صَحِبتُكَ إِذ أَنتَ لا تُصحَبُ

صَحِبتُكَ إِذ أَنتَ لا تُصحَبُ

وَإِذ أَنتَ لا غَيرُكَ المَوكِبُ

وَإِذ أَنتَ لا غَيرُكَ المَوكِبُ

I kept you company when no one kept you company,

I befriended you though you have no friends,

And when you alone were the whole retinue,

And though none but you leads the procession.

وَإِذ أَنتَ تَفرَحُ بِالزائِرينَ

وَإِذ أَنتَ تَفرَحُ بِالزائِرينَ

وَنفسُكَ نَفسُكَ تَستَحجِبُ

وَنفسُكَ نَفسُكَ تَستَحجِبُ

And when you rejoiced in visitors,

You rejoice in visitors,

And you made yourself your own doorkeeper,

Yet your own self shies away.

وَإِذ أَنتَ تُكثِرُ ذَمَّ الزَمانِ

وَإِذ أَنتَ تُكثِرُ ذَمَّ الزَمانِ

وَمَشيُكَ أَضعافُ ما تَركَبُ

وَمَشيُكَ أَضعافُ ما تَركَبُ

And when you often reviled the times,

You constantly blame the times,

And you walked many times more than you rode.

Yet your pace is slower than your mount's.

فَقُلتُ كَريمٌ لَهُ هِمَّةٌ

فَقُلتُ كَريمٌ لَهُ هِمَّةٌ

يَنالُ فَأُدرِكُ ما أَطلُبُ

يَنالُ فَأُدرِكُ ما أَطلُبُ

So I said, 'A generous man with ambition—

I said, "A noble soul with high ambitions

He will succeed, and then I shall attain what I seek.'

Can achieve what he seeks."

فَنِلتَ فَأَقصَيتَني عامِداً

فَنِلتَ فَأَقصَيتَني عامِداً

كَأَنّي ذو عُرَّةٍ أَجرَبُ

كَأَنّي ذو عُرَّةٍ أَجرَبُ

Then you succeeded and deliberately cast me aside,

But you intenionally rebuffed me

As though I were a mangy man afflicted with scabies.

As if I were a leprous outcast.

وَأَصبَحتُ عَنكَ إِذا ما أَتَي

وَأَصبَحتُ عَنكَ إِذا ما أَتَي

تُ دونَ الوَرى كُلِّهِم أُحجَبُ

تُ دونَ الوَرى كُلِّهِم أُحجَبُ

And now, whenever I come,

So now when you come,

I alone, of all mankind, am barred from you.

I veil myself from all mankind.