Blame me, for I am to blame for distress

كري الملام فباغي اللوم مخصوم

1. Blame me, for I am to blame for distress,
And fate has always praised and blamed.

١. كُرِّي المَلامَ فَباغِي اللَّوْمِ مَخْصُومُ
والدَّهْرُ مُذْ كانَ مَحْمُودٌ وَمَذْمُومٌ

2. In the kingdom we saw good days,
A life adorned with pleasures.

٢. بِسُرَّ مَنْ رَى بِلادِ المُلْكِ طابَ لَنا
مُعَرَّسٌ عَيشُهُ بِالَّلهْوِ مَنْظُومُ

3. A land whose glances were stolen
Made the troubled heart delighted and relieved.

٣. أَرْضٌ مَتى اخْتُلِسَتْ أَلْحاظُها نَظَراً
اهْتاجَ ذُو طَرَبٍ وارتاح مَهْمُومُ

4. Al-Hair, Al-Qasr, Fatoul, its gardens,
And Al-Ja’fari tyrannized by time.

٤. وَالْحَيْرُ والْقَصْرُ والفاطُولُ جَنَّتُها
والْجَعْفَرِيُّ بِكَفِّ الدَّهْرِ مَزْمُومُ

5. Homes time made intimate but darkened
By cruel years, destroyed, in ruins.

٥. مَنازلٌ آنَسَتْ دَهْراً فَأَوْحَشَها
ظُلْمُ الزمَّانِ فَمَثْلُوم ومَهْدُومُ

6. Winds blowing made it strange
And meeting it was destined to separation.

٦. عَفَتْ وغَيَّرَها وَصْلُ الرِّياحِ لَها
والوَصْلُ مِنْهَا بِحَبْلِ الهَجْرِ مَحْتُومُ

7. When will I see time turn around
And gain it if it comes, though life is gained by force?

٧. أَنَّى أَرَى رَجْعَةً لِلدَّهْرِ يَلْحَظُها
غَنِمْتُها إِنْ وَفَتْ والْعَيْشُ مَغْنُومُ

8. Memory will take me away, arousing longing
For your presence, revealing the hidden.

٨. وَسَوْفَ يَنْزِعُ بِي ذِكْرٌ يُشَوِّقُنِي
إِلَى ذُراكِ فَيَبْدُو مِنْهُ مَكْتُومُ

9. If I make my home with you, I won’t regret any land,
Its rope from my ropes is firmly tied to you.

٩. وَإنْ أَحُلُّكِ لا آسى عَلَى بَلَدٍ
وَحَبْلُهُ مِنْ حِبالِي فِيكِ مَصْرُومُ

10. Is the turn of fate a promise to hope for
Or a sign of your justice, lost and nonexistent?

١٠. أَرَجْعَةَ الدَّهْرِ هَلْ وَعْدٌ فَامُلُهُ
أَمْ عَطْفُ عَدْلِكِ مَفْقُودٌ وَمُعْدُومُ

11. Nothing hurts me like memories when we met,
My heart numbed with remembrance, as if laden.

١١. وَما شَجانِي كَذِكْرَى خِلْتُها حُلُماً
كَأَنَّ قَلْبِي لَها بِالذَّكْرِ مَكْلُومُ

12. Where is the time I stayed up arguing
And my opponent was sued and convicted?

١٢. أَيْنَ الزَّمانُ الَّذِي أَسْهَرْتُ عاذِلَتِي
فِيهِ وغُودِرَ خَصْمِي وَهُوَ مَخْصُومُ

13. On Saraya and Carcasia its youth roams,
While life is safe from the blows of fate.

١٣. بَيْنَ الصَّراةِ وكَرْخايا تَمَرُّدُهُ
وَالْعَيْشُ مِنْ نَكباتِ الدَّهْرِ مَعْصُومُ

14. Rage is duty, drinking wine obligatory,
Violation the norm, chastity condemned.

١٤. والغَضْبُ دِينٌ وَشُرْبُ الرّاحِ مُفْتَرضٌ
وَالْهَتْكُ مُسْتَعْمَلٌ والصَّوْنُ مَثْلُومُ