من لي بقلبٍ أستميحُهْ

من لي بقلبٍ أستميحُهْ

حبّاً فيطربني مديحُهْ

حبّاً فيطربني مديحُهْ

Who will give me a heart from which I may beg

Who can lend me a heart to which I profess

love, so that its praise may enrapture me?

My love, so that its praise may delight me,

وتعيرني ريح الصبا

وتعيرني ريح الصبا

نشراً ينم إلي ريحه

نشراً ينم إلي ريحه

And the east wind lends me

And the breeze of morning blows to me

a fragrance whose scent reveals itself to me,

Its fragrance, filling me with joy,

ويهزني طرباً كأن

ويهزني طرباً كأن

نَ غبوقه عندي صبوحه

نَ غبوقه عندي صبوحه

and stirs me with rapture, as though

As if its rapture in the early dawn were with me.

his evening draught were, to me, his morning draught,

Longing for the one who wounded my heart

شوقاً لمن جرح القلو

شوقاً لمن جرح القلو

ب بعشقه وأنا جريحه

ب بعشقه وأنا جريحه

in longing for him who wounded hearts

With his love, while I remain his wounded one.

with love for him—and I am his wounded one.

Let it go, my reproacher, for I have

دع يا عذولي إن لي

دع يا عذولي إن لي

قلباً يذوب فمن يريحه

قلباً يذوب فمن يريحه

Desist, O my reproacher, for I have

A heart that melts, so who can comfort it

a heart that melts; who can soothe it

Except the Most High Refuge, the Most Beautiful forever.

إلّا الملاذ الملتجا

إلّا الملاذ الملتجا

ومليحه أبداً مليحه

ومليحه أبداً مليحه

but the refuge to whom one turns?

O Peter, the exalted and most noble,

And his lovely one is forever his lovely one.

With his vast and spacious dignity.

يا بطرس السامي الذرى

يا بطرس السامي الذرى

وجنابه رحبٌ فسيحه

وجنابه رحبٌ فسيحه

O Peter, exalted in your heights,

O rock of faith, speak,

whose precinct has a broad expanse!

For who can violate the rock?

يا صخرة الإيمان قل

يا صخرة الإيمان قل

والصخر من ذا يستبيحه

والصخر من ذا يستبيحه

O rock of faith, speak—

He illuminated the world with good tidings

and who can violate the rock?

And spread its fragrance throughout the universe.

وأنارَ بالبشرى الورى

وأنارَ بالبشرى الورى

وأجالها في الكون ريحه

وأجالها في الكون ريحه

And he illumined humankind with the good news,

The Teacher suddenly denied

and his wind carried it through the universe.

And turned back weeping in sadness.

جحد المعلم بغتةً

جحد المعلم بغتةً

وارتد في وعيٍ ينوحه

وارتد في وعيٍ ينوحه

He suddenly denied the Teacher,

So his denial benefited us

and turned back in awareness, lamenting him.

With his evident, exposed weeping.

فأفادنا بجحوده

فأفادنا بجحوده

وبنَوحه البادي صريحه

وبنَوحه البادي صريحه

Thus he benefited us through his denial

Be not surprised at what transpired,

and through his lamentation, whose candor was plain.

For who can move the rock against its will?

لا تعجبوا مما جرى

لا تعجبوا مما جرى

فالصخرُ مَن يقوى يزيحه

فالصخرُ مَن يقوى يزيحه

Do not marvel at what happened,

He took the absolute authority,

for whoever has strength can dislodge the rock.

And the truth cannot be obscured or concealed.

أخذ الرئاسة مطلقاً

أخذ الرئاسة مطلقاً

والحق لا يخفى وضوحه

والحق لا يخفى وضوحه

He received the headship outright,

The tongues of the world praised him,

and the truth's clarity cannot be hidden.

Adorned by his praise.

مدحته ألسنة الورى

مدحته ألسنة الورى

قد زانها منه مديحه

قد زانها منه مديحه

The tongues of humankind praised him;

From the era of Adam, his mention

the praise he inspired had adorned them.

Was in the first generations until the days of Noah.

من عهد آدم ذكره

من عهد آدم ذكره

في البِكر حتى جاء نُوحه

في البِكر حتى جاء نُوحه

From Adam's time, his mention was

They continued to the point

in the firstborn, until his Noah came.

When the Messiah came among them.

يتسلسلون لغايةٍ

يتسلسلون لغايةٍ

حتى أتى فيها مسيحه

حتى أتى فيها مسيحه

They followed in succession toward a goal,

His Master gave him authority

until his Messiah came within it.

And the caliphate which he desired.

أعطاه مولاه الولا

أعطاه مولاه الولا

ية والخلافة تستميحه

ية والخلافة تستميحه

His Lord gave him authority,

"Here are my keys, and whatever

and the succession seeks favors from him.

You order, I make permissible."

هذي مفاتيحي وما

هذي مفاتيحي وما

تأمرْ به فأنا أبيحه

تأمرْ به فأنا أبيحه

These are my keys, and whatever

You truly guide whomsoever is lost,

you command, I shall permit.

And you are his sincere advisor.

من ضل أنت هداؤه

من ضل أنت هداؤه

حقّاً وأنت له نصيحه

حقّاً وأنت له نصيحه

Whoever strays, you are his guide,

I will be among your fortunate caliphs,

truly, and you are his counselor.

And the disobedient one I will remove.

وأكون من خلفائك ال

وأكون من خلفائك ال

سعداء والعاصي أُزيحه

سعداء والعاصي أُزيحه

And I shall be among your successors, the

My Master, preserve my obedience

blessed ones, and I shall cast out the disobedient.

In its shade one day when I call out.

مولاي إحفظ طاعتي

مولاي إحفظ طاعتي

في ظله يوماً أَصيحه

في ظله يوماً أَصيحه

My lord, preserve my obedience;

This is my success, if I obey

beneath his shade, one day I shall cry to him.

Its laws, for I will be successful.

هذا نجاحي إن أطع

هذا نجاحي إن أطع

تُ رسومه فأنا نجيحه

تُ رسومه فأنا نجيحه

This is my success: if I obey

Blessed is the land one day inhabited,

his precepts, then I am his successful one.

And his tomb was in it.

طوبى لأرضٍ حلها

طوبى لأرضٍ حلها

يوماً وكان بها ضريحه

يوماً وكان بها ضريحه

Blessed is the land where he alighted

Oh, most blessed is his tomb

one day, and where his tomb lay.

I visited, while I am preparing to depart.

يا حبذا منه ضري

يا حبذا منه ضري

حٌ زرته وأنا نزيحه

حٌ زرته وأنا نزيحه

Ah, how splendid is his tomb—

In the land of Rome was what I wished,

I visited it, though I am far from it!

And its clarity was evident.

بديار روما كان ما

بديار روما كان ما

أمَّلته وبها وضوحه

أمَّلته وبها وضوحه

In the lands of Rome was what

This is my praise, which does not suffice,

I had hoped for, and there it was clear.

For the one to whom this praise belongs.

هذا مديحي لا يفي

هذا مديحي لا يفي

عني لمن هذا مديحه

عني لمن هذا مديحه

This praise of mine does not do justice

For the sword, no matter how the swordsman waves it,

on my behalf to the one it praises.

Is dazzled by its blade.

فالسيف مهما هزه ال

فالسيف مهما هزه ال

سياف يبهره صفيحه

سياف يبهره صفيحه

For the sword, however much it is brandished by the

executioner, its blade dazzles him.