والنائِباتُ أبا علِيٍّ

والنائِباتُ أبا علِيٍّ

ليسَ تَتركُني وذاكا

ليسَ تَتركُني وذاكا

And misfortunes, Abu Ali,

The stars, O Abū ‘Alī

will not leave me and that one alone.

Do not cease to reproach me thus,

فكَأنَّها مُستَحلَفاتٌ

فكَأنَّها مُستَحلَفاتٌ

أن تكلِّفَني كَذاكا

أن تكلِّفَني كَذاكا

It is as though they had been made to swear

As though they had sworn

to burden me in this way.

To burden me forevermore.

علِمَت بِأنِّي لستُ مُن

علِمَت بِأنِّي لستُ مُن

بَسِطاً إِلى أَحدٍ سِواكا

بَسِطاً إِلى أَحدٍ سِواكا

They knew that I was not reaching

They know I belong to none

out to anyone but you,

Save you alone in all the world,

وَرأتكَ تَشكُو غِلظَةً

وَرأتكَ تَشكُو غِلظَةً

قصَرَت يَمينكَ عَن نَداكا

قصَرَت يَمينكَ عَن نَداكا

and saw you complaining of hardship

And saw you complaining of cruelty—

that held your right hand back from your bounty.

Your right hand falls short of your gifts.

فَرَمَتكَ بي حتَّى اشتَرَك

فَرَمَتكَ بي حتَّى اشتَرَك

نا في مَذَمَّتِها اشتِراكا

نا في مَذَمَّتِها اشتِراكا

So they hurled me at you, until we shared

So they pelt you with me that we share,

in condemning them together.

In their blame, a common fate.