لَو رَكبتُ البِحارَ صارَت فِجاجا

لَو رَكبتُ البِحارَ صارَت فِجاجا

لا تَرى في مُتونِها أَمواجا

لا تَرى في مُتونِها أَمواجا

If I sailed the seas, they would turn into mountain passes;

If I sailed the seas, they would become still pools,

Were I to ride the seas, they would turn to dry ravines,

you would see no waves upon their backs.

You would not see any waves in their depths,

And on their barren surface, you would see no waves.

فَلَو أَنّي وَضَعتُ يا قوتَةً حَمرا

فَلَو أَنّي وَضَعتُ يا قوتَةً حَمرا

ءَ في راحَتي لَصارَت زُجاجا

ءَ في راحَتي لَصارَت زُجاجا

And if I placed a red ruby

If I placed a piece of amber in the palm of my hand,

And were I to place a ruby of the deepest red

in my palm, it would turn to glass.

It would surely turn into glass,

Within my palm, it would turn to common glass.

وَلو أَنّي وَرَدتُ عَذباً فُراتاً

وَلو أَنّي وَرَدتُ عَذباً فُراتاً

عادَ لا شَكَّ فيهِ مِلحاً أَجاجا

عادَ لا شَكَّ فيهِ مِلحاً أَجاجا

And if I reached sweet, fresh water,

And if I passed by the sweet Euphrates,

And were I to approach a spring of sweet, fresh water,

it would, without doubt, turn salty and bitter.

Without doubt, its water would turn salty and bitter,

It would turn, without a doubt, to bitter, salty brine.

فَإِلى اللَهِ أَشتَكي وَإِلى الفَض

فَإِلى اللَهِ أَشتَكي وَإِلى الفَض

لِ فَقَد أَصبَحتُ بِزاتي دَجاجا

لِ فَقَد أَصبَحتُ بِزاتي دَجاجا

So to God I complain, and to al-Fadl,

So to God I complain and to the virtuous I turn,

So to God I raise my complaint, and to Al-Fadl,

for my falcons have indeed become chickens.

For I have become with my misery - a chicken.

For I have found my noble falcons turned to hens.