يا زِينَةَ الدّهْرِ وعَيْنَ الوُجُودْ

يا زِينَةَ الدّهْرِ وعَيْنَ الوُجُودْ

وَصْلُكَ قَدْ بَدّلْتَهُ بالصُّدودْ

وَصْلُكَ قَدْ بَدّلْتَهُ بالصُّدودْ

O adornment of time and eye of existence,

O beauty of the age and delight of existence

You have exchanged your closeness for rejection.

Your companionship you have changed into estrangement

ما بَالُ ذاكَ الحالِ قَدْ حالَ مِنْ

ما بَالُ ذاكَ الحالِ قَدْ حالَ مِنْ

مَنْ يَحْفَظُ الوُدَّ ويَرْعَى العُهُودْ

مَنْ يَحْفَظُ الوُدَّ ويَرْعَى العُهُودْ

Why has that disposition changed in

What is the matter with this state that has departed from

one who preserves affection and honors pledges?

One who preserves love and observes pacts

وإنْ أَقُلْ ذَا القَطْعُ والصَّرْمُ مِنْ

وإنْ أَقُلْ ذَا القَطْعُ والصَّرْمُ مِنْ

عَادَاتِ ذا الصّارِمِ قامَتْ رُدودْ

عَادَاتِ ذا الصّارِمِ قامَتْ رُدودْ

And if I say, “This rupture and severance are among

And if I say, this aloofness and harshness are from

this stern one's habits,” objections arise:

The attributes of one severe, arguments have been set forth

فإِنّهُ بَيْنَ الوَرَى مُفْرَدٌ

فإِنّهُ بَيْنَ الوَرَى مُفْرَدٌ

في حُسْنِ عَهْدٍ وَوَفاءٍ وُجُودْ

في حُسْنِ عَهْدٍ وَوَفاءٍ وُجُودْ

for he is peerless among humankind

For he among mankind is peerless

in honoring pledges, loyalty, and generosity.

In goodness of covenant and bounteous generosity

قَدْ جاءَ أَنَّ العَيْنَ حَقٌّ فَما

قَدْ جاءَ أَنَّ العَيْنَ حَقٌّ فَما

أَصابَ وُدِّي غَيْرُ عَيْنِ الحسُودْ

أَصابَ وُدِّي غَيْرُ عَيْنِ الحسُودْ

It is said that the evil eye is real; so nothing

Word has come that the eye is truth, so what

has struck my love but the envious one's eye.

Has befallen my beloved except an envier's eye