مَوْلايَ شَمْسَ الدِّينِ يَا مَن ضَوْؤُهُ

مَوْلايَ شَمْسَ الدِّينِ يَا مَن ضَوْؤُهُ

بِخِلافِ ضَوْءِ الشَمْسِ يَشْفي الأرمَدا

بِخِلافِ ضَوْءِ الشَمْسِ يَشْفي الأرمَدا

My lord Shams al-Din—O you whose radiance,

My lord Shams al-Din, O you whose light

unlike the sun’s light, heals the sore-eyed—

unlike the sun’s light, heals the one with sore eyes.

وَكَّلْتُ عَيني بِالطَّرِيقِ لِمَوْعِدٍ

وَكَّلْتُ عَيني بِالطَّرِيقِ لِمَوْعِدٍ

قَدَّمْتُهُ لازِلْتَ تُنَجِزُ مَوْعِدا

قَدَّمْتُهُ لازِلْتَ تُنَجِزُ مَوْعِدا

I charged my eye to watch the road for a meeting

I charged my eye to watch the road for an appointment

I had arranged beforehand; may you ever keep an appointment.

I had arranged; may you never cease fulfilling a promise.

وَلَقَدْ جَلَبْتَ لَها الضِّياءَ بِهِمَّةٍ

وَلَقَدْ جَلَبْتَ لَها الضِّياءَ بِهِمَّةٍ

جَلَبَتْ لهَا مِن أَصْفَهانَ الإثْمِدا

جَلَبَتْ لهَا مِن أَصْفَهانَ الإثْمِدا

Indeed, with noble resolve you brought my eye illumination;

And indeed you brought it light with resolve

you brought it ithmid kohl from Isfahan.

that brought it antimony kohl from Isfahan.