1. أَعَن وَميضِ سَرى في حُندُس الظُلم

    أَم نِسمَة هاجَت الاِشواق من أضم

    Was it from a flash that passed by night through the deep gloom of darkness,

    or a breeze from Idam that stirred longing?

  2. فَجَدَّدَت لي عَهدا بِالغَرامِ مَضى

    وَشاقَني نَحو اِحبابي بِذي سِلم

    So it renewed for me a bygone bond of passionate love,

    and made me yearn for my loved ones at Dhu Salam.

  3. دَعا فُؤادي مِن بَعد السَلو اِلى

    ما كُنتُ أَعهد في قَلبي مِن القدم

    It called my heart, after forgetfulness, back to

    what I had known in my heart since long ago.

  4. وَهاجَني لِحَبيب عِشق مَنظَرَه

    يَمحو وَيُثبت ما يَهواه مِن عدمى

    And love of a beloved's appearance stirred me toward him;

    he erases and establishes whatever he desires from my nonbeing.

  5. يَمحو سَلوى كَما يَمحو اِساءَتِهِ

    حَسبي لَهُ فَعَذابي فيهِ كَالنَعيم

    He erases my forgetfulness, just as he erases his wrongdoing;

    he is enough for me, for my torment for him is like bliss.

  6. رامَ الوُشاةَ سَلوى عَن مَحَبَّتِهِ

    وَلَم أَوف لَهُم عَذلا وَلَم أَرُم

    The slanderers sought to make me forget my love for him;

    I did not satisfy them in their reproach, nor did I seek to.

  7. كَيفَ اِستَنار الجَوى يا مَن تَمَلَّكَني

    وَشاهد العِشق في العُشّاقِ كَالعِلم

    How did love's anguish become radiant, O you who possess me,

    when the evidence of love among lovers is like knowledge?

  8. فَيا لَهُ مُعرِضا عني وَمُعتَرِضا

    بَينَ الفَراغِ وَقَلبي وَهُو متهمى

    Ah, he turns away from me, yet interposes himself

    between leisure and my heart, while he is my accuser.

  9. حَسبي مِنَ الحُبِّ ما أَفضى اِلى تَلفى

    وَما لَقيتُ مِنَ الآلامِ وَالسَقمِ

    Enough of love for me is what has led to my ruin,

    and the pain and sickness I have suffered.

  10. أَنّى رَدَدت عَنانى عَن غِوايَتِه

    وَقُلتُ يا نَفس خلى باعِث النَدم

    How could I turn my reins away from its seduction

    and say, 'O soul, abandon what brings regret'?

  11. وَلَذَّت بِالمُصطَفى رَب الشَفاعَة اِذ

    يَدعو المُنادي فَتحي الناس من رحم

    And I sought refuge in the Chosen One, master of intercession, when

    the herald calls, and people come alive from a womb [wording uncertain].

  12. طه الَّذي قَد كَسا اِشراقَ بِعثَتِه

    وَجه الوُجودِ سَناء الرُشدِ وَالكَرَم

    Ta-Ha, the radiance of whose mission has clothed

    the face of existence in the splendor of guidance and generosity.

  13. طه الَّذي كللت انوا سنته

    تيجان أُمَّتِه فَضلا عَلى الامَم

    Ta-Ha, whose tradition's lights [incomplete wording] have crowned

    his community's crowns, in distinction above the nations.

  14. نِعم الحَبيب الَّذي من الرقيب بِهِ

    وَهُوَ القَريبُ لِراجى المَجدِ وَالنِعَم

    Excellent is the beloved whom the Watchful One bestowed,

    and he is near to whoever seeks glory and blessings.

  15. روحى الفِداء وَمن لي اِن كون لَهُ

    هذا الفِداء وَموجودى كَمُنعَدِم

    My soul is the ransom—but who can assure me it is his [wording uncertain],

    this ransom, when my very being is as nothing?

  16. وَما هِيَ الروحُ حَتّى أَفتَديهِ بِها

    وَهي البغاث يَغارُ الظُلمُ وَالظلم

    And what is the soul, that I should ransom him with it,

    while it is but a lowly bird; injustice and darkness grow jealous [wording unclear].

  17. وَالعُمرُ أَفنَت ثِقال الوُزر لمحته

    وَبَدَّدَتهُ صُروفُ الدَهرِ بِالتُّهَم

    And heavy burdens of sin have consumed life's fleeting moment,

    and time's vicissitudes scattered it amid accusations.

  18. أَينَ الرَشادُ الَّذي أَعدَدتُهُ لِغَد

    غَويت عَنهُ فَزلت بِالهَوى قَدمى

    Where is the right guidance that I prepared for tomorrow?

    I strayed from it, and desire made my foot slip.

  19. من لي بترب رحاب لَو أَفوزُ بِها

    كَحلت عينا أَفاضَت دَمعُها بِدَم

    Who can grant me dust from those courtyards? If I attained it,

    I would line with it an eye that has poured out tears mingled with blood.

