لما حقُّ من صد عن مشربٍ

لما حقُّ من صد عن مشربٍ

لبعض القذى فيه أن يمنعَهْ

لبعض القذى فيه أن يمنعَهْ

It is not right that one who shuns a drinking place

When the right of one who was barred from a spring

because of some grit in it should be denied it.

By some debris in it that prevented him

بلى حقه أن يصفَّى له

بلى حقه أن يصفَّى له

ليلتذ عند الصدى مكرعَهْ

ليلتذ عند الصدى مكرعَهْ

Rather, his right is to have it purified for him,

Indeed, he has the right to have it cleared for him

so that, when thirsty, he may enjoy his drinking place.

That he may indulge at the resonance satisfied

أبى الله قطعك رزق امرئٍ

أبى الله قطعك رزق امرئٍ

أبى الفضلُ والطول أن يقطعه

أبى الفضلُ والطول أن يقطعه

God forbids your cutting off a man's livelihood;

God never decreed to cut off the provision of a man

bounty and munificence forbid cutting it off,

Excellence and virtue never decreed to cut it off

وعلمك أن السدى كله

وعلمك أن السدى كله

ستُنشَرُ ذكراه في مجمعه

ستُنشَرُ ذكراه في مجمعه

as does your knowledge that every favor

And He taught you that all enmity

will be remembered in his gathering.

Its renown will be spread in its assembly

وما ذاك إلا عقاب امرئ

وما ذاك إلا عقاب امرئ

رأى السيف من حيده موضعه

رأى السيف من حيده موضعه

And that is nothing but the punishment of a man

And that is but the punishment of a man

on whose neck the sword saw its place.

Who saw the sword in the sheath its place

منعت الكفاف الذي لم تزل

منعت الكفاف الذي لم تزل

تجود به كفك الموسعه

تجود به كفك الموسعه

You withheld the bare sustenance that had always

You denied the sustenance which you never ceased

been freely bestowed by your generous hand.

To bestow with your generous palm

فإن كنت مسلمَ ذي حرمةٍ

فإن كنت مسلمَ ذي حرمةٍ

لقول أعاديه ما أضيعه

لقول أعاديه ما أضيعه

So if you would abandon a man entitled to respect

So if you are a protected Muslim

because of his enemies' words—how forsaken he is!—

For the words of enemies I do not waste it

فعجله بالسيف كي تستري

فعجله بالسيف كي تستري

ح إن كنت من قتله في سعه

ح إن كنت من قتله في سعه

then hasten his end with the sword, so you may

Then hasten with the sword that you may conceal

rest, if you are at liberty to kill him.

The shame if you are able to kill him

أتسلمنا للردى ستة

أتسلمنا للردى ستة

وقد كنت ترحمنا أربعه

وقد كنت ترحمنا أربعه

Will you surrender the six of us to death,

Did we surrender to evil six

though you had mercy on us when we were four?

While you used to pity us four