أعَلِمتَ حين تجاور الحيّانِ

أعَلِمتَ حين تجاور الحيّانِ

أنّ القلوبَ مواقدُ النّيرانِ

أنّ القلوبَ مواقدُ النّيرانِ

Did you know, when the two tribes became neighbors,

You knew when the loves drew near,

that hearts are hearths of fire?

That hearts are fires of passion lit;

وعرفتَ أنّ صدورَنا قد أصبحت

وعرفتَ أنّ صدورَنا قد أصبحت

في القوم وَهيَ مرابضُ الغِزلان

في القوم وَهيَ مرابضُ الغِزلان

And did you learn that our breasts had become,

And you learned that now our breasts

among the people, the resting places of gazelles?

Are dove-cotes where young birds will flit;

وعيونَنا عِوَضَ العيون أمدَّها

وعيونَنا عِوَضَ العيون أمدَّها

ما غادروا فيها من الغُدرانِ

ما غادروا فيها من الغُدرانِ

And our eyes, in place of springs, were replenished

While eyes for eyes made poor amends,

by the pools they left within them.

From those that pierced our souls and smit.

ما الوَخذُ هزَّ قِبابَهم بل هزَّها

ما الوَخذُ هزَّ قِبابَهم بل هزَّها

قلبي لما فيه من الخَفقانِ

قلبي لما فيه من الخَفقانِ

It was not the camels' gait that shook their pavilions, but

Not wine made roof and rafter reel,

my heart, with the pounding within it.

But my heart's tumult flung me flat,

وتراهُ يكَرهُ أن يرى إظعانَهم

وتراهُ يكَرهُ أن يرى إظعانَهم

وكأنّما أصبحتُ في الأظعانِ

وكأنّما أصبحتُ في الأظعانِ

And you see it loath to behold their departure,

Though like a reveller I feel,

as though I myself were among the departing camel-litters.

Who wakes and knows not where he's at.

وبمُهجتى قمرٌ إذا ما لاح للسَّ

وبمُهجتى قمرٌ إذا ما لاح للسَّ

ارِى تضاءَلَ دونه القَمرانش

ارِى تضاءَلَ دونه القَمرانش

And in my lifeblood is a moon: whenever it shines for the night-

My forehead hides a moon, whose rays,

traveler, the two luminaries dwindle beside it.

Outshining sun and moon, would quit

قد بانَ للعُشَّاقِ أنَّ قَوامَهُ

قد بانَ للعُشَّاقِ أنَّ قَوامَهُ

سرقَت شمائِلَهُ غصونُ البانِ

سرقَت شمائِلَهُ غصونُ البانِ

It has become clear to lovers that his stature

The sky, and choosing there to blaze,

had its graceful traits stolen by the boughs of the ban tree.

Would shame the sun that once shone bright.

وأراك غُصناً فى النّعيم تميلُ إذ

وأراك غُصناً فى النّعيم تميلُ إذ

غُصنُ الأراك يميدُ فى نَعمانِ

غُصنُ الأراك يميدُ فى نَعمانِ

And I see you, a bough swaying in bliss, while

His charms alone gave him the right

the arak's bough sways in Nu'man.

To raid the branches of the ban.

للرُّمح نَصلٌ واحدٌ ولقَدِّهِ

للرُّمح نَصلٌ واحدٌ ولقَدِّهِ

من ناظريه إذا إذا رَنَا نَصلانِ

من ناظريه إذا إذا رَنَا نَصلانِ

A spear has one blade, while his stature has

I see you as a bough made slight

two blades from his eyes when—when he gazes.

By bounty, while the boughs of ban

والسيفُ ليس له سوى جَفنٍ وقد

والسيفُ ليس له سوى جَفنٍ وقد

اضحى لصارم طَرفِه جَفنانِ

اضحى لصارم طَرفِه جَفنانِ

A sword has only one sheath, yet

Stand stiff in benefaction's demesne.

the sharp sword of his gaze has come to have two eyelids.

One spearpoint serves where spearheads ran;

والسَّهمُ تكفى القوس فيه وقد غدَا

والسَّهمُ تكفى القوس فيه وقد غدَا

من حاجبَيهِ للحظهِ قوسانِ

من حاجبَيهِ للحظهِ قوسانِ

An arrow needs only its bow, yet there have come to be

His eyes for double swords at need

two bows for his glance, fashioned from his eyebrows.

Make eyelids edge take swordblade's span.

