دع الفكرَ في أمري فقدْريَ لا يفي

دع الفكرَ في أمري فقدْريَ لا يفي

بحَملك يوماً فيَّ عبءَ المفكِّرِ

بحَملك يوماً فيَّ عبءَ المفكِّرِ

Leave off thinking about my affairs, for my worth does not merit

Let go of thinking of my affair, for my fate is not alleviated

your ever bearing a thinker's burden on my account.

By your worrying about me with the burden of the thinker

ولا تتكلفْ لي التكاليفَ إنني

ولا تتكلفْ لي التكاليفَ إنني

مَليءٌ بِعُذْر النائل المتعذر

مَليءٌ بِعُذْر النائل المتعذر

Nor take burdens upon yourself for me, for I

And do not take pains for me with difficulties, for I

can readily accept an excuse for a gift that cannot be given.

Am full of the excuse of the attainer made difficult

ولستُ كممنوع يرى العذر علةً

ولستُ كممنوع يرى العذر علةً

ولا طالب يسراً بإرهاق معسِرِ

ولا طالب يسراً بإرهاق معسِرِ

I am not like one denied a gift who takes an excuse for a pretext,

And I am not like one forbidden who sees the excuse as a fault

nor one seeking ease by overburdening a man in hardship.

Nor a seeker of ease with a distressing strain

لك العذرُ مبسوطاً وحُقَّ لمن يَرى

لك العذرُ مبسوطاً وحُقَّ لمن يَرى

ملام مُليمٍ أن يرى عذر مُعذِرِ

ملام مُليمٍ أن يرى عذر مُعذِرِ

Your excuse is freely granted; it is fitting that one who recognizes

For you is the excuse spread open, and the right of one who sees

the blame of the blameworthy should recognize the excuse of one with good cause.

A gentle reproacher, to see the excuse of the excuser

ولكن إذا ما عاد في العُود ماؤهُ

ولكن إذا ما عاد في العُود ماؤهُ

فأورِقْ لِمُستذْري ذَراكَ وأَثمِرِ

فأورِقْ لِمُستذْري ذَراكَ وأَثمِرِ

But when the bough's sap returns,

But if its water returns in going and coming

then put forth leaves for one seeking your shelter, and bear fruit.

Then bloom for the apologizer your leaves and bear fruit

هي ابنةُ حُرٍّ زُوِّجَتْ منكَ حُرّةً

هي ابنةُ حُرٍّ زُوِّجَتْ منكَ حُرّةً

فإن مُهِرَتْ مهراً رغيباً فأَجدرِ

فإن مُهِرَتْ مهراً رغيباً فأَجدرِ

She is a freeborn man's daughter, wedded to you as a free woman.

She is the daughter of a freeman married to you a free woman

If she is given a generous dowry, how fitting!

So if she was dowered with a desirable dower, be generous

وإلا فحسبي أن أصون كريمتي

وإلا فحسبي أن أصون كريمتي

بِكُفءٍ كريمٍ مثلك ابنَ مُدبّرِ

بِكُفءٍ كريمٍ مثلك ابنَ مُدبّرِ

Otherwise, it suffices me to safeguard my noble daughter

Or else it suffices me to protect my noble woman

with a noble, worthy match like you, Ibn Mudabbir.

With a noble match like you, son of the regulator

كفانيَ مهراً بالكفاءة إنها

كفانيَ مهراً بالكفاءة إنها

هي المهر للمتمهّر المتخيرِ

هي المهر للمتمهّر المتخيرِ

An equal match is dowry enough for me; indeed, it

Her parity suffices me as dower, for it

is the dowry for one who seeks a dowry and chooses well.

Is the dower for the dowered, the choosy

ولو مَهَرَ الأحماءُ صِهراً لكنتَهُ

ولو مَهَرَ الأحماءُ صِهراً لكنتَهُ

ولم تَغْلُ بالدنيا على متَكَثِّرِ

ولم تَغْلُ بالدنيا على متَكَثِّرِ

And if in-laws gave a son-in-law a dowry, you would be that man,

And if the protectors dowered a brother-in-law, you would be him

and to one seeking abundance, even the whole world would not be too high a price for you.

And would not favor the world over the content

وأنتَ بأن تُحْبَى على أن قَبلْتَها

وأنتَ بأن تُحْبَى على أن قَبلْتَها

أحقُّ ولكنَّا ظلمناك فاغفرِ

أحقُّ ولكنَّا ظلمناك فاغفرِ

And of a gift for having accepted her, you

You have the right, by loving her, to accept her

are more deserving; but we have wronged you, so forgive us.

More rightfully, but we wronged you, so forgive