نحنwe الحمامthe doves وجودكand your bounty الأطواقthe collars
نحن الحمام وجودك الأطواق
فارفقso be gentle فحملfor the burden of نداكyour bounty ليسis not يطاقُbearable
فارفق فحمل نداك ليس يطاقُ
We are the doves, and your bounty the collars;
We are the doves, and your existence is the rings
so be gentle: the burden of your bounty cannot be borne.
So be gentle, your hand's grip is unbearable
ياO خيرbest of منthose who حديثwere driven (apparently حُدِيَتْ) إلىto أبوابهhis gates
يا خير من حديث إلى أبوابه
كومhigh-humped camels براهاwore them lean الوخدswift striding والأعناقُand rapid pacing
كوم براها الوخد والأعناقُ
O best of those to whose gates were driven
O best of those whose talk is towards his doors
high-humped camels, worn lean by swift strides and rapid pacing!
Mounts of musk piled up and necks bent
أيهاO بهاءBaha (splendor) الدينal-Din (of the faith) ياO ملكاking زكتflourished
أيها بهاء الدين يا ملكا زكت
منهfrom him الخلالthe virtues وطابتand were noble الأعراقُthe ancestral lines
منه الخلال وطابت الأعراقُ
O Baha al-Din, O king, in whom have flourished
O Bahauddin, o rightful king
the virtues, and whose ancestry is noble!
Whose lineage is pure and veins purified
أنتyou الذيthe one who تبدوappear فتخشعand so grow humble هيبةin awe
أنت الذي تبدو فتخشع هيبة
مناwithin us القلوبthe hearts وتخضعand bow الأعناقُthe necks
منا القلوب وتخضع الأعناقُ
You are the one who appears, and in awe
You who appears inspiring awe
our hearts grow humble and our necks bow.
In our hearts and necks bowed in humility
أنتyou الذيthe one who فاقsurpassed الكرامthe generous سماحةin generosity
أنت الذي فاق الكرام سماحة
فبذكرهso at his mention تتجملgrow beautiful الآفاقthe horizons
فبذكره تتجمل الآفاق
You are the one who surpassed the generous in openhandedness;
You who surpassed the generous in nobility
so his very mention adorns the horizons.
Thus remembered beautifying the horizons
فرباعهand his dwellings للقاصدينfor those seeking him فسيحةspacious
فرباعه للقاصدين فسيحة
وجفانهand his serving bowls للطارقينfor night visitors عماقُdeep
وجفانه للطارقين عماقُ
His dwellings are spacious for those who seek him,
Your courtyard is spacious for visitors
and his serving bowls are deep for night visitors.
And your brows lofty for those who knock
ذوpossessing صفحةa countenance ماnot إنemphatic particle تزالceases ببشرهاthrough its cheerfulness
ذو صفحة ما إن تزال ببشرها
تقوىgrow strong النفوسthe souls وتمسكand are sustained الأرماقُthe remnants of life
تقوى النفوس وتمسك الأرماقُ
His is a face whose cheerfulness never ceases
With a clemency that never recedes
to strengthen souls and sustain the remnants of life.
Souls empowered and hopes gripped
فسوىso anyone other than الذيthe one who يرجوhopes for سماحكyour generosity مخفقunsuccessful
فسوى الذي يرجو سماحك مخفق
يوماone day وغيرand other than فؤادهhis heart الخفاقُthe trembling one
يوما وغير فؤاده الخفاقُ
All but the one who hopes for your bounty will fail
Except one hoping for your grace, anxious
one day; the heart that trembles is not his.
His heart fluttering like a moth
ياO منone who يرقis tender لسائليهto his petitioners وفيand in الوغىbattle
يا من يرق لسائليه وفي الوغى
يقسوgrows stern ويصلبand grows unyielding والدماءwhile the blood تراقُis shed
يقسو ويصلب والدماء تراقُ
O one who is tender toward his petitioners, yet in battle
O you who is kind to your beseechers and in calamity
grows stern and unyielding while blood is shed!
Becomes harsh, rigid, with blood spilt
قدindeed كنتI used to أطرقvisit at night قبلbefore مدحكpraising you معشراa group of people
قد كنت أطرق قبل مدحك معشرا
واليومand today يغشىfrequent بأبيmy door (apparently بابي) الطراقُthe night visitors
واليوم يغشى بأبي الطراقُ
I used to call on people at night, before praising you;
I used to shy away from praising for a period
today the night visitors throng my door.
Today, my father's blindness covers me
فتهنso enjoy عيدكyour feast day وابقand live on ماas long as هبتblew صباan east wind
فتهن عيدك وابق ما هبت صبا
وصباand yearned إلىfor أحبابهhis loved ones مشتاقُa longing lover
وصبا إلى أحبابه مشتاقُ
So enjoy your feast day, and live on as long as the east wind blows
So congratulations on your feast, and remain as you granted O youth
and a longing lover yearns for those he loves.
And youthful towards his beloveds, yearning