ذُكِرَ الصدُّ لمن أهوى فصدْ

ذُكِرَ الصدُّ لمن أهوى فصدْ

وبداَ يَمْزَح بالهجرِ فجدْ

وبداَ يَمْزَح بالهجرِ فجدْ

Turning away was mentioned to the one I love, so he turned away.

He described the rejection of the one I love so I was rejected

And he seemed to jest about abandonment, then grew serious.

And he began to jest with estrangement so I was serious

مالهُ يعدل عني غيرهُ

مالهُ يعدل عني غيرهُ

وهو لا يعدِلُهُ عندي أَحَدْ

وهو لا يعدِلُهُ عندي أَحَدْ

Why does he turn from me to another,

He has no equal in my eyes though to him

when no one, in my eyes, is his equal?

No one equals me, that's what I reckon

لا تريدوا غرَّةَ الفضل ومن

لا تريدوا غرَّةَ الفضل ومن

يطلب الغِرَّة في خِيس الأسدْ

يطلب الغِرَّة في خِيس الأسدْ

Do not try to catch al-Fadl off guard—and who

Do not seek favors and graces from one

seeks an unguarded moment in the lion's thicket?

Who seeks favors is vile and mean

مَلِكٌ نَدْفعُ ما نخشى به

مَلِكٌ نَدْفعُ ما نخشى به

وبه نُصلِحُ منَّا ما فَسَدْ

وبه نُصلِحُ منَّا ما فَسَدْ

A king through whom we ward off what we fear,

A king we avert what we fear through him

and through him we mend what has gone wrong among us.

And through him we set right what's ruined

يُنجزُ الناسُ إذا ما وَعَدوا

يُنجزُ الناسُ إذا ما وَعَدوا

وإذا ما أنجَزَ الفضلُ وَعَدْ

وإذا ما أنجَزَ الفضلُ وَعَدْ

People fulfill their pledges when they have promised;

People fulfill when they make a promise

but when al-Fadl has fulfilled, he promises.

And when graces fulfill a promise