ولَرُبَّ ليلٍ خِلتُ خاطفَ بَرقِهِ

ولَرُبَّ ليلٍ خِلتُ خاطفَ بَرقِهِ

ناراً تَلَفَّعَ للدُّجَى بدُخان

ناراً تَلَفَّعَ للدُّجَى بدُخان

Many a night I fancied its flashing lightning

The bow's content with single string,

a fire that cloaked itself in smoke for the darkness.

His drawn brow serving for its bow,

كالمائل الوسنانِ من طجُول السُّرَى

كالمائل الوسنانِ من طجُول السُّرَى

جَوزاؤُهُ والرَّاقصِ السّكرانِ

جَوزاؤُهُ والرَّاقصِ السّكرانِ

Like one swaying, drowsy from long travel by night,

The arrow's point enough can sting,

is its Orion—and like a drunken dancer.

His glances for its arrows go.

ما بانَ فيه من ثُرَيَّاهُ سوى

ما بانَ فيه من ثُرَيَّاهُ سوى

إعجامِها والدَّالُ في الدَّبرانِ

إعجامِها والدَّالُ في الدَّبرانِ

Nothing of its Pleiades appeared in it but

And nights whose lightning mocked the dark

their diacritical dots, and the letter dal in Aldebaran.

I spent confounded, lost in woe,

وترى المجّرة في النجوم كأنها

وترى المجّرة في النجوم كأنها

تَسقِى الرّياضَ بجدولٍ ملآنِ

تَسقِى الرّياضَ بجدولٍ ملآنِ

And you see the Milky Way among the stars as though it

Like drunkard lurching, like one stark,

waters the gardens with a brimming stream.

Bewildered, lorn, and fain to know

لو لم يكن نهراً لَمَا عامَت به

لو لم يكن نهراً لَمَا عامَت به

أبداً نجومُ الحوتِ والسّرطانِ

أبداً نجومُ الحوتِ والسّرطانِ

Were it not a river, there would not swim in it

How, 'mid the stars, the swirling seas

ever, the stars of Pisces and Cancer.

In Serpent and the Whale can flow;

نادَمتُ فيه الفرقدين كأنني

نادَمتُ فيه الفرقدين كأنني

دون الورى وجَذيمةً أخَوانِ

دون الورى وجَذيمةً أخَوانِ

I drank there with the two Farqad stars, as though I

I made the Pleiades heart-ease,

and Jadhima, apart from all mankind, were brothers.

As though we were not separate,

وترفَّعَت همَمي فما أرضَى سوى

وترفَّعَت همَمي فما أرضَى سوى

شُهبِ الدُّجى عِوضاً من الخِلاَّنِ

شُهبِ الدُّجى عِوضاً من الخِلاَّنِ

My aspirations rose so high that I would accept only

And dreams exalted me to heights

the bright stars of darkness in place of friends.

Far from the world and time's estate.

وَأنِفتُ حين فُجعتُ بالأحباب أن

وَأنِفتُ حين فُجعتُ بالأحباب أن

ألهُو عن الإخوان بالخَوَّانِ

ألهُو عن الإخوان بالخَوَّانِ

And when bereaved of my beloveds, I disdained to

I scorned, when friends proved false, to sate

distract myself from my brothers with the treacherous one.

My pain in comrades of a day.

واعتضتُ من جود الوزير مواهباً

واعتضتُ من جود الوزير مواهباً

أسلَت عن الأوطار والأوطان

أسلَت عن الأوطار والأوطان

And in the minister's generosity I found recompense in gifts

I was too proud to live on largesse

that made me forget desires and homelands.

And doles from ministry that rules.

يا كاسِرَ الأصنامِ قُم فانهض بنا

يا كاسِرَ الأصنامِ قُم فانهض بنا

حتى تصيرَ مُكَسِّرَ الصُّلبانِ

حتى تصيرَ مُكَسِّرَ الصُّلبانِ

O breaker of idols, rise and lead us forth,

Idol-smasher, rise! Our night is o'er;

until you become a breaker of crosses.

Come lead us, till the Cross lies prone!

فالشَّامُ مُلكُكَ قد ورثتَ تُراثَهُ

فالشَّامُ مُلكُكَ قد ورثتَ تُراثَهُ

عن قومِك الماضين من غَسَّانِ

عن قومِك الماضين من غَسَّانِ

For Syria is your dominion: you have inherited its legacy

Syria is thine by right of yore;

from your forebears of Ghassan.

Thy line ruled it, since Jassan's reign.

