قبيحٌ بحقِّك أن تبخلا

قبيحٌ بحقِّك أن تبخلا

عليَّ وجودكَ عمَّ الملا

عليَّ وجودكَ عمَّ الملا

It is unbecoming of you to be miserly

It is ugly of you to be stingy

toward me, while your generosity has reached everyone.

In bestowing your existence upon me

ولو أنَّ غيرك في منعه

ولو أنَّ غيرك في منعه

يبيت لصعبيَ مُستَسهلا

يبيت لصعبيَ مُستَسهلا

And if another, in withholding his gifts,

And if another were to withhold it

were to spend the night taking my severity lightly,

It would be easy for my difficulties

إذاً لأصبت بسهمِ القريض

إذاً لأصبت بسهمِ القريض

مقاتلهُ مَقتلاً مَقتلا

مقاتلهُ مَقتلاً مَقتلا

I would surely strike, with the arrow of poetry,

Then I would be struck by the arrow of poetry

his vital spots, one fatal spot after another;

A lethal, lethal strike

وجرَّدتُ من مقولي صارماً

وجرَّدتُ من مقولي صارماً

فاحتزَّه مِفصلاً مِفصلا

فاحتزَّه مِفصلاً مِفصلا

and I would unsheathe from my tongue a keen sword,

And I would unsheathe my sharp saying

then it would cut him apart, joint by joint.

Severing joint by joint

ولكن أجلّك عمَّا ذكرت

ولكن أجلّك عمَّا ذكرت

فذاكَ بحقِّك لن يجمُلا

فذاكَ بحقِّك لن يجمُلا

But I hold you above what I have said;

But your dignity precludes what I have mentioned

for that would never be fitting for you.

For that does not befit your right