يا أميمُ انظري عذاب المشوقِ

يا أميمُ انظري عذاب المشوقِ

وهواهُ في قدِّكِ المَعْشُوقِ

وهواهُ في قدِّكِ المَعْشُوقِ

O Umaym, behold the yearning lover's torment

O Ameem, see the torment of the ardent lover,

and his passion for your adored figure.

And his passion for your slender, beloved figure,

صيغَ من فضَّةِ اللجينِ ومن تب

صيغَ من فضَّةِ اللجينِ ومن تب

رِ وشذرٍ وعَسْجَدٍ وعَقيقِ

رِ وشذرٍ وعَسْجَدٍ وعَقيقِ

It was fashioned from silver and from raw

Molded from the silver of ingots, myrrh and agate fragments,

gold, gold beads, pure gold, and agate.

It almost extinguished the gazelle and the full moon with its dawn radiance.

كادَ أنْ يطفئَ الغزالةَ والب

كادَ أنْ يطفئَ الغزالةَ والب

درَجميعاً من نوره بالشروقِ

درَجميعاً من نوره بالشروقِ

It almost extinguished the sun and the full

Give me a glance, for my heart is intoxicated and pounding,

moon alike, with its light at sunrise.

What is sweeter than the gaze of the lover upon the face of his beloved?

زوديني منه بطرفةِ عينٍ

زوديني منه بطرفةِ عينٍ

إن قلبي في سكرة وخُفُوقِ

إن قلبي في سكرة وخُفُوقِ

Grant me a glimpse of it for the blink of an eye.

I am lost in the love of Ameem, joyous forevermore, not awakening,

For my heart is in a drunken trance and throbbing.

She tormented me with her estrangement and made lawful the killing of a fettered, bound passion.

أيّ شىءٍ ألذُّ من نظرِ العا

أيّ شىءٍ ألذُّ من نظرِ العا

شقِ في وجهِ حِبّهِ المعشُوقِ

شقِ في وجهِ حِبّهِ المعشُوقِ

What is sweeter than a lover's gaze

She glanced with eyes askance, then turned away,

upon the face of his adored beloved?

Swaying with a slender, delicate gait.

أَنَا ولْهانُ من وِدادِ أميمٍ

أَنَا ولْهانُ من وِدادِ أميمٍ

طولَ دهرى نشوانُ غيرُ مُفِيقِ

طولَ دهرى نشوانُ غيرُ مُفِيقِ

I am distraught with love for Umaym,

A frustrated, ardent lover, cast by Ameem,

all my life intoxicated, never sober.

Into torment, humiliation and confinement.

عذّبتْني بهجرِها واستحلّتُ

عذّبتْني بهجرِها واستحلّتُ

قتلَ صبٍّ مكبَّلِ مَوْثُوقِ

قتلَ صبٍّ مكبَّلِ مَوْثُوقِ

She tormented me by shunning me, and I deemed lawful

She attained beauty as I attained love,

the killing of an ardent lover, fettered and bound.

From every infatuated, ardent admirer.

ورمتْ باللحاظِ ثم تصدتْ

ورمتْ باللحاظِ ثم تصدتْ

وتثنتْ لنا بقدٍّ رَشِيقِ

وتثنتْ لنا بقدٍّ رَشِيقِ

She shot her glances, then came forward,

My body lies prostrate among the gravel,

and swayed for us with a slender figure.

While my heart pursues that company.

مدنَفٌ عاشقٌ رَمَتْه أميمٌ

مدنَفٌ عاشقٌ رَمَتْه أميمٌ

في عذابٍ وذلةٍ وَمَضيقِ

في عذابٍ وذلةٍ وَمَضيقِ

An ailing lover, whom Umaym has cast

How can a sick man find pleasure in slumber,

into torment, humiliation, and distress.

When worries of the people of passion besiege him?

حازتْ الحسنَ مثلَ ما أنا حزتُ

حازتْ الحسنَ مثلَ ما أنا حزتُ

الحبَّ مِن كل مغرمٍ ومَشُوقِ

الحبَّ مِن كل مغرمٍ ومَشُوقِ

She claimed beauty, just as I have claimed

Their concerns intoxicated me when they turned away,

love from every enamored and yearning lover.

As if I drank a cup of pure wine.

إنّ جسمي بين المرابعِ ثاوٍ

إنّ جسمي بين المرابعِ ثاوٍ

وفؤادي في إثْر ذاكَ الفريقِ

وفؤادي في إثْر ذاكَ الفريقِ

Indeed, my body remains among the encampments,

Why this passion for one who spurned me,

and my heart follows in that company's wake.