فإذا شككتَ أنّها أوطانُهم

فإذا شككتَ أنّها أوطانُهم

قِدماً فسَل عن حارث الجَولانِ

قِدماً فسَل عن حارث الجَولانِ

If you doubt that it was their homeland

Doubt not this land was ever theirs!

of old, then ask about Harith of the Golan.

Question old Hareth of Golan!

أو رُمتَ أن تتلو محاسِنَ ذكرِهم

أو رُمتَ أن تتلو محاسِنَ ذكرِهم

فاسند روايتها إِلى حسَّانِ

فاسند روايتها إِلى حسَّانِ

Or if you wish to recite the glories of their memory,

Or read their virtues' record fair

then attribute its telling to Hassan.

In Hassan's ode and Harith's strain.

ما زُلزلت أرضُ العِدا بل ذاك ما

ما زُلزلت أرضُ العِدا بل ذاك ما

بقلوب أهليها من الخفقان

بقلوب أهليها من الخفقان

The enemy's land did not quake; that was only

Earth quaked not here: within their breasts

the pounding in the hearts of its inhabitants.

Was tumult when thy drum was blown.

وأقولُ إنّ حصونَهم سجدت لِما

وأقولُ إنّ حصونَهم سجدت لِما

أُوتيتَ من مُلكٍ ومن سلطانِ

أُوتيتَ من مُلكٍ ومن سلطانِ

And I say that their fortresses bowed down to

Their mountain fastnesses confessed

the kingship and authority bestowed upon you.

Thy rule, thy sultan's Might alone,

والنّاسُ أجدَرُ بالسّجودِ إذا غدا

والنّاسُ أجدَرُ بالسّجودِ إذا غدا

لعُلاكَ يسجدُ شامخُ البُنيانِ

لعُلاكَ يسجدُ شامخُ البُنيانِ

And people are still more bound to bow down, when

And men should rather prostrate fall,

towering buildings bow before your eminence.

When lofty buildings are o'erthrown.

ولقد بعثتَ إِلى الفرنج كتائباً

ولقد بعثتَ إِلى الفرنج كتائباً

كالاُسدِ حين تصولُ فى خفَّانِ

كالاُسدِ حين تصولُ فى خفَّانِ

You have indeed sent battalions against the Franks,

Thou sentest troops, like lions all,

like lions when they charge in Khaffan.

To rend the Franks with aid unguessed--

لبسوا الدروع ولم نَخَل مِن قَبلهم

لبسوا الدروع ولم نَخَل مِن قَبلهم

أنّ البحارَ تحلُّ فى غُدرانِ

أنّ البحارَ تحلُّ فى غُدرانِ

They donned armor; before them we had never imagined

Who donned their mail, till men no more

that seas could dwell within pools.

Could dream the seas might grant them rest--

وتيمّموا أرضَ العدوِّ بقفرةٍ

وتيمّموا أرضَ العدوِّ بقفرةٍ

جرداءَ خاليةٍ من السُّكانِ

جرداءَ خاليةٍ من السُّكانِ

They made for the enemy's land across a wilderness

And rode the waste, devoid of folk,

barren and empty of inhabitants.

For twenty days without a tent,

عشرين يوماً فى المُغَار وليلةً

عشرين يوماً فى المُغَار وليلةً

يَسرَون تحت كواكب الخُرصانِ

يَسرَون تحت كواكب الخُرصانِ

Twenty days and nights upon the raid,

And twenty nights 'neath Capricorn

they traveled by night beneath the stars of spearheads.

They fared, where sand's as water blent.

حتى إذا قطعوا الجِفارَ بجحفلٍ

حتى إذا قطعوا الجِفارَ بجحفلٍ

هو فى العديد ورملُهُ سِيَّانِ

هو فى العديد ورملُهُ سِيَّانِ

Until, when they crossed al-Jifar with a mighty host

Lured by the barrens, there thy bands

equal in number to its grains of sand,

Brought low the lofty battlement.

أغريتهم بحمى العِدَا فجعلتَهُ

أغريتهم بحمى العِدَا فجعلتَهُ

بِسُطَاكَ بعد العزِّ دار هوانِ

بِسُطَاكَ بعد العزِّ دار هوانِ

you set them upon the enemy's protected domain, and made it,

Thou hurriedst them, when they withstood,

by your might, a dwelling of humiliation after its glory.

