تفرّغتُ من شغلِ العداوة والظعنِ

تفرّغتُ من شغلِ العداوة والظعنِ

وصرتُ إلى دار الإقامةِ والأمن

وصرتُ إلى دار الإقامةِ والأمن

I freed myself from the burden of enmity and journeying,

I have freed myself from the toil of enmity and slander,

and came to the abode of settled life and safety.

And arrived at the abode of stability and safety.

أمقتولةَ الأجفانِ من دمعِ حزنِها

أمقتولةَ الأجفانِ من دمعِ حزنِها

أفيقي فإنّي قد أفقتُ من الحزن

أفيقي فإنّي قد أفقتُ من الحزن

O woman whose eyelids are slain by her sorrow's tears,

O eyelids slain by the tears of sorrow,

recover, for I have already recovered from grief.

Awaken, for I have awakened from sorrow.

فللهِ سيرى يوم ودّعتُ صحبتي

فللهِ سيرى يوم ودّعتُ صحبتي

زماعاً ولم أقرع على ندمِ سنّي

زماعاً ولم أقرع على ندمِ سنّي

So praise be to God for my journey the day I bade my companions farewell,

By God, the day I bid farewell to my companions

with firm resolve, without striking my tooth in regret.

As a recalcitrant youth filled with regret over my years,

رحلتُ فكم من جؤذر وغَضنفرٍ

رحلتُ فكم من جؤذر وغَضنفرٍ

يُروّي الثرى من فضلِ أدمعهِ الهتنِ

يُروّي الثرى من فضلِ أدمعهِ الهتنِ

I departed; how many a young oryx and lion

How many a Juthur and Ghadhnafir plant

waters the earth with the overflow of his streaming tears!

Will water the soil with the excess of their sorrowful tears?

وما عن قِلَىّ فارقت تربَة أرضكم

وما عن قِلَىّ فارقت تربَة أرضكم

ولكنني أشفقتُ فيها من الدَّفن

ولكنني أشفقتُ فيها من الدَّفن

It was not out of aversion that I left the soil of your land,

It is not because I have left behind the ashes of your land

but I feared being buried there.

But because I feared burial in it.

مررتُ بشوس والنجومُ كأنهَّا

مررتُ بشوس والنجومُ كأنهَّا

توّقُد من فكري وتُسرجُ من ذهني

توّقُد من فكري وتُسرجُ من ذهني

I passed through Shūs, and the stars seemed

I passed by Sowis, and the stars were as if

to be kindled by my thought and lit by my mind.

They were lit by my thoughts and saddled by my mind.

وأسريتُ من بدرِ الظلامِ بألبَة

وأسريتُ من بدرِ الظلامِ بألبَة

بصحبةِ مطفي الجمرِ أو مكفىءِ الظعن

بصحبةِ مطفي الجمرِ أو مكفىءِ الظعن

And at Alba I journeyed by night from the full moon of darkness,

I traveled from the full moon of darkness with strength

with Ember-Quencher or Caravan-Overturner for company.

In the company of the fire-quencher or the avenger of slander.

لبسنا بها ليلاً من الثلجِ أبيضاً

لبسنا بها ليلاً من الثلجِ أبيضاً

كسته يُد الصَّنبَّر ثوباً من القطن

كسته يُد الصَّنبَّر ثوباً من القطن

There we donned a white night of snow;

We wore there a night as white as snow

Ṣanabbar's hand clothed it in a robe of cotton.

Which the tailor dressed in a gown of cotton.

ورحنا على البيرة فاستقلّ بي

ورحنا على البيرة فاستقلّ بي

جناحُ عُقابٍ لا يروحُ إلى وَكن

جناحُ عُقابٍ لا يروحُ إلى وَكن

We journeyed via al-Bīra, and there rose aloft with me

And we sailed on the open desert until I was carried away

an eagle's wing that returns to no nest.

By the wing of an eagle that does not return to its nest.

ولما تنكّبنا المنكب لم نجد

ولما تنكّبنا المنكب لم نجد

لنا مركباً أهدى سبيلاً من السفن

لنا مركباً أهدى سبيلاً من السفن

And when we skirted al-Munakkab, we did not find

When we turned back, we did not find

a conveyance for us surer of its course than ships.

A ship to guide us better than the ships.

ترامت بنا الأهوالُ في كل لجّةٍ

ترامت بنا الأهوالُ في كل لجّةٍ

تخيّلُها جوّاً تجلَّل بالدَّجن

تخيّلُها جوّاً تجلَّل بالدَّجن

Terrors tossed us through every sea-depth,

Calamities were cast at us in every cove

which you would take for a sky shrouded in dark clouds.

That seemed like an atmosphere filled with fog.

ترى السَّفنَ فوق الموجِ فيها كأنَّها

ترى السَّفنَ فوق الموجِ فيها كأنَّها

تحدَّرُ من رعنٍ وتوفي على رعن

تحدَّرُ من رعنٍ وتوفي على رعن

You see the ships upon its waves as though they

You see the ships above the waves in them as if

were descending from one mountain spur and mounting another.

They were descending from weakness and leaning on weakness.

فبوأتُ رحلي ظِلَّ أروعِ ماجدٍ

فبوأتُ رحلي ظِلَّ أروعِ ماجدٍ

يقُول بلا خُلفٍ ويُعطي بلا مَنّ

يقُول بلا خُلفٍ ويُعطي بلا مَنّ

So I lodged my baggage in the shade of a splendid, noble man,

So I pitched my tent in the shade of the most magnificent ancestor

who speaks without breaking his word and gives without reproach.

Who speaks without falsehood and gives without stinginess,

إمام وصيُّ المصطفى وابنُ عمّه

إمام وصيُّ المصطفى وابنُ عمّه

أبوه فتم الفخرُ بين أبٍ وابن

أبوه فتم الفخرُ بين أبٍ وابن

An imam—the Chosen One's legatee and cousin

The trustee of the Chosen One and his cousin’s son

is his forefather; thus glory is complete between father and son.

His father completed the pride between father and son.