بُثَينَةُ قالَت يا جَميلُ أَرَبتَني

بُثَينَةُ قالَت يا جَميلُ أَرَبتَني

فَقُلتُ كِلانا يا بُثَينَ مُريبُ

فَقُلتُ كِلانا يا بُثَينَ مُريبُ

Buthayna said: O Jamil, you have aroused my suspicions.

Buthainah said, “O Jameel, have you doubted me?”

So I said: Both of us, O Buthayn, are suspect.

So I said, “We both doubt, O Buthainah.”

وَأَريَبُنا مَن لا يُؤَدّي أَمانَةً

وَأَريَبُنا مَن لا يُؤَدّي أَمانَةً

وَلا يَحفَظُ الأَسرارَ حينَ يَغيبُ

وَلا يَحفَظُ الأَسرارَ حينَ يَغيبُ

And the more suspect of us is one who fails to honor a trust

And the one who doubts us is one who does not fulfill a trust,

and does not keep secrets when he is absent.

Nor keeps secrets when absent.

بَعيدٌ عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَطلُبُ حاجَةً

بَعيدٌ عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَطلُبُ حاجَةً

وَأَمّا عَلى ذي حاجَةٍ فَقَريبُ

وَأَمّا عَلى ذي حاجَةٍ فَقَريبُ

Distant to one who seeks no favor,

It is far for one who does not seek a need.

but close to one who has a need.

As for one who has a need, it is near.