To drink destruction's surgent flood

عجّلت في تلِّ العُجولِ قِراهُمُ

عجّلت في تلِّ العُجولِ قِراهُمُ

وهُمُ لك الضّيفان بالذِّيفانِ

وهُمُ لك الضّيفان بالذِّيفانِ

At Tall al-'Ujul you swiftly served their welcome-feast

Whenas their chiefs thou hadst removed

with deadly poison, for they were your guests.

With blades that bit and blades that hewed.

لمّا أبَوا ما في الجِفان قَرَبتَهُمُ

لمّا أبَوا ما في الجِفان قَرَبتَهُمُ

بصوارمٍ سُلَّت من الأجفانِ

بصوارمٍ سُلَّت من الأجفانِ

When they refused what lay in the bowls, you approached them

The tents upon the beach o'erthrown

with sharp swords drawn from their sheaths.

Were washed alike in wave and blood.

وثَلَلتَ في يوم العريش عُروشَهُمُ

وثَلَلتَ في يوم العريش عُروشَهُمُ

بشَبَا ضرابٍ صادقٍ وطعانِ

بشَبَا ضرابٍ صادقٍ وطعانِ

And on the day of al-'Arish you toppled their thrones

At their decease thy sword drank full,

with the keen edges of unerring blows and spear-thrusts.

And blood and water were as one.

ألجأتهُم للبحر لمَّا أن جَرَى

ألجأتهُم للبحر لمَّا أن جَرَى

مِنه ومن دمهم معاً بَحرانِ

مِنه ومن دمهم معاً بَحرانِ

You drove them to the sea, when there flowed

Then men praised Heaven that foemen fell

two seas together: its waters and their blood.

To dye thy mail a crimson tone.

مُدِحَ الورى بالبأسِ إذ خَضَبُوا الظُّبَا

مُدِحَ الورى بالبأسِ إذ خَضَبُوا الظُّبَا

في يوم حربهمُ من الأقرانِ

في يوم حربهمُ من الأقرانِ

Men were praised for valor when they stained their blades

Each teeming main runs red for thee,

with their opponents' blood on the day of battle.

With blood of ships thou put'st to flight.

ولأنتَ تخضبُ كلَّ بحرٍ زاخرٍ

ولأنتَ تخضبُ كلَّ بحرٍ زاخرٍ

ممَّن تحاربُ بالنَّجِيعِ القانى

ممَّن تحاربُ بالنَّجِيعِ القانى

But you stain every surging sea

Till thou behold'st their greenest sea

with the deep-red blood of those you fight,

Turn to shygrel and rose bedight.

حتى ترى دمَهم وخُضرَةَ مائِهِ

حتى ترى دمَهم وخُضرَةَ مائِهِ

كشقائِقٍ نُثِرَت على الرَّيحانِ

كشقائِقٍ نُثِرَت على الرَّيحانِ

until you see their blood and the greenness of its waters

The Greek fleet, when it sailed to war,

like anemones scattered over sweet basil.

Brought what no other fleet e'er brought

وكأنّ بحرَ الرُّوم خُلِّقَ وجهُهُ

وكأنّ بحرَ الرُّوم خُلِّقَ وجهُهُ

وطَفَت عليه منابتُ المَرجانِ

وطَفَت عليه منابتُ المَرجانِ

As though the face of the Sea of Rum were anointed with saffron perfume,

I loved to watch its hawks that wore

and beds of coral floated upon it.

Dove's feathers: then with osprey fraught

ولقد أتَى الأسطولُ حين غَزا بما

ولقد أتَى الأسطولُ حين غَزا بما

لم يأتِ في حينٍ من الأحيانِ

لم يأتِ في حينٍ من الأحيانِ

And in its attack the fleet achieved what

Its prowling kites tore flesh in shreds.

it had never achieved at any time before.

Once cast for anchor stones, ropes taut,

أحبِب إلىَّ بها شوانِيَ أصبحت

أحبِب إلىَّ بها شوانِيَ أصبحت

من فتكها ولها العُداةُ شوانى

من فتكها ولها العُداةُ شوانى

How dear to me are those galleys, which have become,

With captives chained they sailed instead,

because of their ravaging, hated by their enemies!

Hands bound behind them as they fought.

شُبِّهنَ بالغِربانِ في ألوانها

شُبِّهنَ بالغِربانِ في ألوانها

وفَعلنَ فِعلَ كواسرِ العِقبان

وفَعلنَ فِعلَ كواسرِ العِقبان

They were likened to ravens in their colors,

Hot for the fray against the foe,

and wrought the deeds of predatory eagles.

