ذو العَرشِ أَرجو بِعَفوِهِ أَن

ذو العَرشِ أَرجو بِعَفوِهِ أَن

أَسكُن طوبى وَأَنتَ جاري

أَسكُن طوبى وَأَنتَ جاري

Through the pardon of the Lord of the Throne, I hope to

The Lord of the Throne, I hope for His pardon

I hope, through the pardon of the Lord of the Throne,

dwell in Tuba, with you as my neighbor.

That I may dwell in bliss while you are my neighbor

To dwell in Tuba while you are my neighbor.

ريحانَةَ النَفسِ كَيفَ أَنسى

ريحانَةَ النَفسِ كَيفَ أَنسى

وَقَد خَلَت مِن سَناكَ داري

وَقَد خَلَت مِن سَناكَ داري

Sweet basil of my soul, how can I forget,

The comfort of the soul, how can I forget

O basil of my soul, how can I forget,

when my home is empty of your radiance?

While your home has parted from mine

When my home has become empty of your light?

رَجَوتُ بُقياكَ لِلمَعالي

رَجَوتُ بُقياكَ لِلمَعالي

وَاِختارَكَ اللَهُ بِاِضطراري

وَاِختارَكَ اللَهُ بِاِضطراري

I hoped you would live on for noble achievements,

I hoped for your survival for great things

I hoped you would remain to reach noble heights,

and God chose you against my will.

And God chose you through my constraint

But God chose you, and I was compelled to accept.

رَماكَ سَهمُ الرَدى فَأَصمى

رَماكَ سَهمُ الرَدى فَأَصمى

بِهِ شمسُ الدَراري

بِهِ شمسُ الدَراري

Death's arrow struck you, slaying outright

The arrow of fate struck you blind

The arrow of death struck you and pierced deep,

with it the sun of the radiant stars.

Thereby the sun of the abodes

Bringing down the sun of the shining stars.

رَشدتَ قَبلَ اِكتِمالِ عَشرٍ

رَشدتَ قَبلَ اِكتِمالِ عَشرٍ

وَاِزدَنت بِالحِلمِ وَالوقارِ

وَاِزدَنت بِالحِلمِ وَالوقارِ

You grew wise before completing ten years,

You were rightly guided before the age of ten

You grew wise before completing ten years,

and were adorned with forbearance and dignity.

And grew in wisdom and dignity

And were adorned with prudence and dignity.

رَهينُ حُزنٍ أَبوكَ حَتّى

رَهينُ حُزنٍ أَبوكَ حَتّى

يَلقاكَ في مَنزِلِ القَرارِ

يَلقاكَ في مَنزِلِ القَرارِ

Your father is captive to grief until

Your father remains afflicted with sorrow

Your father remains a hostage to sorrow until

he meets you in the abode of lasting rest.

Until he meets you in the abode of settlement

He meets you in the Abode of Eternity.

رَثى وَبَكّى فَقالَ قَومٌ

رَثى وَبَكّى فَقالَ قَومٌ

أَمَدَّهُ لُؤلُؤُ البِحارِ

أَمَدَّهُ لُؤلُؤُ البِحارِ

He lamented and moved others to tears; then some said:

A people eulogized and wept and said

He mourned and wept until the people asked,

“The pearls of the seas have supplied him.”

He was succored by the pearls of the seas

"Have the pearls of the seas supplied his tears?"

رَثَّ جَديدُ الصِبا وَآضَت

رَثَّ جَديدُ الصِبا وَآضَت

كافورَةً مسكَةُ العذارِ

كافورَةً مسكَةُ العذارِ

Youth's freshness grew threadbare, and what became

The youthful east wind wept

The newness of youth has worn away, and transformed

camphor was the musk of my cheek-down.

Like ambergris musk of virgins

Is the musk of dark locks into camphor white.

رُزِئتُ في نَرجسي وَآسي

رُزِئتُ في نَرجسي وَآسي

وَياسَميني وَجُلَّناري

وَياسَميني وَجُلَّناري

I was bereaved of my narcissus and my myrtle,

I was ridiculed for my narcissus, my myrtle,

I have been stricken in my narcissus and myrtle,

and my jasmine and my pomegranate blossom.

And my jasmine and pomegranate tree

In my jasmine and my pomegranate blossom.

رَفَّهتَني ثُمَّ سمت نَفسي

رَفَّهتَني ثُمَّ سمت نَفسي

يا جَنَّتي كَيفَ صِرت ناري

يا جَنَّتي كَيفَ صِرت ناري

You gave me ease, then tormented my soul.

You indulged me then my soul narrowed,

You brought me ease, then burdened my soul;

O my paradise, how did you become my fire?

Oh my garden, how you became my fire

O my paradise, how have you become my fire?

رَيّاكَ مِسكُ الشَبابُ عِندي

رَيّاكَ مِسكُ الشَبابُ عِندي

إِذ كُنتُ مُستَطرِفَ الثِمارِ

إِذ كُنتُ مُستَطرِفَ الثِمارِ

Your fragrance was the musk of youth to me,

I viewed you as the wine of youth with me

Your scent remains the musk of youth to me,

when I found the fruits a fresh delight.

When I was reveling in fruits

From the time I sought to gather fresh fruit.

رُقتُ فَلَمّا دَنا قطافٌ

رُقتُ فَلَمّا دَنا قطافٌ

زُلتُ وَلَم يُغنِني حَذاري

زُلتُ وَلَم يُغنِني حَذاري

I grew lovely; then, when the harvest drew near,

I swayed and when the harvest came near

You were pleasing, but when the harvest drew near,

I vanished, and my caution availed me nothing.

I stumbled and my caution did not avail me

You vanished, and my caution availed me nothing.

رَبِّ وَما لي سِواكَ رَبٌّ

رَبِّ وَما لي سِواكَ رَبٌّ

ردَّ رُقادي أَقل عثاري

ردَّ رُقادي أَقل عثاري

My Lord—and I have no lord but You—

O Lord, and I have no lord but You

My Lord—and I have no Lord but You—

restore my sleep; pardon my stumbles.

Return my slumberers reduce my loss

Restore my slumber and forgive my stumbling.

ردَّ رُقادي وَنَجِّ إِنّي

ردَّ رُقادي وَنَجِّ إِنّي

غَرِقتُ في الأَدمُعِ الغِزارِ

غَرِقتُ في الأَدمُعِ الغِزارِ

Restore my sleep and save me, for I

Return my slumberers and deliver me

Restore my slumber and save me, for I

have drowned in copious tears.

I have drowned in copious tears

Have drowned in a deluge of tears.

رقَّت وَكادَت تَذوبُ نَفسي

رقَّت وَكادَت تَذوبُ نَفسي

فَقَوِّ عَزمي بِالاِصطِبارِ

فَقَوِّ عَزمي بِالاِصطِبارِ

My soul has grown frail and almost melted away;

My soul almost melted and disintegrated

My soul has grown frail and nearly melts away,

so strengthen my resolve through patient endurance.

So strengthen my resolve with patience

So strengthen my resolve with patience.