علينا جميعاً من خُزيمةَ مِنّةٌ

علينا جميعاً من خُزيمةَ مِنّةٌ

بها أخمدَ الرحمنُ ثائرةَ الحربِ

بها أخمدَ الرحمنُ ثائرةَ الحربِ

Khuzayma has bestowed a favor upon us all,

We all owe Khazima a favor

through which the Most Merciful quenched the fury of war.

Through which the Merciful put out the flames of war

تولّ ى أمورَ المسلمين بنفسه

تولّ ى أمورَ المسلمين بنفسه

فذب وحامى عنهم أشرفَ الذبِّ

فذب وحامى عنهم أشرفَ الذبِّ

He took charge of the Muslims' affairs himself,

He took care of the Muslims’ affairs himself

so he defended and protected them with the noblest defense.

So he protected and defended them, the most honorable defense

ولولا ابو العباس ما انفكَّ دهرنا

ولولا ابو العباس ما انفكَّ دهرنا

يبيتُ على عتبٍ ويغدو على عتبِ

يبيتُ على عتبٍ ويغدو على عتبِ

And without Abu al-Abbas, our age would have gone on

Without Abu Al-‘Abbas, our times would not have settled

passing its nights in hardship and greeting its mornings in hardship.

Spending the night anxious and waking anxious

خزيمةُ لم يُنكر له مثل هؤه

خزيمةُ لم يُنكر له مثل هؤه

اذا اضطربت شرقُ البلاد مع الغربِ

اذا اضطربت شرقُ البلاد مع الغربِ

For Khuzayma, a deed like this was no strange thing,

None denied favors to the likes of those men

when the land's east was in turmoil along with the west.

When the east and west lands were in turmoil

أناخ بجسري دجلة القطعُ والقنا

أناخ بجسري دجلة القطعُ والقنا

تفجّضعُ عن خطبٍ وتضحك عن خطبِ

تفجّضعُ عن خطبٍ وتضحك عن خطبِ

Broad-headed arrows and spears encamped at the Tigris's two bridges,

My bridges moored at the banks of the Tigris

lamenting one calamity and laughing at another.

Laughing off one sermon and dozing during another

فكانت كنارٍ باكرتها سحابةٌ

فكانت كنارٍ باكرتها سحابةٌ

فأطفأتِ اللهبَ اللفَّف باللهبِ

فأطفأتِ اللهبَ اللفَّف باللهبِ

So it was like a fire visited at dawn by a cloud,

It was like a fire whose embers were doused

which then quenched the tangled blaze with flame.

By a rain cloud that extinguished the leaping flames

وما قتل نفسٍ في نفوسٍ كثيرةٍ

وما قتل نفسٍ في نفوسٍ كثيرةٍ

إذا صارت الدنيا إلى الأمن والخصبِ

إذا صارت الدنيا إلى الأمن والخصبِ

And what is the killing of one soul among many souls,

No soul was killed to spare many souls

when the world has come to peace and plenty?

When security and prosperity returned to the land

بلاءُ أبي العباس غيرُ مُكَفَّرٍ

بلاءُ أبي العباس غيرُ مُكَفَّرٍ

إذا فَزِع الكربُ المقيمُ إلى الكربِ

إذا فَزِع الكربُ المقيمُ إلى الكربِ

Abu al-Abbas's valiant service is not met with ingratitude,

The afflictions of Abu Al-‘Abbas are not yet over

when enduring distress turns to distress for refuge.

When creeping sorrows migrate to sorrows

ألا إنما الدنيا وصالُ حبيبِ

ألا إنما الدنيا وصالُ حبيبِ

وأخذُك من مشمولةٍ بنصيبِ

وأخذُك من مشمولةٍ بنصيبِ

Behold, life is nothing but union with a beloved,

Indeed, life is but the company of a beloved

and your taking a share of wine cooled by the north wind,

And your share of an included fortune

وعيشك بين المُسمِعات مُمتَّعاً

وعيشك بين المُسمِعات مُمتَّعاً

بفنَّين من عَزفٍ وشدوِ مصيبِ

بفنَّين من عَزفٍ وشدوِ مصيبِ

and your living among singing women, regaled

Living pleasantly between charming singers

by two arts—instrumental music and song that strikes true.

With melody and tearful singing

ولم أر في الدنيا كخلوةِ عاشقٍ

ولم أر في الدنيا كخلوةِ عاشقٍ

وبذلة معشوقٍ ونوم رقيبِ

وبذلة معشوقٍ ونوم رقيبِ

And I have seen nothing in this world like a lover's seclusion,

Never have I seen in life an intimacy like that of lovers

and a beloved's yielding, and a watcher's sleep,

The selflessness of the beloved and the wakefulness of the watcher

وعَدِّيَ ساعاتِ النهار ورِقبتي

وعَدِّيَ ساعاتِ النهار ورِقبتي

الى الشمس لمّا آذنت بمغيبِ

الى الشمس لمّا آذنت بمغيبِ

and my counting the hours of the day, and my watchful gaze

Count the hours of daylight and my neck

toward the sun as it announced its setting.

Craned toward the sun when it signals its setting