Thy April fortune smiled elate,

أَوقرتَها عُددَ القتالِ فقد غَدت

أَوقرتَها عُددَ القتالِ فقد غَدت

فيها القَنَا عِوضاً من الأشطان

فيها القَنَا عِوضاً من الأشطان

You loaded them with the implements of war, so now

When Shaban's closing days shall show

they bear spears in place of ropes.

Division's star malignly great.

فأتتكَ مُوقرَةً بِسَبيٍ بينه

فأتتكَ مُوقرَةً بِسَبيٍ بينه

أسرَاهُمُ مغلولةَ الأذقانِ

أسرَاهُمُ مغلولةَ الأذقانِ

Then they came to you laden with captives, among them

Thine, when the Martyr passed away,

their prisoners, their chins bound in fetters.

His office was to instal the state--

حربٌ عَوانٌ حكَّمَتكَ من العدا

حربٌ عَوانٌ حكَّمَتكَ من العدا

فى كلِّ بكرٍ عندهم وعَوَانِ

فى كلِّ بكرٍ عندهم وعَوَانِ

A renewed war made you master, among the enemy,

Not cease to further, night and day,

of every maiden and matron in their midst.

What thought impossible of fate.

وأعَدتَ رُسلَ ابن القسيم إليه فى

وأعَدتَ رُسلَ ابن القسيم إليه فى

شعبانَ كى يتلاءَمَ الشَّعبانِ

شعبانَ كى يتلاءَمَ الشَّعبانِ

And you returned Ibn al-Qasīm's envoys to him in

He slew the Prince, who led astray,

Sha'ban, so that the two peoples might come together.

And though he strove to dominate,

والفألُ يشهدُ باسمه أنسوف يغ

والفألُ يشهدُ باسمه أنسوف يغ

دُو الشامُ وهوَ عليكما قِسمانِ

دُو الشامُ وهوَ عليكما قِسمانِ

And the omen in his name attests that soon

I saw the wolds turn Judas grey

Syria will become two shares between you both.

With vicar's blood in reprobate.

وأراك من بعد الشَّهيد أباً له

وأراك من بعد الشَّهيد أباً له

وجعلَته من أقربِ الإِخوانِ

وجعلَته من أقربِ الإِخوانِ

And I see you, after the martyr, as a father to him,

Men wondered, when his head was shown,

and you have made him one of your closest brothers.

To see his lashes raying blue

وهو الذى ما زال يفعَلُ فى العِدَا

وهو الذى ما زال يفعَلُ فى العِدَا

ما لم يكن لِيُعَدَّ فى الإِمكان

ما لم يكن لِيُعَدَّ فى الإِمكان

He is the one who has continued to do against the enemy

As though above the spearhead strewn

what could never have been counted possible.

Another spearpoint met the view!

قَتلَ البِرنسَ ومَن عساهُ أعانَه

قَتلَ البِرنسَ ومَن عساهُ أعانَه

لمَّا عَتَا فى البغى والعدوان

لمَّا عَتَا فى البغى والعدوان

He killed the prince and whoever may have aided him

Hail to the King! Should he prevail,

when he grew insolent in oppression and aggression.

His throne by might shall stand secure.

وأرى البريَّةَ حين عادَ برأسه

وأرى البريَّةَ حين عادَ برأسه

مُرَّ الجَنَى يبدو على المُرَّان

مُرَّ الجَنَى يبدو على المُرَّان

And on returning with his head, he showed all mankind

His spears have deafened with their tale

bitter fruit appearing upon an ashwood spear.

Earth's sovrans, terror struck and dour.

وتعجّبُوا من زُرقََةٍ فى طرفهِ

وتعجّبُوا من زُرقََةٍ فى طرفهِ

وكأنّ فوقَ الرّمحِ نَصلاً ثانى

وكأنّ فوقَ الرّمحِ نَصلاً ثانى

They marveled at the blueness in his eye,

Though floods may raze the highland towers,

as though a second blade stood above the spear.

His bounty builds them new and sure.

فَليَهنِهِ أن فاز منك بسيِّدٍ

فَليَهنِهِ أن فاز منك بسيِّدٍ

أوفى برتبته على كيوانِ

أوفى برتبته على كيوانِ

Let him rejoice at having gained in you a lord

The brilliant fire of his mind flowers

whose rank towers above Kaywan.

