoked by flowing tears and by poetry.

ضَرَّكَ بَل رَبُّكَ اِبتَلاني

ضَرَّكَ بَل رَبُّكَ اِبتَلاني

بِأَن ذَوى رَوضُكَ الأَريضُ

بِأَن ذَوى رَوضُكَ الأَريضُ

He did not harm you; rather, your Lord afflicted me

He harmed you—no, your Lord tested me

It pained you, rather your Lord tested me

My morning is night until I see you, and the black hairs of my head have turned white for you.

by letting your luxuriant garden wither.

through the withering of your luxuriant garden.

By withering your verdant garden

I would have lost the way and betrayed our covenant, had my tears not continued to overflow.

ضُرِّجتَ ثُمَّ اِستَحالَ قَيحاً

ضُرِّجتَ ثُمَّ اِستَحالَ قَيحاً

وَردُكَ وَالنَرجَسُ الغَضيضُ

وَردُكَ وَالنَرجَسُ الغَضيضُ

You were drenched in blood; then, into pus

You were bloodied; then into pus were transformed

You were bloodied, then it turned into pus

I have pledged a noble loyalty from my soul, strong enough to rise with its heavy burdens.

your rose and your downcast narcissus turned.

your roses and the tender narcissus.

And your complexion and the bright narcissus

Frail of body yet strong of will, the hardships he tames submit before him.

ضَجَّ أَبوكَ الكَظيمُ مِمّا

ضَجَّ أَبوكَ الكَظيمُ مِمّا

نالَكَ وَالدَمعُ لا يَغيضُ

نالَكَ وَالدَمعُ لا يَغيضُ

Your grief-stifling father cried out at what

Your grief-choked father cried out at what

Your sorrowful father lamented what

The musk of my verse has wafted forth for you, and choking grief did not stand in its way.

befell you, while his tears never subside.

befell you, and the tears do not ebb.

Befell you and the tears do not cease

ضاعَفَ أَحزانَهُ بَلاءٌ

ضاعَفَ أَحزانَهُ بَلاءٌ

كُلُّ صَحيحٍ لَهُ مَريضُ

كُلُّ صَحيحٍ لَهُ مَريضُ

An affliction doubled his sorrows:

An affliction redoubled his sorrows:

A affliction multiplied his sorrows for every

every healthy person has someone ill.

every healthy man is sick because of it.

Healthy person has a sick person

ضَرَّمتُ في قَلبِهِ وَهيجاً

ضَرَّمتُ في قَلبِهِ وَهيجاً

يَهيجُهُ الدَمعُ وَالقَريضُ

يَهيجُهُ الدَمعُ وَالقَريضُ

I kindled a blaze within his heart,

I kindled a blaze within his heart,

I sketched in his heart passion

stirred by tears and poetry.

which tears and verse inflame.

That passion that tears and poetry ignite

ضُحايَ حَتّى أَراكَ لَيلٌ

ضُحايَ حَتّى أَراكَ لَيلٌ

وَسودُ رَأسي عَلَيكَ بيضُ

وَسودُ رَأسي عَلَيكَ بيضُ

My daylight is night until I see you,

My morning is night until I see you;

My morning shone until I see you, a night

and my head’s black hairs have whitened over you.

and my head's black hairs are white with grief for you.

And my black hair above you is white

ضَللتُ سُبلاً وَخُنتُ عَهداً

ضَللتُ سُبلاً وَخُنتُ عَهداً

إِن لَم تَبِت عبرَتي تَفيضُ

إِن لَم تَبِت عبرَتي تَفيضُ

I have strayed from the paths and betrayed a covenant

I have strayed from the paths and betrayed a pledge,

I missed paths and betrayed a promise

if my tears do not spend the night overflowing.

if my tears do not overflow throughout the night.

If my lesson did not abundantly flow

ضَمَّنتُ مِنّي الوَفاء حُرّاً

ضَمَّنتُ مِنّي الوَفاء حُرّاً

لَهُ بِأَعبائِهِ نُهوضُ

لَهُ بِأَعبائِهِ نُهوضُ

I pledged a free man—myself—to faithfulness,

I have charged my noble self with fidelity,

I sheltered loyalty to it freely

one able to rise beneath its burdens:

one who rises to shoulder its burdens:

To it with its responsibilities I rise

ضَعيفُ جِسمٍ قَوِيُّ عَزم

ضَعيفُ جِسمٍ قَوِيُّ عَزم

تَعنو الصِعابُ الّتي يَروضُ

تَعنو الصِعابُ الّتي يَروضُ

frail in body, mighty in resolve;

frail of body, strong of resolve,

A weak body, strong determination

the hardships he tames bow before him.

the hardships he tames bow before him.

Defies the difficulties it trains

ضاعَ لَكَ المِسكُ مِن قَريضي

ضاعَ لَكَ المِسكُ مِن قَريضي

وَلَم يَحل دونَهُ الجَريضُ

وَلَم يَحل دونَهُ الجَريضُ

For you, the musk of my verse spread abroad,

Musk wafted for you from my verse,

Your musk was lost from my poetry

and choking grief did not stand in its way.

and choking grief did not stand in its way.

And the veil did not prevent it