أيُّها الحاسدِي على صُحْبتي العُس

أيُّها الحاسدِي على صُحْبتي العُس

ر وذَمِّي الزمانَ والإخوانا

ر وذَمِّي الزمانَ والإخوانا

O you who envy me for keeping company with hardship,

O you who envies my companionship in hardship

and for my censure of Time and brethren,

And blames time and brethren

حسداً هاجَهُ على ثلب شعري

حسداً هاجَهُ على ثلب شعري

ولقائي معبِّساً غضبانا

ولقائي معبِّساً غضبانا

an envy that drove him to disparage my poetry,

With envy that provokes him against my poetry

and to meet me scowling and angry,

And meeting me frowning and angry

وانتقاصي مع العدو وقد كا

وانتقاصي مع العدو وقد كا

ن يرى لي نقائِصي رُجْحانا

ن يرى لي نقائِصي رُجْحانا

and to belittle me alongside the enemy, though he once

And belittling me with the enemy, though he

saw my shortcomings as merits.

Could see my own flaws clearly

ليت شعري ماذا حسدتَ عليه

ليت شعري ماذا حسدتَ عليه

أيُّها الظالِمي إخائي عيانا

أيُّها الظالِمي إخائي عيانا

Would that I knew what you envied me for,

I wonder what you envied me for

O you who openly wrong my brotherly affection.

O you who wrongs me, my brother in plain sight

أَعلى أنَّني ظَمِئْتُ وأضحَى

أَعلى أنَّني ظَمِئْتُ وأضحَى

كُلُّ من كان صادياً ريَّانا

كُلُّ من كان صادياً ريَّانا

Is it because I have thirsted, while now

Is it that I became thirsty while

everyone who was thirsty is quenched?

All who were once kind became cruel?

أمْ على أنَّني أمشي حسيراً

أمْ على أنَّني أمشي حسيراً

وأرى النَّاسَ كلَّهُمْ رُكْبانا

وأرى النَّاسَ كلَّهُمْ رُكْبانا

Or because I walk weary,

Or that I walk humbly

and see all the people riding?

While seeing all people mounted?

أمْ على أنني ثكلتُ شقيقي

أمْ على أنني ثكلتُ شقيقي

وعدِمْتُ الثَّراءَ والأوطانا

وعدِمْتُ الثَّراءَ والأوطانا

Or because I was bereaved of my brother,

Or that I lost my brother

and lost wealth and homelands?

And missed wealth and homelands?

عُدْ كريماً إلى كريم كما كن

عُدْ كريماً إلى كريم كما كن

تَ وإلا لقيتَ مِنِّي هوانا

تَ وإلا لقيتَ مِنِّي هوانا

Return nobly to a noble man, as you once

Return magnanimous to the magnanimous as you were

were; otherwise you will meet contempt from me.

Else you will meet disgrace from me

لا عقاباً بما تقولُ ولكنْ

لا عقاباً بما تقولُ ولكنْ

بجفاء أردفْتَه هِجرانا

بجفاء أردفْتَه هِجرانا

Not as punishment for what you say, but

Not as punishment for your words, but

for coldness you followed with abandonment.

For the estrangement you accompanied them with

وتيقَّنْ أني مُقيمٌ على العه

وتيقَّنْ أني مُقيمٌ على العه

دِ حَياتي وخُذْ بذاكَ ضمانا

دِ حَياتي وخُذْ بذاكَ ضمانا

And be certain I remain faithful to the covenant

And know that I stand by the pact of

all my life; take that as a guarantee.

My life, so take that as guarantee

لا أعُدُّ الذنوبَ منك ذُنوباً

لا أعُدُّ الذنوبَ منك ذُنوباً

بل هدايا مقبولةً وحنانا

بل هدايا مقبولةً وحنانا

I do not count your offenses as offenses,

I do not count your sins as sins

but as welcome gifts and affection.

But gifts accepted and affection

وكذا ذَنْبُ كُلِّ دَهرٍ يليه

وكذا ذَنْبُ كُلِّ دَهرٍ يليه

آلُ وَهْب أعُدُّهُ إحسانا

آلُ وَهْب أعُدُّهُ إحسانا

Likewise, the offense of every age governed

So too the sin of each era succeeded

by the house of Wahb I count as kindness.

By an Aal-Wahb I count as favor

وأرى يومَهمْ ضَمِيناً وفيّاً

وأرى يومَهمْ ضَمِيناً وفيّاً

بِغَدٍ يجعل العِدا خُلّانا

بِغَدٍ يجعل العِدا خُلّانا

And I see their day as a faithful guarantor

And I see their day as supportive and loyal

of a tomorrow that turns enemies into close friends.

With a tomorrow that makes enemies intimate

قسماً لَوْ جَهدْتَ جُهدك ما اعتد

قسماً لَوْ جَهدْتَ جُهدك ما اعتد

دَتْكَ نفسي إلا أخاً خُلْصَانا

دَتْكَ نفسي إلا أخاً خُلْصَانا

I swear, however hard you tried, never would

I swear, if you tried your utmost,

my soul count you as anything but a true brother.

My soul would still count you a loyal brother

فارقبِ الإلَّ أن تكونَ على خل

فارقبِ الإلَّ أن تكونَ على خل

لِكَ قِدْمَاً مَعَ الزَّمانِ زمانا

لِكَ قِدْمَاً مَعَ الزَّمانِ زمانا

So honor our bond, lest you turn against your friend

So watch that you be not, in your misstep

of old as another Time alongside Time.

A foot along with time, in time