In verse whose sweetness shall endure,

قد صاغَ من أرماحِهِ لمَسَامع ال

قد صاغَ من أرماحِهِ لمَسَامع ال

أملاك أقراطاً من الخُرِصَانِ

أملاك أقراطاً من الخُرِصَانِ

He has fashioned from his spears, for the ears of the

Like pearls his phrases charm the ear:

kings, earrings made of spearheads.

Had they assumed material powers,

والخيلُ تعلمُ فى الكريهة أنّهُ

والخيلُ تعلمُ فى الكريهة أنّهُ

قد حَطَّ هيكلَها على الفرسانِ

قد حَطَّ هيكلَها على الفرسانِ

The horses know that in the horror of battle he

They had adorned no brow severe

has brought their mighty frames down upon the horsemen.

But wreaths and coronals and flowers.

عجباً لجُودِ يديه إذ يبنى العُلا

عجباً لجُودِ يديه إذ يبنى العُلا

والسيلُ يهدِمُ ثابتَ الأركانِ

والسيلُ يهدِمُ ثابتَ الأركانِ

Marvel at his hands' generosity, as it builds eminence,

You grace with gifts that far outvie

while a torrent demolishes what stands on firm pillars.

Time's treasuries and fortune's dower--

وَلَنارُ فِطنتِهِ تُرِيكَ لشعره

وَلَنارُ فِطنتِهِ تُرِيكَ لشعره

عَذباً يُرَوِّى غُلَّةَ الظَّمآن

عَذباً يُرَوِّى غُلَّةَ الظَّمآن

The fire of his wit surely reveals, in his poetry,

No caravan across the sky

sweet water that quenches the thirst of the thirsty,

Is burdened with such freight of ore--

وعُقودَ دُرٍّ لو تجسَّمَ لفظُها

وعُقودَ دُرٍّ لو تجسَّمَ لفظُها

ما رُصِّعَت إِلاَّ على التِّيجان

ما رُصِّعَت إِلاَّ على التِّيجان

and pearl necklaces whose words, if given bodily form,

O thou whose bounties aye increase,

would be set nowhere but upon crowns.

Though lavished inexhaustible!

وتنزّهت عن أن تُرَى أفرادُهَا

وتنزّهت عن أن تُرَى أفرادُهَا

لمواضعِ الأقراطِ والآذان

لمواضعِ الأقراطِ والآذان

And they are too exalted for their single pearls to be seen

The desert necks are bowed with these,

in the places of earrings and ears.

And weigh them down intolerable,

من كلِّ رائِقةٍ الجمالِ زهَت بها

من كلِّ رائِقةٍ الجمالِ زهَت بها

بين القصائِد عِزَّةُ السلطان

بين القصائِد عِزَّةُ السلطان

Each is a poem of radiant beauty, through which

Till mankind are as equals made,

the sultan's majesty shines among poems.

The near and far on equal floor.

سيَّارةٌ في الأرض لا يَعتاقُها

سيَّارةٌ في الأرض لا يَعتاقُها

فى سيرها قَيدٌ من الأوزان

فى سيرها قَيدٌ من الأوزان

It journeys throughout the earth, unhindered

Your pardons those in need have weighed,

in its course by any bond of meter.

And those who sinful paths explore.

يا مُنعِماً ما للثناء ولو غلا

يا مُنعِماً ما للثناء ولو غلا

يوماً بما تُولى يداهُ يَدَان

يوماً بما تُولى يداهُ يَدَان

O benefactor, praise, however extravagant it becomes,

never has hands enough for what his hands bestow.

قَلَّدتَ أعناقَ البريَّةَِ كُلَّها

قَلَّدتَ أعناقَ البريَّةَِ كُلَّها

مِنَناً تحمَّلَ ثِقلَهَا الثَّقَلانِ

مِنَناً تحمَّلَ ثِقلَهَا الثَّقَلانِ

You have hung upon the necks of all mankind

favors whose weight both humans and jinn have borne.

حتى تساوَى الناسُ فيك وأصبح ال

حتى تساوَى الناسُ فيك وأصبح ال

قاصى بمنزلة القريبِ الدَّانى

قاصى بمنزلة القريبِ الدَّانى

Until all people were equal in your regard, and the

far-off became like the near and close.

ورحمتَ أهلَ العجزِ منهم مثلما

ورحمتَ أهلَ العجزِ منهم مثلما

أصبحتَ تَغفِرُ للمسىءِ الجانِى

أصبحتَ تَغفِرُ للمسىءِ الجانِى

You showed mercy to the helpless among them, just as

you came to forgive the wrongdoing offender.