إِنَّ عَضّيكَ يا أَخي بِالمَلامِ

لا يُؤَدّي لِمِثلِ هَذا الخِصامِ

Your rebuke, my brother, with blame

Does not lead to discord like this

أَنتَ وَالشَمسِ وَالضُحى وَاللَيالي ال

عَشرِ وَالفَجرِ غَيرُ راعي الذِمامِ

You, the sun, the bright mornings, and the ten nights

And the dawn, other than the keeper of sorrows

ما عَهِدناكَ يا كَريمَ السَجايا

تَصرِفُ النَفسَ عَن هَناتِ الكِرامِ

We never knew you, O noble of nature

To turn the soul away from the zeal of the generous

لَيسَ في كُتبِنا سُؤالُ نَوالٍ

مِنكَ حَتّى خَشيتَ رَدَّ السَلامِ

There is not in our books a question of obtaining

Anything from you, that you feared rejecting greetings

نَحنُ نَرضى بِالقوتِ مِن هَذِهِ الدُن

يا وَإِن باتَ دونَ قوتِ النَعامِ

We are content with sustenance in this world

Even if it falls short of the sustenance of ostriches

وَإِذا خانَ قِسمُنا ما شَكَونا

لِسِوى اللَهِ أَعدَلِ القُسّامِ

And if our share is betrayed, we will not complain

Except to Allah, the most just of dividers

كَيفَ تَنسى يا بابِلِيُّ غَريباً

باتَ بَينَ الظُنونِ وَالأَوهامِ

How can you forget, O Babylonian stranger

Who spent the night among suspicions and illusions

وَحَزيناً إِذا تَنَفَّسَ عادَت

فَحمَةُ اللَيلِ جَمرَةً مِن ضِرامِ

And saddened, when he sighed, the embers

Of night returned as burning coals

وَإِذا أَنَّ كادَ يَنصَدِعُ الأُف

قُ وَتَعتَلُّ دَورَةَ الأَجرامِ

And if he despaired, about to crack from grief

And the cycle of celestial spheres became disordered

باتَ تَحتَ البَلاءِ حَتّى تَمَنّى

لَو يَكونُ المَبيتُ تَحتَ الرَغامِ

He spent the night under affliction until he wished

That dwelling would be under soft sand