فَقدُ الأحبَّةِ مَوقفٌ كالمَوقفِ

فَقدُ الأحبَّةِ مَوقفٌ كالمَوقفِ

اختَار عنهُ وقفَةً في الموقفِ

اختَار عنهُ وقفَةً في الموقفِ

The loss of loved ones is an ordeal like the gathering on Judgment Day;

The loss of loved ones is like being in a stance

I would choose instead a moment at that gathering.

He chose to take a stand at the stance

فلهَذِه ربٌّ يُقَابلُ بالرِّضَى

فلهَذِه ربٌّ يُقَابلُ بالرِّضَى

ولَهيبُ ذلكَ في الحشَا لا يَنطَفِي

ولَهيبُ ذلكَ في الحشَا لا يَنطَفِي

For that standing has a Lord who receives one with favor,

For He has a Lord who meets with acceptance

while the blaze of loss within the breast never dies.

And the flames of that do not extinguish in minds

اللَّهَ في قلبٍ تقطَّعَ حسرَةً

اللَّهَ في قلبٍ تقطَّعَ حسرَةً

من أجلِ أحبَابٍ أمَامه تَختَفي

من أجلِ أحبَابٍ أمَامه تَختَفي

For God's sake, have mercy on a heart torn apart by grief

God is in a heart torn with sorrow

because of loved ones vanishing before it.

For loved ones who disappear before him

فقدُ الأَحبَّة مَا أَمرَّ وقُوعَه

فقدُ الأَحبَّة مَا أَمرَّ وقُوعَه

في قلبِ صبٍّ لم يجِد مِن مُسعِفِ

في قلبِ صبٍّ لم يجِد مِن مُسعِفِ

The loss of loved ones—how bitter its impact

The loss of loved ones - how bitter its occurrence

in the heart of a lover who has found no helper!

In the heart of a youth who found no comforter

حتَّى متَى يَبرِي الزمانُ سِهامَهُ

حتَّى متَى يَبرِي الزمانُ سِهامَهُ

وإلَى متى يُرمَى بها قلبِي الوفِي

وإلَى متى يُرمَى بها قلبِي الوفِي

How long will Time keep sharpening its arrows,

Until when will time cease its arrows?

and how long will my faithful heart be shot at with them?

And until when will my faithful heart be targeted?

أنصف بحقِّك يَا زمانُ مُسَهَّدا

أنصف بحقِّك يَا زمانُ مُسَهَّدا

لم يلقَ فيمَن حولَه مِن مُنصِفِ

لم يلقَ فيمَن حولَه مِن مُنصِفِ

Be just, for your own sake, O Time, to a sleepless soul

Do justice, O time, to one laid low

who has found no just person among those around him.

Who did not find among those around him one who is just

حَالي كحالةِ طَائرٍ قد ضمَّهُ

حَالي كحالةِ طَائرٍ قد ضمَّهُ

شَرَكٌ فرامَ خَلاصَهُ بِترَفرُفِ

شَرَكٌ فرامَ خَلاصَهُ بِترَفرُفِ

My state is like that of a bird caught

My state is like the state of a bird seized

by a snare, then seeking escape by fluttering.

By a trap, so it seeks deliverance by fluttering

وأنَا أُحاولُ ما أحَاوِل عَاجِزاً

وأنَا أُحاولُ ما أحَاوِل عَاجِزاً

عنهُ فمَوقفُهُ يُشَابهُ موقِفِي

عنهُ فمَوقفُهُ يُشَابهُ موقِفِي

And I try what I try, powerless

And I try what I try, helpless

to achieve it; its plight resembles mine.

Again it, so my stance resembles my stance

لله أحبابٌ فقَدتُ بفَقدِهم

لله أحبابٌ فقَدتُ بفَقدِهم

اُنسِي وصَفوَ فؤَادِى المتَلهِّفِ

اُنسِي وصَفوَ فؤَادِى المتَلهِّفِ

God, what loved ones! With their loss I lost

For God there were loved ones I lost with their loss

my solace and the serenity of my yearning heart.

My fervent heart's pleasure was forgotten

لله أيَّامٌ نعِمتُ بِقُربِهِم

لله أيَّامٌ نعِمتُ بِقُربِهِم

في ظلِّهَا وبنا اللَّيالي تحتَفِي

في ظلِّهَا وبنا اللَّيالي تحتَفِي

God, what days I enjoyed in their company,

For God there were days I lived happily with their nearness

in their shade, while the nights welcomed us.

