يا نَحلُ إِن شارَ شُهداً مُكتَسِبٌ

يا نَحلُ إِن شارَ شُهداً مُكتَسِبٌ

فَحَسبُهُ أَنَّ بَعدَ المَوتِ إِنشارا

فَحَسبُهُ أَنَّ بَعدَ المَوتِ إِنشارا

O bees, if someone seeking gain gathers honey,

O bee, if you gather honey,

then let it suffice him that after death comes resurrection.

It is enough that after death there is dispersal.

وَما أُسَرُّ لِتَعشيرِ الغُرابِ أَسىً

وَما أُسَرُّ لِتَعشيرِ الغُرابِ أَسىً

وَلا أُبَكّي خَليطاً حَلَّ تِعشارا

وَلا أُبَكّي خَليطاً حَلَّ تِعشارا

And I harbor no grief at the crow’s tenfold caw,

I do not rejoice at the collection of crows' misery,

nor do I weep for companions who settled in Tiʿshār.

Nor do I weep over a mixed potion poured out as a libation.

وَلا تَوَهَّمتُ أُنثى الأَنجُمِ اِمرَأَةً

وَلا تَوَهَّمتُ أُنثى الأَنجُمِ اِمرَأَةً

وَلا ظَنَنتُ سُهَيلاً كانَ عَشّارا

وَلا ظَنَنتُ سُهَيلاً كانَ عَشّارا

Nor have I imagined the female among the stars to be a woman,

I did not imagine the female stars were women,

nor thought that Suhayl was a tithe collector.

Nor did I think Suhail was an innkeeper.

وَلَستُ أَحمَدُ بُشرى وَهيَ كاذِبَةٌ

وَلَستُ أَحمَدُ بُشرى وَهيَ كاذِبَةٌ

وَلا أُوافِقُ حَمّاداً وَبَشّارا

وَلا أُوافِقُ حَمّاداً وَبَشّارا

And I do not praise good news when it is false,

I do not praise good tidings that are lies,

nor do I agree with Ḥammād and Bashshār.

Nor do I agree with Hammad or Bashshar.