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It is fitting that one like me should say to one like her

فحق لمثلي أن يقول لمثلها

1. It is fitting that one like me should say to one like her
You owe us for a quarter, even if you have increased our distress

١. فحقَّ لمثلي أن يقولَ لمثلها
فديناكَ منْ ربعٍ وإن زدتنا كربَا

2. And how could we recognize the features of one who did not leave for us
A heart for knowing the features, nor intuition

٢. وكيفَ عرفنا رسمَ مَنْ لم يدعْ لنا
فؤاداً لعرفانِ الرسومِ ولا لُبّا

3. It is as though the stars of the night feared his cave
So it spread over them from its murkiness, veils

٣. كأنَّ نجومَ الليلِ خافتْ مغارَهُ
فمدَّتْ عليها مِنْ عجاجتِهِ حجبا