يا أَبا الفَضلِ يا كَريمَ التَصافي

يا أَبا الفَضلِ يا كَريمَ التَصافي

ما لِفَوزٍ تَقولُ إِنَّكَ جافِ

ما لِفَوزٍ تَقولُ إِنَّكَ جافِ

O Abu al-Fadl, generous in sincere friendship,

O Abu al-Fadl, O noble in purity

Why does Fawz say that you are aloof?

Why do you say that you are aloof?

كَتَبَت في الكِتابِ فَوزٌ فَقالَت

كَتَبَت في الكِتابِ فَوزٌ فَقالَت

في عِتابٍ مِنها وَفي إِلطافِ

في عِتابٍ مِنها وَفي إِلطافِ

Fawz wrote in her letter, saying,

Fawz wrote in the book, then said

with both reproach and tenderness:

Reproaching yet gentling him too

ما مَلِلناكَ إذ مَلِلتَ وَلَكِن

ما مَلِلناكَ إذ مَلِلتَ وَلَكِن

أَنتَ يا حِبُّ صاحِبُ اِستِطرافِ

أَنتَ يا حِبُّ صاحِبُ اِستِطرافِ

We did not tire of you when you tired of us, but

We did not weary you when you wearied

you, beloved, are one who delights in novelty.

You, O love, are wont to turn away

وَكَذاكَ المَلولُ مِن سائِرِ النا

وَكَذاكَ المَلولُ مِن سائِرِ النا

سِ سَريعُ الإِقبالِ وَالإِنصِرافِ

سِ سَريعُ الإِقبالِ وَالإِنصِرافِ

And so the fickle one, among all people,

Thus the weary one among all the people

is quick to draw near and turn away.

Is quick to come and quick to go

فَوزُ وَاللَهِ ما مَلِلتُ وَلا كُن

فَوزُ وَاللَهِ ما مَلِلتُ وَلا كُن

تُ لِقَومٍ سِواكُمُ بِالمُصافي

تُ لِقَومٍ سِواكُمُ بِالمُصافي

Fawz, by God, I have not tired, nor have I been

By God, Fawz did not weary, nor was

a sincere friend to anyone other than you.

I to any folk but you genuine

أَيُّها الراقِدونَ حَولي هَنيئاً

أَيُّها الراقِدونَ حَولي هَنيئاً

إِنَّ جَنبي عَن مَضجَعي مُتَجافِ

إِنَّ جَنبي عَن مَضجَعي مُتَجافِ

O sleepers around me, may your rest be pleasant!

O you sleeping around me, congratulations

Indeed, my side lies apart from my bed.

My side is far from my bed aloof