خليليّ قد علَّلتمانيَ بالأسى

فأنعمتُما لو أنني أتعلَّلُ

My two friends, you have saddened me with sorrow

You would have done me a favor had I been saddened

أللناسُ آثاري وإلا فما الأُسى

وعيشِكما إلا ضلالٌ مضلّلُ

People have my effects, otherwise there would be no sorrow

And your life is nothing but straying misguidance

وما راحةُ المرزوءِ في زرءِ غيره

أيحمل عنه بعضَ ما يتحمَّلُ

The comfort of the wretched is not in the misery of others

Does he carry some of what he bears?

كلا حامِلَيْ أوْقِ الرزيئةِ مُثقلٌ

وليس مُعيناً مثقلَ الظهر مُثقلُ

No, the two bearers of the miserable saddlebag are burdened

And the one with the heavy load on his back has no helper with a heavy load

وضربٌ من الظلم الخفيّ مكانُهُ

تَعزّيك بالمرزوءِ حين تأمَّلُ

And it is a kind of obscure injustice in its place

You console yourself with the wretch when you contemplate

لأنك يأسُوكَ الذي هو كَلمُهُ

بلا جُرمٍ لو أن جورَكَ يعدلُ

Because despair has made you its friend, which is its talk

Without crime, if only your tyranny would be just