إِلياسُ كُن في ضَمانِ اللَهِ وَالذِمَمِ

إِلياسُ كُن في ضَمانِ اللَهِ وَالذِمَمِ

ذا مُهجَةٍ عَن مُلِمّاتِ النَوى حَرَمِ

ذا مُهجَةٍ عَن مُلِمّاتِ النَوى حَرَمِ

Ilyas, abide in God’s protection and the shelter of sacred pledges;

Ilyas, be in God's keeping and under pledges of protection,

O possessor of a precious life, inviolate from separation’s calamities.

with a soul inviolate against separation's calamities.

سَلامَةً لَكَ لا تَهتاجُ نَضرَتُها

سَلامَةً لَكَ لا تَهتاجُ نَضرَتُها

وَدَعدَعاً وَلَعاً في النَعلِ وَالقَدَمِ

وَدَعدَعاً وَلَعاً في النَعلِ وَالقَدَمِ

May health be yours, its bloom never disturbed—

May you have health whose bloom remains untroubled,

no cry of “Stumble!” or “Rise!” over sandal or foot.

and let 'stay fallen!' and 'rise again!' concern only shoe and foot.

اللَهُ عافاكَ مِنها عِلَّةً عَرَضاً

اللَهُ عافاكَ مِنها عِلَّةً عَرَضاً

لَم تُنحِ أَظفارَها مِن سَقَمِ

لَم تُنحِ أَظفارَها مِن سَقَمِ

God has healed you of it—an illness that befell you,

God healed you of it—a passing illness

whose claws never struck with the force of true sickness.

whose claws had inflicted no sickness.

تَكَشَّفَت هَبَواتُ الثَغرِ مُذ كَشَفَت

تَكَشَّفَت هَبَواتُ الثَغرِ مُذ كَشَفَت

آلاءُ رَبِّكَ ما اِستَشعَرتَ مِن سَقَمِ

آلاءُ رَبِّكَ ما اِستَشعَرتَ مِن سَقَمِ

The frontier’s dust-clouds cleared from the moment

The frontier's dust clouds cleared when

your Lord’s favors dispelled the sickness you felt within.

your Lord's blessings lifted the sickness you had felt.

فَإِن يَكُن وَصَبٌ عايَنتَ سَورَتَهُ

فَإِن يَكُن وَصَبٌ عايَنتَ سَورَتَهُ

فَالوِردُ حِلفٌ لِلَيثِ الغابَةِ الأَضِمِ

فَالوِردُ حِلفٌ لِلَيثِ الغابَةِ الأَضِمِ

And if there was a lingering ache whose violence you endured,

So if there was sickness whose fury you witnessed,

recurring fever is the fierce lion of the thicket’s sworn companion.

fever is a sworn ally of the wrathful forest lion.

إِنَّ الرِياحَ إِذا ما أَعصَفَت قَصَفَت

إِنَّ الرِياحَ إِذا ما أَعصَفَت قَصَفَت

عيدانَ نَجدٍ وَلَم يَعبَأنَ بِالرَتَمِ

عيدانَ نَجدٍ وَلَم يَعبَأنَ بِالرَتَمِ

Indeed, when the winds rage at full force, they snap

Indeed, when the winds blow fiercely, they shatter

the boughs of Najd, paying no heed to the broom shrub.

Najd's boughs, yet pay no heed to broom shrubs.

بَناتُ نَعشٍ وَنَعشٌ لا كُسوفَ لَها

بَناتُ نَعشٍ وَنَعشٌ لا كُسوفَ لَها

وَالشَمسُ وَالبَدرُ مِنهُ الدَهرَ في الرَقِمِ

وَالشَمسُ وَالبَدرُ مِنهُ الدَهرَ في الرَقِمِ

The Daughters of the Bier—and the Bier itself—suffer no eclipse;

The Daughters of Naʿsh and Naʿsh itself know no eclipse,

yet the sun and full moon are forever entered on its register.

while the sun and full moon are ever in peril from it.

وَالحادِثاتُ عَدُوُّ الأَكرَمينَ فَما

وَالحادِثاتُ عَدُوُّ الأَكرَمينَ فَما

تَعتامُ إِلّا اِمرَاً يَشفى مِنَ القَرَمِ

تَعتامُ إِلّا اِمرَاً يَشفى مِنَ القَرَمِ

Calamities are the enemy of the noblest, and therefore

And calamities are the noblest men's enemy, so they

they choose none but a man who can sate ravenous hunger.

choose only a man who satisfies their craving for flesh.

فَليَهنَكَ الأَجرُ وَالنُعمى الَّتي عَظُمَت

فَليَهنَكَ الأَجرُ وَالنُعمى الَّتي عَظُمَت

حَتّى جَلَت صَدَأَ الصَمصامَةِ الخَذِمِ

حَتّى جَلَت صَدَأَ الصَمصامَةِ الخَذِمِ

May the reward and the blessing that grew so great gladden you,

May the reward gladden you, and the blessing that grew so great

until it polished the rust from the keen al-Ṣamṣāma blade.

that it polished the rust from the keen, cleaving sword.

قَد يُنعِمُ اللَهُ بِالبَلوى وَإِن عَظُمَت

قَد يُنعِمُ اللَهُ بِالبَلوى وَإِن عَظُمَت

وَيَبتَلي اللَهُ بَعضَ القَومِ بِالنِعَمِ

وَيَبتَلي اللَهُ بَعضَ القَومِ بِالنِعَمِ

God may bestow grace through affliction, however severe,

God may bestow blessings through affliction, however great,

and God may test some people with blessings.

and God tests some people with blessings.