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Alas, O likeness of Labna, do not go away

ألا يا شبه لبنى لا تراعي

1. Alas, O likeness of Labna, do not go away,
Nor yearn for the summits of fortresses,

١. أَلا يا شِبهَ لُبنى لا تُراعي
وَلا تَتَيَمَّمي قُلَلَ القِلاعِ

2. My chest has struggled and my mantle has often returned to me,
While parting with Labna was like branding with fire.

٢. فَواكَبَدي وَعاوَدَني رُداعي
وَكانَ فُراقُ لِبنى كَالجَداعِ

3. The slanderers crowded around me and disturbed me,
Oh God, cursed be the obeyed slanderer,

٣. تَكَنَّفَني الوُشاةُ فَأَزعَجوني
فَيا لِلَّهِ لِلواشي المُطاعِ

4. So I woke up in the morning blaming myself
For something beyond my power,

٤. فَأَصبَحتُ الغَداةَ أَلومُ نَفسي
عَلى شَيءٍ وَلَيسَ بِمُستَطاعِ

5. Like a cheated man biting his hands,
His loss became evident after selling.

٥. كَمَغبونٍ يَعَضُّ عَلى يَدَيهِ
تَبَيَّنَ غَبنَهُ بَعدَ البَياعِ

6. In the house you left, Labna, forgotten,
That's how the lost are now gifted.

٦. بِدارِ مَضيعَةٍ تَرَكَتكَ لُبنى
كَذاكَ الحينُ يُهدى لِلمُضاعِ

7. We had lived enjoying life for a while,
If only fate would care for man,

٧. وَقَد عِشنا نَلَذُّ العَيشَ حينا
لَوَ اِنَّ الدَهرَ لِلإِنسانِ راعِ

8. But everything leads to separation,
And causes of death have their own ways.

٨. وَلَكِنَّ الجَميعَ إِلى اِفتِراقٍ
وَأَسبابُ الحُتوفِ لَها دَواعِ