تُراني كَثيراً في ذُراكَ مَقامي

تُراني كَثيراً في ذُراكَ مَقامي

فَيا بَحرُ هَل صَعبٌ عَلَيكَ مُقامي

فَيا بَحرُ هَل صَعبٌ عَلَيكَ مُقامي

You find my stay in your shelter too long;

You often see me staying in your abode,

So, O sea, is my stay burdensome to you?

So oh sea, is my staying burdensome for you?

خُذِ الآنَ مِنّي لا عَدَتكَ مَدائِحي

خُذِ الآنَ مِنّي لا عَدَتكَ مَدائِحي

وَلا نالَ دَهراً أَنتَ فيهِ مَلامي

وَلا نالَ دَهراً أَنتَ فيهِ مَلامي

Take this from me now—may my praises never pass you by,

Now hear from me, not your praises from me,

And may my reproach never reach an age in which you live.

Nor did time blame you when I was in you.

وَلا اِستَأذَنَت فيكَ المَعالي كَريمَةً

وَلا اِستَأذَنَت فيكَ المَعالي كَريمَةً

فَقُلتَ لَها إِلّا اِدخُلي بِسَلامِ

فَقُلتَ لَها إِلّا اِدخُلي بِسَلامِ

Nor did noble excellence ever seek leave to enter you,

Nor did glorious virtues ask your permission humbly,

Without your saying to her, 'Enter in peace.'

And you said to them, “Enter in peace.”

وَلا قُلتُ مَطروداً بِعامِ مَجاعَةٍ

وَلا قُلتُ مَطروداً بِعامِ مَجاعَةٍ

وَلَكِن طَريدٌ مِن سُيولِ غَمامِ

وَلَكِن طَريدٌ مِن سُيولِ غَمامِ

Nor did I say I was driven out by a year of famine,

Nor did I say, expelled in a year of famine,

But rather by torrents from rain clouds.

But expelled by torrents of clouds.

وَإِن كُنتُ قَد أَضجَرتُكُم بِإِقامَةٍ

وَإِن كُنتُ قَد أَضجَرتُكُم بِإِقامَةٍ

فَلا سَمِّ مِن بَعدِها بِلِثامِ

فَلا سَمِّ مِن بَعدِها بِلِثامِ

And if I have wearied you with my stay,

And if I wearied you with staying,

Then let there be no poison in a kiss afterward.

Then do not blame me after it with slander.