In their shade, while the nights celebrated around us

والدهرُ مُغضٍ طَرفَه عن شَملنَا ال

والدهرُ مُغضٍ طَرفَه عن شَملنَا ال

مَجمُوع في صَفوٍ وحُسنِ تأَلُّفِ

مَجمُوع في صَفوٍ وحُسنِ تأَلُّفِ

And Time averted its gaze from our company,

And time sullenly turned its eye from our perfect union

gathered in serenity and loving harmony,

Gathered in grace and excellence of harmony

حتَّى دهَانىَ ما دهَانىَ فيهمُ

حتَّى دهَانىَ ما دهَانىَ فيهمُ

وأسَاء دَهري بعدَ حُسن تَصرُّفِ

وأسَاء دَهري بعدَ حُسن تَصرُّفِ

until what befell me concerning them befell me,

Until it stained me with what it stained me

and my fate turned cruel after treating me well.

And time was unkind after its good composure

فوضَعتُ كفِّى تحتَ خدِّىَ خاضِعا

فوضَعتُ كفِّى تحتَ خدِّىَ خاضِعا

ووضَعتُ أُخرى فوقَ قلبي المُرهَفِ

ووضَعتُ أُخرى فوقَ قلبي المُرهَفِ

So I placed my palm beneath my cheek, humbled,

So I placed my palm under my cheek submissively

and placed the other upon my tender heart.

And placed the other over my fluttering heart

غَابوا وغابَ صَفاءُ عَيشِي بعدَهُم

غَابوا وغابَ صَفاءُ عَيشِي بعدَهُم

فالقلبُ بينَ تَحَسُّرٍ وتلَهُّفِ

فالقلبُ بينَ تَحَسُّرٍ وتلَهُّفِ

They vanished, and my life's serenity vanished after them;

They left and the serenity of my life left with them

so my heart lies between grief and yearning.

So the heart is between regret and yearning

سَاروا وأوصَوا بي دُموعاً ذُرَّفاً

سَاروا وأوصَوا بي دُموعاً ذُرَّفاً

ولقد سئِمتُ منَ الدُّموع الذُّرَّفِ

ولقد سئِمتُ منَ الدُّموع الذُّرَّفِ

They departed and entrusted me to streaming tears;

They walked away and bid teary farewells

and indeed I have grown weary of streaming tears.

And I had enough of the flowing tears

رُحماكَ يا اللَّهُ رَحمةَ ضارِعٍ

رُحماكَ يا اللَّهُ رَحمةَ ضارِعٍ

لك مُدُّ كَفُّ اليائِس المُستَعطِفِ

لك مُدُّ كَفُّ اليائِس المُستَعطِفِ

Your mercy, O God—mercy for a supplicant!

Have mercy, O God, the mercy of a supplicant

To You is stretched the palm of the despairing seeker of compassion.

To you extends the palm of the despairing beseecher

حتى متَى أرعَى الكَواكِب سَاهراً

حتى متَى أرعَى الكَواكِب سَاهراً

وأعُدُّهَا مِن طالِعٍ أو مُختَفِ

وأعُدُّهَا مِن طالِعٍ أو مُختَفِ

How long shall I watch the stars, wakeful,

Until when do I shepherd the stars sleepless?

and count them, rising or fading from sight?

And count them appearing or disappearing

قد صِرت غَيرِي بعدَ فقدِ أحِبَّتي

قد صِرت غَيرِي بعدَ فقدِ أحِبَّتي

مِن فرطِ ما قد مَسَّ قلبِي المُدنَفِ

مِن فرطِ ما قد مَسَّ قلبِي المُدنَفِ

I have become other than myself since losing my loved ones,

After my loved ones left, I became other than myself

because of the intensity of what has afflicted my ailing heart.

From the agony that afflicted my grieving heart

فكأنَّ هذا البينُ جاءَ مُبَيِّناً

فكأنَّ هذا البينُ جاءَ مُبَيِّناً

ضعفَ القِوي وقُوَّةَ المُستَضعَفِ

ضعفَ القِوي وقُوَّةَ المُستَضعَفِ

So it is as though this parting came to reveal

It's as if this separation came to show clearly

the weakness of the strong and the strength of those deemed weak.

The weakness of the strong, and the strength of the weak

لِله سرٌّ في العبَاد فكم نَرا

لِله سرٌّ في العبَاد فكم نَرا

هُ يصطِفي لِعبَادهِ ما يَصطَفِي

هُ يصطِفي لِعبَادهِ ما يَصطَفِي

God has a secret among His servants: how often we see

God has a secret with people, so we see

Him choose for His servants whatever He chooses,

Him choosing for His servants as He chooses

وَيُمنُّ بعدُ بِلُطفِه عن عَبدِه

وَيُمنُّ بعدُ بِلُطفِه عن عَبدِه

حتَّى يَذوقَ حلاوةَ اللطفِ الخَفِي

حتَّى يَذوقَ حلاوةَ اللطفِ الخَفِي

and afterward bestow His grace for His servant's sake,

And He then favors His servant with His subtle kindness

until he tastes the sweetness of hidden grace.

Until he tastes the sweetness of that hidden grace