Forsaking me, my love and clearing my path?

كيفَ يلتذُّ بالرقادِ عليلٌ

كيفَ يلتذُّ بالرقادِ عليلٌ

سَاوَرَتْه همومُ أهلِ العَقيقِ

سَاوَرَتْه همومُ أهلِ العَقيقِ

How can an ailing man delight in sleep,

I do not heed one who turned away and parted,

when cares for the people of al-Aqiq have assailed him?

Calling for separation and division.

أسكرتني همومُهم إذْ تولّوْا

أسكرتني همومُهم إذْ تولّوْا

فكأنّي شربْتُ كأسَ رحيقِ

فكأنّي شربْتُ كأسَ رحيقِ

Grief over them intoxicated me when they departed,

The best praise is for the best of all creation,

so it was as though I had drunk a cup of pure wine.

Ahmad, the guide on the path.

لَم هذا الغرامُ فيمَنْ جفاني

لَم هذا الغرامُ فيمَنْ جفاني

ودَعاني وَوَجْدى وخلَّى طريقي

ودَعاني وَوَجْدى وخلَّى طريقي

Why this passion for one who spurned me

God granted him radiance and mercy,

and summoned me with my longing, and left my path clear?

Then the Quran and its verification.

لسْتُ أصْغِى لمِن نأَى وتوَلّى

لسْتُ أصْغِى لمِن نأَى وتوَلّى

ودعَا بالتَّشتيتِ والتفْريقِ

ودعَا بالتَّشتيتِ والتفْريقِ

I do not listen to one who went far away and turned aside,

And God protected him from every insolent defamer,

and called for dispersal and separation.

Victorious in security and success.

خيرُ مدحٍ في خير كلِّ البَرايَا

خيرُ مدحٍ في خير كلِّ البَرايَا

أحمد قائِدٍ لنهجِ الطريقِ

أحمد قائِدٍ لنهجِ الطريقِ

The finest praise is for the best of all creation,

He is my comfort, my master and my refuge,

Ahmad, a guide to the course of the path.

And my intercessor from the heat of the blazing fire.

خصَّه اللهُ بالضياءِ وبالرحمةِ

خصَّه اللهُ بالضياءِ وبالرحمةِ

ثمَّ القرآن والتَّصديقِ

ثمَّ القرآن والتَّصديقِ

God singled him out with radiance and mercy,

He defeated disbelief with prophecy and victory,

then with the Qur'an and confirmation.

And with might he humbled the transgressors.

وحَمَاه الإلهُ عن كلِّ مختا

وحَمَاه الإلهُ عن كلِّ مختا

لِ فخور بالأمْنِ والتوفيقِ

لِ فخور بالأمْنِ والتوفيقِ

And God guarded him against every arrogant

The roads were illuminated by his light,

boaster, with safety and success.

Like suns or lightning.

فهو سُولى وسيدِي ومَلاَذِى

فهو سُولى وسيدِي ومَلاَذِى

وشَفيعي من حرِّ نارِ الحريقِ

وشَفيعي من حرِّ نارِ الحريقِ

So he is my desire, my master, and my refuge,

He is the cave of lords on a day of punishment,

and my intercessor against the heat of the blazing fire.

The day they will come from every deep pit.

هزمَ الكفرَ بالنبوةِ والنص

هزمَ الكفرَ بالنبوةِ والنص

رِ وبالعزِّ دلَّ أهلُ الفُسُوقِ

رِ وبالعزِّ دلَّ أهلُ الفُسُوقِ

He defeated unbelief through prophethood and

In him God forgives my sins,

victory; and through might, the people of wickedness [were humbled?].

And is merciful to me in ease or hardship.

واستنارتْ مِنْ نُورهِ كلُّ طُرْقٍ

واستنارتْ مِنْ نُورهِ كلُّ طُرْقٍ

مثلها كالشُّموسِ أو كالبُرُوقِ

مثلها كالشُّموسِ أو كالبُرُوقِ

And all paths shone with his light,

their likeness was that of suns or flashes of lightning.

هُوَ كَهفُ الأرباب يوم عقابٍ

هُوَ كَهفُ الأرباب يوم عقابٍ

يومَ يأتونَ مِنْ فكان عميقِ

يومَ يأتونَ مِنْ فكان عميقِ

He is the refuge of the lords on a day of punishment,

the day they come from a deep [place?].

فيه يغفرُ الإله ذنوبي

فيه يغفرُ الإله ذنوبي

وؤحيمي في الوسْعِ أو في الضيق

وؤحيمي في الوسْعِ أو في الضيق

On that day, God forgives my sins,

and [my merciful one?], in ease or in hardship.