يا سَعدُ لَم أَذخَر عَلَيكَ مَوَدَّةً

يا سَعدُ لَم أَذخَر عَلَيكَ مَوَدَّةً

أَنتَ المُقِرُّ بِها وَأَنتَ الجاحِدُ

أَنتَ المُقِرُّ بِها وَأَنتَ الجاحِدُ

O Sa'd, I have withheld no affection from you.

O Saad, I did not hoard any affection for you

You acknowledge it, and you deny it.

You who acknowledge it, and you who deny it

أَشكَيتَني فَشَكَوتُ لا مُتَشاكِياً

أَشكَيتَني فَشَكَوتُ لا مُتَشاكِياً

وَزَعمتَ أَنّي إِذ شَكَوتُكَ حاسِدُ

وَزَعمتَ أَنّي إِذ شَكَوتُكَ حاسِدُ

You gave me cause to complain, so I complained—not feigning a grievance.

You blamed me, so I complained - not to lament

And you claimed that, when I complained of you, I was envious.

And you claimed that since I complained about you, I'm envious

وَلَئِن حُسِدتُ عَلَيكَ إِنَّكَ للَّذي

وَلَئِن حُسِدتُ عَلَيكَ إِنَّكَ للَّذي

حُسِدَت عَلَيهِ أَقارِبٌ وَأَباعِدُ

حُسِدَت عَلَيهِ أَقارِبٌ وَأَباعِدُ

And if I have been envied on your account, you are indeed one

And if I envied you, surely you're the one

on whose account kin and strangers alike have been envied.

Whom relatives and strangers envied

وَزَعَمتَ أَنّي لائِمٌ لَكَ عاتِبٌ

وَزَعَمتَ أَنّي لائِمٌ لَكَ عاتِبٌ

وَقَصائِدي بِالذَمِّ فيكَ شَواهِدُ

وَقَصائِدي بِالذَمِّ فيكَ شَواهِدُ

And you claimed that I blame and reproach you,

And you claimed that I blame and reproach you

and that my poems bear witness to my censure of you.

While my poems about insulting you are evidence

لَؤُمَت إِذَن مِنّي الخَلائِقُ وَاِغتَدى

لَؤُمَت إِذَن مِنّي الخَلائِقُ وَاِغتَدى

بِالحَمدِ مَن هُوَ قائِمٌ بي قاعِدُ

بِالحَمدِ مَن هُوَ قائِمٌ بي قاعِدُ

Then my character would be base, and he would go forth

People have thus wronged me, and transgressed

with praise—one who stands, yet holds me down.

Praising who stands while I sit

إِنّي أَذُمُّكَ يا سَعيدُ وَإِنَّما

إِنّي أَذُمُّكَ يا سَعيدُ وَإِنَّما

بِالمَجدِ مِنكَ إِذا فَخُرتُ أماجِدُ

بِالمَجدِ مِنكَ إِذا فَخُرتُ أماجِدُ

I censure you, O Sa'id, yet it is only

Indeed I praise you, O Saad, but

with glory from you that I vie in glory when I boast.

My glory comes when I boast and take pride

إِن كانَ قَلبُكَ فِيَّ مُشتَركَ الهَوى

إِن كانَ قَلبُكَ فِيَّ مُشتَركَ الهَوى

فَالقَلبُ مِنّى فيكَ قَلبٌ واحِدُ

فَالقَلبُ مِنّى فيكَ قَلبٌ واحِدُ

If your heart is divided in its love for me,

If your heart is inclined the same as mine

then my heart for you is one undivided heart.

Then my heart toward you is one heart

كُن كَيفَ شِئتَ فَإِنَّني بِكَ واثِقٌ

كُن كَيفَ شِئتَ فَإِنَّني بِكَ واثِقٌ

وَلَئِن ذَمَمتُكَ إِنَّني لَكَ حامِدُ

وَلَئِن ذَمَمتُكَ إِنَّني لَكَ حامِدُ

Be as you wish, for I trust in you.

Be however you want, for I'm confident in you

And even if I censure you, I am indeed one who praises you.

And if I insult you, I will still praise you