قد هجونا مجلس الغي

قد هجونا مجلس الغي

بة هجران التَّقالِ

بة هجران التَّقالِ

We have lampooned the gathering of backbiting—

We have lampooned the gathering of back-

The ignorant have slandered us

the shunning of bores.

biting, shunning it as one shuns bores.

With the slander of parting and change

ألفته عصبة نو

ألفته عصبة نو

كى لقيل ولقالِ

كى لقيل ولقالِ

A band of fools frequented it,

It was frequented by a band of dim-

An evil band I found it

for idle talk and hearsay.

wits, for hearsay and idle talk.

For idle talk and prattle

رُبَّ من يشجيه أمري

رُبَّ من يشجيه أمري

وهو لم يخطر ببالي

وهو لم يخطر ببالي

Many a man is grieved by my affair,

Many a person is distressed by my affairs,

Full many a one my case fires

though he has never crossed my mind.

though he has never crossed my mind.

Though it ne’er was in my thoughts

قلبه ملآن من ذَف

قلبه ملآن من ذَف

ري وقلبي منه خالِ

ري وقلبي منه خالِ

His heart is filled with the reek of me,

His heart is full of my pungent

His heart with my bile is filled

while my heart is empty of him.

scent, while my heart is empty of him.

While mine of his is void