وَقالوا أَسِغها إِنَّما هِيَ مَضغَةٌ

وَقالوا أَسِغها إِنَّما هِيَ مَضغَةٌ

بِفيكَ أَبا الغَيداقِ تُربٌ وَجَندَلُ

بِفيكَ أَبا الغَيداقِ تُربٌ وَجَندَلُ

And they said, "Swallow it; it is only a morsel."

They said, "Listen to her, she is just babbling."

Dust and stones in your mouth, Abu al-Ghaydaq!

In you, O father of Al-Ghaydaq, is dust and rags.

صَدَفتُ بِوَجهي لا بِقَلبِيَ عَنكُمُ

صَدَفتُ بِوَجهي لا بِقَلبِيَ عَنكُمُ

وَيَصدِفُ قَلبُ المَرءِ وَالوَجهُ مُقبِلُ

وَيَصدِفُ قَلبُ المَرءِ وَالوَجهُ مُقبِلُ

I turned my face away from you, not my heart.

I turned my face away from you, not my heart.

And a person's heart turns away while their face is turned toward you.

While a man's heart turns, his face remains forward.

رَجَعنا عَلى الأَعقابِ فيما يَسُرُّنا

رَجَعنا عَلى الأَعقابِ فيما يَسُرُّنا

نُجَرُّ إِلى ما لا نَوَدُّ وَنَعتَلُ

نُجَرُّ إِلى ما لا نَوَدُّ وَنَعتَلُ

We turned back on our heels in matters that delight us,

We returned on our heels to what pleases us.

Dragged toward what we do not desire, and roughly hauled along.

We are pulled to what we don't like and limp away.

صِحاحُ أَديمِ الوُدِّ لا عَيبَ فيهِمُ

صِحاحُ أَديمِ الوُدِّ لا عَيبَ فيهِمُ

سِوى ما يَقولُ الجادِبُ المُتَعَلِّلُ

سِوى ما يَقولُ الجادِبُ المُتَعَلِّلُ

Their affection's skin is unblemished; there is no fault in them,

The loyal friends have no faults.

Except what the pretext-seeking faultfinder says.

Except what the slanderer who finds fault says.

فَزِعتُ إِلى الأَبدالِ بَعدَ فِراقِهِم

فَزِعتُ إِلى الأَبدالِ بَعدَ فِراقِهِم

فَأَعوَزَني يا عَمروُ مَن أَتَبَدَّلُ

فَأَعوَزَني يا عَمروُ مَن أَتَبَدَّلُ

I turned to substitutes after parting from them,

I fled to the substitutes after they left.

But, O Amr, I could find no one to take in their stead.

Oh Amr, I am destitute, who can I turn to?