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Death is better than a life of distress

وللموت خير من حياة على أذى

1. Death is better than a life of distress
Where a companion oppresses you and watches you

١. وَلَلمَوتُ خَيرٌ مِن حَياةٍ عَلى أَذىً
يَضيمُكَ فيهِ صاحِبٌ وَتُراقِبُه

2. As if when people guaranteed their lives
It was a speck in my eye's rights that I blink away

٢. كَأَنَّ حَياةَ الناسِ حينَ ضَمِنتَها
قَذىً في حُقوقِ العَينِ مِنّي أُوارِبُه

3. A close relative betrays you repeatedly
Yet the ignorant are faithful to you

٣. يَخونُكَ ذو القُربى مِراراً وَرُبَّما
وَفى لَكَ عِندَ الجَهلِ مَن لا تُقارِبُه

4. And a heart has confused me that makes youth obligatory
Yet not every time does the heart follow its companion

٤. وَقَد رابَني قَلبٌ يُكَلِّفُني الصِبا
وَما كُلَّ حينٍ يَتبَعُ القَلبَ صاحِبُه

5. And nothing led me in life except overcoming it
And how can a man be blamed when love overcomes him

٥. وَما قادَني في الدَهرِ إِلّا غَلَبتُهُ
وَكَيفَ يُلامُ المَرءُ وَالحُبُّ غالِبُه

6. The neck and braids of a jealous handsome man
Adorn his nape

٦. وَأَحوَرَ مَحسودٍ عَلى حُسنِ وَجهِهِ
يَزينُ السُموطَ نَحرُهُ وَتَرائِبُه