شَغلتُ بسمعانِّي مروٍ مَسامعي

شَغلتُ بسمعانِّي مروٍ مَسامعي

فحزتُ المُنى من أَوحدِ العصرِ فَردِهِ

فحزتُ المُنى من أَوحدِ العصرِ فَردِهِ

I occupied my ears with the Samʿānī of Merv,

I occupied my hearing with a flowing spring,

and so attained my wishes from the age’s peerless one, its matchless man.

So I obtained wishes from the Unique of the Age and its match.

وأُلبستُ زيّاً من نسائجِ وَشيِهِ

وأُلبستُ زيّاً من نسائجِ وَشيِهِ

وقُلِّدتُ سمطاً من جواهِرِ عقدِهِ

وقُلِّدتُ سمطاً من جواهِرِ عقدِهِ

And I was clothed in a garment woven from his brocade,

And I was clothed in a garment from the fabrics of its love,

and adorned with a necklace of jewels from his strand.

And I was adorned with a necklace from the jewels of its chain.

وسرَّحتُ منه الطرفَ في متواضعٍ

وسرَّحتُ منه الطرفَ في متواضعٍ

أتى نحوَهُ الجبّارُ وهْوَ ابنُ عَبْدِهِ

أتى نحوَهُ الجبّارُ وهْوَ ابنُ عَبْدِهِ

And in him I let my gaze roam over a humble man,

And from it I let my eyes roam freely in humility,

to whom the mighty one came, he being his slave’s son.

The Almighty came toward it while it is the son of His servant.

فباتَ عزيزَ العيشِ في بيتِ عزِّهِ

فباتَ عزيزَ العيشِ في بيتِ عزِّهِ

وظلَّ قريرَ العَينِ في ظلِّ مَجْدِهِ

وظلَّ قريرَ العَينِ في ظلِّ مَجْدِهِ

So he passed the night living in dignity, in the house of his honor,

So the dear life spent the night in the house of its glory,

and passed the day with eyes at peace, in the shade of his glory.

And it remained blissful and gratified in the shade of its magnificence.