  20. من لي بِاِطلالِ بان عز مَنظَرِها

    تَسقى بَطَل من الآماق مُنسَجِم

    Who can grant me ruins by ban trees [reading uncertain], whose sight is precious,

    watered by drizzle streaming from the eyes' inner corners?

  21. تحط أَثقال وُزر لا تَقومُ بِها

    شَم الرَواسي من راس وَمُنهَدِم

    They shed burdens of sin that cannot be borne

    by towering, firmly rooted mountains, whether standing or fallen.

  22. فَكَم يَتبَع زَلال فاض من يَدِه

    أَروي الاِوام وَأَسقى مِنهُ كُل ظَمىء

    How much pure water follows, flowing from his hand;

    I quench burning thirst and give every thirsty one drink from it.

  23. وَالجذع أَن لَهُ من بَعدِهِ جزعا

    لما رَأى عَنهُ مَولى العرب وَالعُجم

    And the trunk groaned for him in anguish after his departure,

    when it saw the master of Arabs and non-Arabs away from it.

  24. لانَت لَهُ الصَخرَة الصَمّاءِ طالِعَة

    مُذ مَسَّها سَيِّدُ الكَونَينِ بِالقَدَم

    The solid rock softened for him as it rose,

    once the master of both worlds touched it with his foot.

  25. فَيا لَها مُعجِزات ما لَها عَدَد

    أَفلِها منا يَدا نار عَلى عَلم

    Ah, what miracles, beyond all counting!

    [Wording unclear:] ... from us, two hands, a fire upon a mountain.

  26. وَلا يُحيطُ بِهِ مَدحى وَلَو جَعَلت

    جَوارِحي أَلَسنا يَنطُقنَ بِالحُكمِ

    My praise cannot encompass him, even if I made

    my limbs into tongues that speak with wisdom.

  27. وَاِنَّما أَرتَجى مِن مَدحِهِ قبسا

    يَهدي الصِراطُ وَيَشفى الروحُ من أَلَم

    I hope only for a spark from praising him,

    to guide to the path and heal the soul of pain.

  28. وَكَيفَ لي بِاِتِّعاظِ النَفسَ آمِرَتي

    بِالسوءِ ناهيتي عَن مَورِدِ النِعَم

    And how can I bring my soul to heed admonition, when it commands me

    to evil and keeps me from the wellspring of blessings?

  29. فَما اِلتِماسي عَن خَيرِ يَقرُبُني

    زُلفى السَعيم وَلا تَسقى بِمُنتَظِم

    So my quest for good that would bring me closer

    to [unclear word] is not orderly, nor is the giving of drink [wording unclear].

  30. لكِن لي أُسوَةأَشفى بِها وَصَبي

    حُسن اِرتِباطي بِحَبلِ غَير مُنفَصِم

    But I have an example through which I heal my affliction:

    the beauty of my attachment to a rope that cannot break.

  31. وَمِنَّةُ اللَهِ دين وَصفِهِ قيم

    بِحُجَّتي اِن أَخَف يَومَ اللُقا يقم

    And God's favor is a faith described as upright [wording uncertain];

    it will uphold my plea if I fear on the day of meeting.

  32. وَما سِوى فوزكوني بَعضُ أُمَّتِه

    ذُخرا أَفوزُ بِهِ مِنَ زلة الوَصم

    And beyond the triumph of belonging to his community, I have no

    treasure to save me from a fall into disgrace,

  33. اِلّا اِلتِماسي عَفوا بِالشَفاعَةِ لي

    مِن خاتِمِ الرُسُلِ خَيرُ الخَلقِ كُلُّهُم

    except my plea for pardon through intercession on my behalf

    from the Seal of the Messengers, the best of all creation.

  34. مَددت كَف الرَجا أَرجو مراحمه

    وَقَد حَلَّلت بِهِ في بَهرَة الحرم

    I stretched out the palm of hope, hoping for his mercies,

    and I have alighted through him in the heart of the sanctuary.

  35. أَقولُ حينَ أَوافى الحَشر في خَجل

    اِن الكَبائِرَ أَنسَت ذِكرَهُ اللِمَم

    I shall say, when I come to the Gathering in shame,

    indeed, grave sins have made the lesser faults forget his remembrance [wording unclear].

  36. يا خَيرُ من اِرتَجى اِن لَم تَكُن مَددى

    وَاِزلَتي يَومَ وَضع القِسطِ وَالدِمى

    O best of those in whom hope is placed, if you are not my aid,

    alas for my stumble on the day justice and effigies are set forth [wording unclear]!

  37. فَاِشفَع بِحُبِّ الَّذي أَنتَ الحَبيبُ لَهُ

    لَولاكَ ما أَبرَزَ الدُنيا مِنَ العَدَم

    So intercede, by the love of Him whose beloved you are;

    but for you, He would not have brought the world forth from nothing.

  38. عَلَيكَ أَزكى صَلاةُ اللَهِ ما اِفتُتِحَت

    أَدوارُ دَهر وَما وَلَّت بِمُختَتَمِ

    May God's purest blessing be upon you, as long as there begin

    cycles of time, and as long as they pass into their close.