أَهاج البكا ربع باسفَل ذي السِدر

أَهاج البكا ربع باسفَل ذي السِدر

عَفاهُ اِختِلاف العَصر بَعدَك وَالقُطر

عَفاهُ اِختِلاف العَصر بَعدَك وَالقُطر

Did a deserted campsite in lower Dhu al-Sidr stir tears,

The weeping excites a quarter of Dhi As-Sidr

effaced after you by time's changes and the rain?

Time has healed it after you and the rain

نعم فَثَناني الوجد فَاِشتَقت لِلَّذي

نعم فَثَناني الوجد فَاِشتَقت لِلَّذي

ذَكَرت وَلَيسَ الشَوقُ الا مع الذِكر

ذَكَرت وَلَيسَ الشَوقُ الا مع الذِكر

Yes; longing turned me back, and I yearned for the one

Yes, longing saddens me, so I longed for the one

I remembered—and longing comes only with remembrance.

I remembered, for yearning is only with remembrance

حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ الموضِعَينِ لِرَبِّهِم

حَلَفتُ بِرَبِّ الموضِعَينِ لِرَبِّهِم

وَحُرمَةِ ما بَينَ المَقامِ إِلى الحِجر

وَحُرمَةِ ما بَينَ المَقامِ إِلى الحِجر

I swore to their lord by the Lord of the two places,

I swore by the Lord of the two places to their Lord

and by the sanctity of all between the Maqam and the Hijr:

And the sanctity of what is between the standing place and the chamber

لَئِن حاجَتي يَوماً قَضيتُ وَرشتني

لَئِن حاجَتي يَوماً قَضيتُ وَرشتني

بِنَفحَة عُرفٍ من يَدَيكَ ابا بَشر

بِنَفحَة عُرفٍ من يَدَيكَ ابا بَشر

if one day I fulfill my need and you enrich me

If one day my need is fulfilled and you spray me

with a breath of kindness from your hands, Abu Bashr,

With a breath of familiarity from your hands O Abaa Bashar

اِذاً تَعرِفن الدَهر مِنّي مودَّة

اِذاً تَعرِفن الدَهر مِنّي مودَّة

وَنُصحاً عَلى نُصح وَشُكراً عَلى شُكر

وَنُصحاً عَلى نُصح وَشُكراً عَلى شُكر

then you will know affection from me for all time,

Then time will know from me affection

and goodwill upon goodwill, and gratitude upon gratitude.

And good advice over advice and gratitude over gratitude

سَقى اللَهُ صَوت المُزن ارضاً عَمرتُها

سَقى اللَهُ صَوت المُزن ارضاً عَمرتُها

برَيٍّ وَاِسقاها بِلاد بَني نَصر

برَيٍّ وَاِسقاها بِلاد بَني نَصر

May God water, with the clouds' voice, a land I inhabited,

May Allah water the voice of Al-Muzann the land I populated

with abundant water, and water it—the lands of Banu Nasr—

With goodness and watered its cities with the sons of Nasr

بِوَجهِكَ فَاِستَعمَلت ما دُمت خائِفاً

بِوَجهِكَ فَاِستَعمَلت ما دُمت خائِفاً

لِرَبِّكَ تقضي راشِداً آخر الدَهر

لِرَبِّكَ تقضي راشِداً آخر الدَهر

through your presence; may you hold office as long as you fear

With your face I have employed as long as I remain fearful

your Lord, judging rightly to the end of time,

Of your Lord, ruling righteously till the end of time

لِتنقِذ اِصحابي وَتستُر عورَتي

لِتنقِذ اِصحابي وَتستُر عورَتي

بَدَت لَكَ من صَحبي فَاِنَّكَ ذو سَتر

بَدَت لَكَ من صَحبي فَاِنَّكَ ذو سَتر

to rescue my companions and cover my shame,

To save my companions and conceal my disgrace

which appeared to you through my companions—for you are one who shields.

Which appeared to you from my companions, and you are one who conceals

فَما بِاِمير المُؤمِنين الى الَّتي

فَما بِاِمير المُؤمِنين الى الَّتي

سَأَلت فَأَعطاني لِقَومي من فَقر

سَأَلت فَأَعطاني لِقَومي من فَقر

Nor has the Commander of the Faithful, for what

So what is with the Commander of the Faithful towards her

I requested and he granted me for my people, any need.

Who asked and gave me for my people from poverty

وَقَد خَرَجت مِنهُ إِلَيكَ فَلا تَكُن

وَقَد خَرَجت مِنهُ إِلَيكَ فَلا تَكُن

بِمَوضِع بيضات الانوقِ من الوَكر

بِمَوضِع بيضات الانوقِ من الوَكر

And I have come away from him to you, so do not be

And I have come out from it to you so do not be

as unreachable as the vulture's eggs in its nest.

In the place of the burrows of the hare from the den