لم تذكري الذكرى فاطيب عيشة

لو كان خلاني الزيان وحاليا

You did not mention the memory, so the most delicious life

If emptiness left me with ornament and condition

ابكي لعهد بالاجارع مر لي

حلوا وكان الوقت منه مواسيا

I cry for a covenant that passed me by

Sweet it was and time was comforting it

واحبتي حولي وآرام الغضا

لعبت بهفهاف الربيع اماميا

And my loved ones around me and the tranquility of the meadow

Played with the butterflies of spring in front of me

والفكر مجتمع وقلبي ريض

يمسي ويصبح بالاحبة راضيا

And thought gathered and my heart pleased

Spends the night and wakes up pleased with loved ones

غار الزمان لشأننا فتفرقت

تلك المحافل واسترد عواريا

Time was envious of our state, so those gatherings dispersed

And took back its fineries

ولرب ذي عذل يؤنبني على

بذل الدموع اذا رأني باكيا

And for a fault-finding loved one blaming me for

Shedding tears when he sees me crying

قد قاس احوالي على احواله

وهل العذول اهند بعلم ما بيا

He compared my states to his states

Is the aloof wise with the knowledge of what is in me?

نقض القياس بخبط راي فاسد

وطوى على الاغراض قلبا قاسيا

The analogy is refuted by the confusion of corrupt opinion

And folded over purposes a cruel heart

وعجبت من روحي وقد بعد المدى

حملت من الوهم الثقيل امانيا

And I was amazed by my soul which when the goal was distant

Bore from illusion the heavy wishes

ظلت تناجي الغائبين كأنها

بالحن تستدني البعيد القاصيا

It kept whispering to the absentees as if

It tries to bring closer the distant absentee with yearning

بالله يا جيران قيعان الغضا

لا تهملوا دمعا لعيني جاريا

By God O neighbors of the meadows

Do not neglect a tear flowing from my eye

وتعطفوا بحياتكم فلقد غدا

كلي م البين المبرح فانيا

And sympathize in your life, for I have become

Completely from the separation, dispersed so care for me

وخشيف روض في فجاج بطاحكم

ما زال في شطحات قلبي راعيا

And I am a plant in your meadows and plains

Still roaming in the digressions of my heart a shepherd

جعل الجفاء مع التدلل ديدنا

وعن الوفاء مضى غفولا لاهيا

He made estrangement with coquetry our habit

And went heedlessly away from loyalty playing

ما رحت استدنيه اعطف قلبه

الا وراح بغير ذنب نائيا

I did not try to make him sympathize to soften his heart

Unless he went away without fault, aloof

جعل الاعادي الاصدقاء ومخطئا

حسب الاخلاء الكرام اعاديا

He made enemies into friends and, mistaking,

Considered the good people enemies

وسرى على طور الزمان مقاطعا

اهل الولاء وللخصوم مواليا

And he walked the eras of time, antagonizing

The loyal people and befriended opponents

ذكرته سر الهوى واردت ان

اشكو له لو كان يسمع شاكيا

I remembered him the secret of love and wanted to

Complain to him if he would listen to a complainer

رمت الوفاء جفا لاحقار الوفا

فكففت عن ذكر الوفاء لسانيا

I tossed loyalty disdainfully from disdaining loyalty

So I refrained my tongue from mentioning loyalty

سيان عندي لو علت اخلاقه

ان رام تقريبي ورام بعاديا

It's all the same to me whether his morals

Improved or worsened if he sought my closeness or avoidance

يا حيرة دهشت ذوي الالباب من

ايام مزلقة غدون لياليا

O bewilderment, the wise were shocked by

Fateful eras that became nights

جعلت علي اولي المكارم سافلا

والا سفل الشين الخصائل عاليا

You made me from the generous people despicable

Otherwise the worst of morals exalted

عذراه من ايام دهر متعب

شيبن بالهم الملح عذاريا

Excuse them for the days of an exhausting time

That whitened the delicate youths with bitter worries

قد ساد فيها كل اسود امة

قد كان يختطب السواقط حافيا

In it every black person of a nation prevailed

Who used to seek the lowly barefoot

ومضت اسود الغاب من مضر على

غصص تلجلج بالكفاف بواكيا

And the black lions from Mudar went over

Frozen mountain roads lamenting poverty

ملأت همومي سفح قلبي لوعة

يا ليت لو اعطيت قلبا خاليا

My worries filled the terrain of my heart with agony

Oh I wish I was given an empty heart

ما رست اطوار الزمان بشيمتي

فغدوت مرطا للتأوه باليا

The eras did not settle down with my composure

So I became tossed about lamenting my affliction

عد للمحبة يا قليب مسامرا

ما للعواذل يا قليب وماليا

Return to affection O my heart, conversing

Not to those who reject affection and reject me

شنوا علي من التأفف غارة

وبعذلهم جعلوا نهاري داجيا

They attacked me with scorn and

With their rejection made my day gloomy

وخشيف حاجر للظلال مسامت

يمضي ويأتي خادعا ومداجيا

And I am a plant for the shadows compromising

Passing and coming, deceiving and compromising

يا ايها الخشف الذي عبثت به

صهباء حسن قد كسته تعاليا

O plant which the blond beauty

Adorned with her domination

الكل يفنى والشخوص حكاية

تروى وغير الله لم يك باقيا

Everyone perishes and people are a story

Told while none but God remains existing