والرِّزقُ مَضمونٌ ولا وَجه لل

والرِّزقُ مَضمونٌ ولا وَجه لل

حِرصِ على استِجلابِ مَضمُونِ

حِرصِ على استِجلابِ مَضمُونِ

Provision is guaranteed, so there is no reason for

Sustenance is guaranteed, and there is no reason for

eager striving to procure what is guaranteed.

greed in seeking what is guaranteed.

ما ذاك إلا عِلمُها أنَّه

ما ذاك إلا عِلمُها أنَّه

يُغضِبُها من حيثُ يُرضيني

يُغضِبُها من حيثُ يُرضيني

That is only because she knows that he

That is only because she knows that it

angers her in the very act of pleasing me.

angers her where it pleases me.

لكنَّها نفسُ فَتىً خَطبُهُ

لكنَّها نفسُ فَتىً خَطبُهُ

مع اللَّيالي ليسَ بالدُّونِ

مع اللَّيالي ليسَ بالدُّونِ

Yet she is the very life of a youth whose ordeal

Yet she is the soul of a young man whose plight

with Fortune’s nights is no slight matter.

amid the nights is no small matter.

يفنَى بها عُدماً وتَفنى به

يفنَى بها عُدماً وتَفنى به

ذَمّاً وكلٌّ غير مَغبُونِ

ذَمّاً وكلٌّ غير مَغبُونِ

He perishes for want of her, and she for him

He perishes through her from poverty, and she perishes through him

out of loyalty; neither loses by the bargain.

from reproach; neither is cheated.

ورابَني مِن بعدِ تَشدِيدِها

ورابَني مِن بعدِ تَشدِيدِها

جنُوحُها أمسِ إلى اللِّينِ

جنُوحُها أمسِ إلى اللِّينِ

What made me suspicious, after her severity,

And after her sternness, I was troubled by

was her turning yesterday toward gentleness.

her leaning yesterday toward gentleness.

ولَم يكُن ذلكَ مِن فِعلِها

ولَم يكُن ذلكَ مِن فِعلِها

قبلَ موافاةِ ابنِ عَبدُونِ

قبلَ موافاةِ ابنِ عَبدُونِ

Such had never been her way

And that had not been her way

before Ibn ʿAbdūn’s unexpected arrival.

before the arrival of Ibn Abdun.