ذكرت يا صاح الورق

ذكرت يا صاح الورق

أيامنا الماضية في زرود

أيامنا الماضية في زرود

The doves, my friend, called to mind

You reminded me, O friend of paper,

Our bygone days in Zarud.

Of our past days in Zaroud,

فكم بعرصاتها الأنق

فكم بعرصاتها الأنق

من طيب عيش وخود خرود

من طيب عيش وخود خرود

And how much its lovely grounds offered—

How pleasant was our life there,

Sweet living and a lovely, bashful maiden!

Full of comfort and tranquility.

وهل سليمى لنا تبقى

وهل سليمى لنا تبقى

ما نعهده أو بوصل تجود

ما نعهده أو بوصل تجود

And will Sulayma preserve for us

Will our gatherings remain as we knew them,

What we have known, or generously grant union?

Filled with generosity and friendship?

يزول همي معا قلقي

يزول همي معا قلقي

ويحلو القرب بعد الصدود

ويحلو القرب بعد الصدود

My sorrow and my anxiety vanish together,

My worries and restlessness will vanish

And closeness grows sweet after rejection.

When we reunite after separation.

لِلّه ما بي من الأشواق

لِلّه ما بي من الأشواق

لو حلّ بالشمّ عادت رمال

لو حلّ بالشمّ عادت رمال

By God, what longing fills me!

I long for my loved ones,

Were it to settle on lofty mountains, they would turn to sand.

If they were to return, the sands would sing,

ما تغنى الكتب والأوراق

ما تغنى الكتب والأوراق

فما شفا الصبّ إلا الوصال

فما شفا الصبّ إلا الوصال

Books and pages bring no relief,

Books and pages cannot cure

For nothing heals the lovesick except union

A longing heart but through reunion.

بفاتر النعس الأحداق

بفاتر النعس الأحداق

باهي المحيا بديع الجمال

باهي المحيا بديع الجمال

With one whose eyes are languid with drowsiness,

With languid, sleepy eyes,

Radiant of face, exquisite in beauty,

Yet a radiant, beautiful face,

كأنه البدر في غسق

كأنه البدر في غسق

أثبت جعد ذوائبه سود

أثبت جعد ذوائبه سود

As though he were the full moon in darkness,

He looked like the full moon in dusk,

Firmly set [wording unclear], curly-haired, his tresses black.

His black curls cascading down.

وكم في الدهر من نفحات

وكم في الدهر من نفحات

لربنا ضدّ ما في الظنون

لربنا ضدّ ما في الظنون

And how many breaths of grace the ages hold,

Through time, there were many breeze-like moments

From our Lord, contrary to our expectations!

That went against what we assumed,

ويذهب الهمّ والحسرات

ويذهب الهمّ والحسرات

وبالتلاقي تقرّ العيون

وبالتلاقي تقرّ العيون

And sorrow and regrets vanish,

Worries and regrets would disappear

And through reunion, eyes find joy.

When eyes meet again in joy.

ويرجع اللَه ما قد فات

ويرجع اللَه ما قد فات

خلاف ما يوهم الواهمون

خلاف ما يوهم الواهمون

And God restores what has been lost,

What was lost, God will restore,

Contrary to what the deluded suggest.

Unlike what the deluded imagine.

فاللَه ذو الفضل والرزق

فاللَه ذو الفضل والرزق

وجوده قد علا كل جود

وجوده قد علا كل جود

For God possesses bounty and sustenance,

God has endless grace and bounty,

And His generosity has surpassed all generosity.

His generosity transcends all.

ونسأل اللَه ذو الرحمه

ونسأل اللَه ذو الرحمه

يبقى لنا ناصر في مزيد

يبقى لنا ناصر في مزيد

And we ask God, Lord of mercy,

We pray to Merciful God,

That Nasir remain with us in growing abundance,

To remain our helper and benefactor,

مع طول عمر وفي نعمه

مع طول عمر وفي نعمه

وصفو عيش رغيد سعيد

وصفو عيش رغيد سعيد

With a long life and in blessing,

Granting long life and prosperity,

And the serenity of a comfortable, happy life.

A pleasant, happy, carefree existence.

ان المكارم له جمه

ان المكارم له جمه

فاعطه ربنا ما يريد

فاعطه ربنا ما يريد

Indeed, his noble deeds are abundant,

For generosity flows from Him,

So grant him, our Lord, what he desires.

So may He grant all that one desires.

واختم صلاة ملء الافق

واختم صلاة ملء الافق

على النبيّ كل حين تعود

على النبيّ كل حين تعود

And conclude with a blessing filling the horizon,

I conclude my prayer filling the horizon,

Upon the Prophet, renewed at every moment.

Blessing the Prophet again and again.