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Tell those whose trust in me has cracked

قل للذين تناكصت ثقتي

1. Tell those whose trust in me has cracked
And hope for them has faded

١. قُل للّذين تَناكصتْ ثقتي
بهمُ وقهقرَ عنهمُ الأملُ

2. Whom I found deliberately without fault
Deceived by what they said and did

٢. ووجدتُهم عمداً بلا خطأٍ
رابوا بما قالوا وما فعلوا

3. I never thought I would
Move away from the house of affection

٣. ما كان عندي أنّني أبداً
عن عُقْرِ دار الوُدِّ أنتقلُ

4. And you got bored of those who do not change or
Walk with the splint of their secret boredom

٤. ومللتُمُ مَن لا يحول ولا
يمشي بعَرْصةِ سِرِّه المَلَلُ

5. And you were fooled by a state that was presented
While fate, had you been fair, changes

٥. وغُرِرتُمُ من دولةٍ عرضَتْ
والدّهرُ لو أنصفتُمُ دُوَلُ

6. It is a living after which there is demise
Or health after which there are diseases

٦. هي عيشةٌ من بعدها هُلُكٌ
أو صحّةٌ في إثْرها عِلَلُ

7. And I endured though matters out of injustice
That cannot be endured clouded me

٧. وقد اِحتملتُ وإنّما غَشَمَتْ
ظلماً أُمورٌ ليس تُحتَمَلُ

8. I made you a promise without action
Now there is neither promise nor action

٨. وعهدتُكم قولاً بلا عملٍ
فالآنَ لا قولٌ ولا عملُ

9. And bitterness for me is sweeter than you
And honey at dire need is bitterer

٩. ومن المُنى لِي مُرُّ غيركمُ
والصّاب عند ضرورةٍ عَسَلُ

10. There used to be before you, and they did not last,
A people who reached what you have reached

١٠. قد كان قبلكُمُ وما لبثوا
قومٌ إلى ما نلتُمُ وُصُلُ

11. They flew as they fell without cause
And you see them leave as they entered

١١. طاروا كما وقعوا بلا سَببٍ
وتراهُمُ خرجوا كما دخلوا

12. Do not think it will last forever today
For the shade is the sun’s shifting shade

١٢. لا تحسبوها اليومَ دائمةً
فالظّلّ ظلُّ الشّمسِ ينتقلُ

13. Great is the difference between a people advised
Who did not accept and a people who accepted advice

١٣. شَتّان بين معاشرٍ نُصحوا
لم يقبَلوا ومعاشرٍ قبِلوا

14. From where and how in the world
Is a state of prosperity reached?

١٤. من أين في الدّنيا وكيف بها
حالٌ من السّراءِ تتّصلُ

15. Time ebbs and we do not see it
What ebbs is not white or dark honey

١٥. يَفْرِي الزّمانُ وليس نُبصرهُ
ما ليسَ تفَرِي البِيضُ والأَسَلُ