إِنّي مُنِعتُ مِنَ المَسيرِ إِلَيكُمُ

إِنّي مُنِعتُ مِنَ المَسيرِ إِلَيكُمُ

وَلَوِ اِستَطَعتُ لَكُنتُ أَوَّلَ وارِدِ

وَلَوِ اِستَطَعتُ لَكُنتُ أَوَّلَ وارِدِ

Indeed, I was prevented from traveling to you.

I am forbidden from traveling to you

And had I been able, I would have been the first to arrive.

And if I were able, I would be the first to arrive

أَخكو وَهَل أَخكو جِنايَةَ مُنعِمٍ

أَخكو وَهَل أَخكو جِنايَةَ مُنعِمٍ

غَيظُ العَدُوِّ بِهِ وَكَبتُ الحاسِدِ

غَيظُ العَدُوِّ بِهِ وَكَبتُ الحاسِدِ

I complain—yet can I complain of a benefactor's wrongdoing,

Do I wrong my benefactor if I complain?

Through whom the enemy is enraged and the envier humbled?

To spite my enemy and frustrate the envious

قَد كُنتَ عُدَّتي الَّتي أَسطو بِها

قَد كُنتَ عُدَّتي الَّتي أَسطو بِها

وَيَدي إِذا اِشتَدَّ الزَمانُ وَساعِدي

وَيَدي إِذا اِشتَدَّ الزَمانُ وَساعِدي

You were indeed my armament, with which I struck,

You were my weapon with which I charged

And my hand when times grew harsh, and my arm.

And my hand when times were difficult and an ally

فَرُميتُ مِنكَ بِغَيرِ ما أَمَّلتُهُ

فَرُميتُ مِنكَ بِغَيرِ ما أَمَّلتُهُ

وَالمَرءُ يَشرَقُ بِالزُلالِ البارِدِ

وَالمَرءُ يَشرَقُ بِالزُلالِ البارِدِ

Then I was struck by you with something other than what I had hoped for,

Yet I was cast from you without what I hoped for

And a man can choke even on cold, clear water.

And man shines with the cool pouring rain

لَكِنأَتَت دونَ السُرورِ مَساءَةً

لَكِنأَتَت دونَ السُرورِ مَساءَةً

وَصَلَت لَها كَفُّ القَبولِ بِساعِدِ

وَصَلَت لَها كَفُّ القَبولِ بِساعِدِ

But an affliction came instead of joy;

But sorrow came without any joy

For it, acceptance's palm joined with an arm.

And the palm of acceptance met the forearm

فَصَبَرتُ كَالوَلَدِ التَقِيِّ لِبَرِّهِ

فَصَبَرتُ كَالوَلَدِ التَقِيِّ لِبَرِّهِ

أَغضى عَلى أَلَمٍ لِضَربِ الوالِدِ

أَغضى عَلى أَلَمٍ لِضَربِ الوالِدِ

So I endured like a pious child who, out of filial devotion,

So I was patient like a pious son to his duty

Overlooked the pain of his father's blows.

Bearing pain silently for a father's blow

وَنَقَضتُ عَهداً كَيفَ لي بِوَفائِهِ

وَنَقَضتُ عَهداً كَيفَ لي بِوَفائِهِ

وَسُقيتُ دونَكَ كَأسَ هَمٍّ صارِدِ

وَسُقيتُ دونَكَ كَأسَ هَمٍّ صارِدِ

And I broke a pledge—how am I to fulfill it?

And I broke a pact - how could I be faithful?

And, away from you, I was made to drink a cup of piercing grief.

And I was made to drink apart from you a bitter cup of sorrow