لَم تَعرُ جِسمَكَ عِلَّةٌ بَل صِحَّةٌ

لَم تَعرُ جِسمَكَ عِلَّةٌ بَل صِحَّةٌ

خَلَعَت عَلَيكَ نُضارَها لِلناظِرِ

خَلَعَت عَلَيكَ نُضارَها لِلناظِرِ

No illness has afflicted your body; rather, health

Your body knew no illness, only health

Has robed you in its gold for the beholder.

Which cast its radiance upon you for all to see

مَن عابَ صُفرَتَهُ عَلَيكَ فَقُل لَهُ

مَن عابَ صُفرَتَهُ عَلَيكَ فَقُل لَهُ

أَيَكونُ أَشرَفُ مِن شِعارِ الناصِرِ

أَيَكونُ أَشرَفُ مِن شِعارِ الناصِرِ

Whoever faults you for its yellow hue, tell him:

If one finds fault with your paleness, say to him

Can anything be nobler than al-Nasir’s emblem?

Can there be anything nobler than the banner of An-Nasir?

إِن كانَ مُلتَهِباً فَذاكَ لِطولِ ما

إِن كانَ مُلتَهِباً فَذاكَ لِطولِ ما

أَلِفَ الإِقامَةَ في غَليلِ خَواطِري

أَلِفَ الإِقامَةَ في غَليلِ خَواطِري

If it is aflame, that is because of how long

If flushed, it is from the length of time

It has been accustomed to dwelling in the burning thirst of my thoughts.

It has grown used to residing in my passionate thoughts

عَرَقٌ جَرى نَهراً مُحَيّاهُ بِهِ

عَرَقٌ جَرى نَهراً مُحَيّاهُ بِهِ

كَصَحيفَةٍ قَد أُلقِيَت في كافِرِ

كَصَحيفَةٍ قَد أُلقِيَت في كافِرِ

Sweat flowed like a river, making his face

Sweat that flowed as a river, revived by it

Like a sheet of paper cast into a mighty river.

Like a parchment cast into the hands of an infidel

أَسُمَيرَةٌ مَسَّتهُ مِنها بِالأَذى

أَسُمَيرَةٌ مَسَّتهُ مِنها بِالأَذى

إِيّاكِ عَنهُ فَلا مَساسَ لِسامِري

إِيّاكِ عَنهُ فَلا مَساسَ لِسامِري

Has Sumayra touched him, bringing him harm?

A night journey that harmed it

Keep away from him—no touching for a Samiri!

Beware of it, let no touch of an obstinate one come upon it