هل نازح الدار بعد البين مقترب

هل نازح الدار بعد البين مقترب

أم هل يؤوب إلى الأوطان مغترب

أم هل يؤوب إلى الأوطان مغترب

Will one far from home draw near after separation?

Is the one who left home after separation drawing near,

Or will an exile return to his homelands?

Or is the expatriate returning to his homeland?

أم هل ترى صفحات البيد تسفر لي

أم هل ترى صفحات البيد تسفر لي

عن عارض خضل خدلها ترب

عن عارض خضل خدلها ترب

Or will you see the desert's expanses unveil for me

Or do you see the pages of ruin reveal to me

a moist cloud—[unclear wording]—dust-stained?

A transient beauty whose cheeks time has plundered?

وارتوى أن جرى ذكر العذيب وفي

وارتوى أن جرى ذكر العذيب وفي

حشاي من فرط شوقي النار تلتهب

حشاي من فرط شوقي النار تلتهب

And shall my thirst be quenched at the mention of al-ʿUdhayb, while

And it was related that the tortured one was mentioned, so

fire blazes in my heart from my overwhelming longing?

In my breast from intense longing the fire flares up.

فهل ترى اسمع الحادين عن كثب

فهل ترى اسمع الحادين عن كثب

وهم يقولون لي قف هذه الكثب

وهم يقولون لي قف هذه الكثب

Then do you think I shall hear the chanting camel-drivers nearby,

So do you see if I listen closely

as they tell me, “Stop; these are the dunes”?

As they say to me, “Stop, this is the mountain path!”

وهل تماط وقد جئت الثنية ما

وهل تماط وقد جئت الثنية ما

بيني وبين المصلى والنقا الحجب

بيني وبين المصلى والنقا الحجب

And will there be lifted, once I have reached the mountain pass,

And do you yield when I came to the pass

the veils between me and al-Muṣallā and al-Naqā?

Between me and the mosque and the barriers veil it?

فأنظر الحرم السامي بساكنه

فأنظر الحرم السامي بساكنه

وأمر الأرض دمعاً دونه السحب

وأمر الأرض دمعاً دونه السحب

So I may behold the sanctuary, exalted by its inhabitant,

So I look upon the sublime sanctuary and its dweller,

and rain tears upon the earth, outdoing the clouds,

And the land weeps, below it the clouds.

والثم الترب إجلالاُ لديه وهل

والثم الترب إجلالاُ لديه وهل

لثم التراب يؤدي بعض ما يجب

لثم التراب يؤدي بعض ما يجب

and kiss the dust in reverence before him—and can

And I kiss the dust in reverence before it. And does

kissing the dust fulfill even part of what is due?

Kissing the earth fulfill even some of what is owed?

ولو أطلقن على وجهي سعيت به

ولو أطلقن على وجهي سعيت به

لو كان لم بنه عنه الشرع والأدب

لو كان لم بنه عنه الشرع والأدب

Were I permitted, I would make my way upon my face,

And if they freed my face I would race to it

if religious law and decorum had not forbidden it.

If propriety and virtue had not banned him from it.

هناك تطفأ أشجاني وتبرد أجفاني

هناك تطفأ أشجاني وتبرد أجفاني

وتذهب عني هذه الكرب

وتذهب عني هذه الكرب

There my sorrows are extinguished and my eyelids cooled,

There my passions are extinguished and my eyelids cooled,

and these afflictions depart from me.

And this anguish departs me.

ولا أبالي بفقد أن الحياة وقد

ولا أبالي بفقد أن الحياة وقد

وجدت ما كنت أرجوه وارتقب

وجدت ما كنت أرجوه وارتقب

And I care nothing for losing life, since

And I care not about losing a life after

I have found what I hoped for and awaited.

I found what I had hoped for and awaited.

هذاإذا كنت أقوى أن أقوم به

هذاإذا كنت أقوى أن أقوم به

فرداً ولم ينثني عن موقفي الرغب

فرداً ولم ينثني عن موقفي الرغب

This, if I have the strength to stand there

This, if I was strong enough to do it

alone, with yearning never turning from my station.

Alone, and desire did not dissuade me from my stance,

ولو يقوم به طود ويعلم ما

ولو يقوم به طود ويعلم ما

منه علمت لامسى وهو مضطرب

منه علمت لامسى وهو مضطرب

Were a mountain to stand there and know what

And if a mighty one undertook it, one who knows

I have learned of him, it would fall to trembling.

What I know, he would tarry there perturbed,

لكنه موقف الرضوان لا وصب

لكنه موقف الرضوان لا وصب

ينال وافده يوماً ولا نصب

ينال وافده يوماً ولا نصب

Yet this is a station of divine favor; no suffering

But the station of acceptance cannot be attained

ever befalls its visitor, nor any weariness.

By a newcomer, neither easily nor with hardship.

وسار منه الهدى لم تبق شارقة

وسار منه الهدى لم تبق شارقة

إلا ونور سناها منه مكتسب

إلا ونور سناها منه مكتسب

And guidance spread from him; no rising sun remained

And he from whom guidance flowed, no horizon remains

whose radiant light was not derived from him.

Except that its light from him was obtained.

محمد سيد السادات أكرم من

محمد سيد السادات أكرم من

علت بملته فوق الورى الرتب

علت بملته فوق الورى الرتب

Muhammad, master of masters, noblest of those

Muhammad, master of masters, more virtuous than any

through whose faith the ranks rose above humankind.

Whose faith was raised above the cosmos in rank,

محمد المصطفى الهادي الذي شهدت

محمد المصطفى الهادي الذي شهدت

ببعثه أنبياء الله والكتب

ببعثه أنبياء الله والكتب

Muhammad, the Chosen One, the guide, whose mission was attested

Muhammad the chosen one, the guide whom

by God's prophets and the scriptures.

The prophets of God and the scriptures bore witness to,

ومن به طهر البيت الحرام وقد

ومن به طهر البيت الحرام وقد

علت على الكعبة الأوثان والنصب

علت على الكعبة الأوثان والنصب

And he through whom the Sacred House was purified, though

He by whom the Sacred House was purified after

idols and sacrificial stones had stood high upon the Kaaba.

Idols and statues had adorned the Kaaba,

وانشق إيوان كسرى يوم مولده

وانشق إيوان كسرى يوم مولده

من فوقه وخبا من ناره اللهب

من فوقه وخبا من ناره اللهب

And Kisrā's vaulted hall split on the day of his birth,

And the palace of Chosroes split open from above

from its top, and the flame of his fire died away.

On the day of his birth, its flames extinguished,

والجن صدت عن السمع الذي صعدت

والجن صدت عن السمع الذي صعدت

من أجله وتهاوت نحوها الشهب

من أجله وتهاوت نحوها الشهب

And the jinn were barred from listening, having ascended

And jinn blocked from hearing, for whose ascent

for its sake, while meteors hurtled down toward them.

They had climbed, and meteors plunged towards it.