أقول لصاحبي ما الرأيُ فيما

أقول لصاحبي ما الرأيُ فيما

أَبثُّكَ فابذُلِ النصحَ الصريحا

أَبثُّكَ فابذُلِ النصحَ الصريحا

I say to my companion, “What do you think of what

I say to my friend: "What is your view on what

I confide to you? Then offer your candid counsel.

I confide to you? Offer me frank advice.

أُراني بائعاً قلبي بقلبٍ

أُراني بائعاً قلبي بقلبٍ

ومن ذا يشتري القلب القريحا

ومن ذا يشتري القلب القريحا

I find myself selling my heart in exchange for another heart—

I see myself selling my heart for another heart;

but who is there to buy a wounded heart?

and who would buy the wounded heart?

فانْ يكسُدْ عليَّ ولم أبِعْهُ

فانْ يكسُدْ عليَّ ولم أبِعْهُ

رميتُ به عسى أنْ أسترِيحَا

رميتُ به عسى أنْ أسترِيحَا

If it remains unsold on my hands and I do not sell it,

So if it finds no buyer for me and I do not sell it,

I will cast it away, in hopes that I may find rest.”

I shall cast it away; perhaps I shall find rest."

فقال الرأيُ عندي أن تُداري

فقال الرأيُ عندي أن تُداري

على عِلّاته القلبَ الجريحا

على عِلّاته القلبَ الجريحا

He said, “My view is that you deal gently

He said: "My view is that you should gently tend

with the wounded heart, despite its ailments.

the wounded heart, despite its ailments.

فما في الحقِّ أن يشقَى عليلاً

فما في الحقِّ أن يشقَى عليلاً

لديكَ وقد سعِدتَ به صحيحا

لديكَ وقد سعِدتَ به صحيحا

For it is not just that it should suffer while ailing

For it is not right that it should suffer while ill

in your care, though you took joy in it while it was sound.”

with you, though you rejoiced in it when it was sound."