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Time has enabled what harms me

تمكن هذا الدهر مما يسوءني

1. Time has enabled what harms me,
And has entered in, not leaving my qualities free from affliction,

١. تَمَكَّنَ هَذا الدَهرُ مِمّا يَسوءُني
وَلَجَّ فَما يَخلي صَفاتِيَ مِن قَرعِ

2. And I have wasted my hopes on a connection that exhausts them,
Neither harmful nor beneficial.

٢. وَأَبلَيتُ آمالي بِوَصلٍ يَكُدُّها
وَلَيسَ بِذي ضَرٍّ وَلَيسَ بِذي نَفعِ

3. If a wicked man feigns generosity when asked,
He likes to refuse people out of greed.

٣. لَئيمٌ إِذا جادَ اللَئيمُ تَخَلُّقاً
يُحِبُّ سُؤالَ القَومِ شَوقاً إِلى المَنعِ