غَنيتَ عَنِ الوِدِّ القَديمِ غَنيتا

غَنيتَ عَنِ الوِدِّ القَديمِ غَنيتا

وَضَيَّعتَ عَهداً كانَ لي وَنَسيتا

وَضَيَّعتَ عَهداً كانَ لي وَنَسيتا

You have no need of the old friendship—no need at all.

You have become independent of the old affection

And you neglected a pledge that was mine, and forgot it.

And wasted a covenant that was for me, now forgotten

تَجاهَلتَ عَمّا كُنتَ تُحسِنُ وَصفَهُ

تَجاهَلتَ عَمّا كُنتَ تُحسِنُ وَصفَهُ

وَمُتَّ عَنِ الإِحسانِ حينَ حَيِيتا

وَمُتَّ عَنِ الإِحسانِ حينَ حَيِيتا

You feigned ignorance of what you used to describe so well.

You disregarded what you once were good at describing

And you died to kindness when you came to life.

And died to kindness when you came to life

وَقَد كُنتَ بي أَيامَ ضَعفٍ مِنَ القِوى

وَقَد كُنتَ بي أَيامَ ضَعفٍ مِنَ القِوى

أَبَرَّ وَأَوفى مِنكَ حينَ قَويتا

أَبَرَّ وَأَوفى مِنكَ حينَ قَويتا

And indeed, in days of little strength, you treated me

You were, in my days of weakness,

more kindly and faithfully than when you grew strong.

More dutiful and faithful than when you grew strong

عَهِدتُكَ في غَيرِ الوِلايَةِ حافِظاً

عَهِدتُكَ في غَيرِ الوِلايَةِ حافِظاً

فَأَغلَقتَ بابَ الوِدِّ حينَ وَليتا

فَأَغلَقتَ بابَ الوِدِّ حينَ وَليتا

I knew you to keep faith when you held no office;

I entrusted you, though not in authority, to be a keeper

then you shut the door of friendship when you took office.

Yet you closed the door of affection when you rose to power

وَمِن عَجَبِ الأَيّامِ أَن بادَ مَن يَفي

وَمِن عَجَبِ الأَيّامِ أَن بادَ مَن يَفي

وَمَن كُنتَ تَرعاني لَهُ وَبَقيتا

وَمَن كُنتَ تَرعاني لَهُ وَبَقيتا

And among time's wonders is that he who keeps faith has perished,

And of the wonders of days is that he who was faithful is gone

as has the one for whose sake you used to care for me, while you have survived.

While you, whom I hoped to rely on, remained

غِناكَ لِمَن يَرجوكَ فَقرٌ وَفاقَةٌ

غِناكَ لِمَن يَرجوكَ فَقرٌ وَفاقَةٌ

وَذُلٌّ وَيَأسٌ مِنكَ يَومَ رُجيتا

وَذُلٌّ وَيَأسٌ مِنكَ يَومَ رُجيتا

Your wealth, to whoever hopes in you, is poverty and want,

Suffice you for him who hopes in you, poverty, neediness

and humiliation and despair of you on the day hopes were placed in you.

Lowliness and despair in you the day you were hoped in