شُكْرِيmy gratitude لقُرْبِكfor your nearness واشْتِياقْand longing
شُكْرِي لقُرْبِك واشْتِياقْ
فَرَساtwo steeds رِهانٍa wager فيin سِباقْa race
فَرَسا رِهانٍ في سِباقْ
My gratitude for your nearness and my longing
My gratitude for your nearness and yearning
are two rival steeds in a race.
Like a horse betting in a race
هذاthis one يبوحُspeaks openly بهof it اللساthe tongue (continued next line)
هذا يبوحُ به اللسا
نcompletion of 'the tongue' وذاand that one يبوحspeaks openly بهof it المآقْthe corners of the eyes
ن وذا يبوح به المآقْ
The tongue reveals the one,
This the tongue expresses
and the corners of the eyes reveal the other.
And that the destiny expresses
ياO منone who إذاwhen لَدَغstung الزماTime (continued next line)
يا من إذا لَدَغ الزما
نcompletion of 'Time' وجدتُI found منfrom جَدْواهُhis bounty راقِa healer using charms
ن وجدتُ من جَدْواهُ راقِ
O you—when Time stings,
O you when time stings
I find in your bounty a healer versed in charms;
I found the cure for its sting
وإذاand when خضعتُI yielded لحادثٍto a calamity
وإذا خضعتُ لحادثٍ
حَلَّتloosened مكارمُهhis generous deeds وَثاقbonds
حَلَّت مكارمُه وَثاق
and when I bow beneath misfortune,
And when I surrendered to an accident
your generous deeds loosen my bonds.
Its virtues untangled
واللهِby God لاnot خِفْتُI feared الزماTime (continued next line)
واللهِ لا خِفْتُ الزما
نَcompletion of 'Time' ولاnor احتفلتُI paid heed بماto what أُلاقI encounter
نَ ولا احتفلتُ بما أُلاق
By God, I shall not fear Time,
By God, I neither feared time
nor heed what I encounter,
Nor cared for what I met
ماas long as دمتَyou remain ليfor me عِزّاa source of strength أَصوI charge (continued next line)
ما دمتَ لي عِزّا أَصو
لcompletion of 'I charge' بهwith it علىagainst الأيامِthe days باقenduring
ل به على الأيامِ باق
so long as you remain my strength, with which I charge
As long as you are my glory
against the days, while you endure.
With which I control the days lasting