مَنْ تُرَاهُ يُنْصِفُنِي مِنْ خَلِيْلٍ

مَنْ تُرَاهُ يُنْصِفُنِي مِنْ خَلِيْلٍ

لاَ يَزَالُ يَلْبَسُ ثَوْبَ المَلُولِ

لاَ يَزَالُ يَلْبَسُ ثَوْبَ المَلُولِ

Who, do you think, will do me justice against a friend

Who do I see being just with me against a friend

who forever wears the garb of one easily wearied?

Who does not cease to wear the garment of distress?

كُلَّمَا أَطَافَ بِهِ العَاذِلُونَ

كُلَّمَا أَطَافَ بِهِ العَاذِلُونَ

لَجَّ فِي تَسَرُّعِهِ بِالقَبُولِ

لَجَّ فِي تَسَرُّعِهِ بِالقَبُولِ

Whenever the reproachers gather round him,

Whenever the blamers circle around him

he persists in hastily accepting what they say.

He is quick to accept in his haste

والوُشَاةُ وَيْحَهُمُ لا يَنُونَ

والوُشَاةُ وَيْحَهُمُ لا يَنُونَ

فِي اقْتِضَابِ حَبْلِ وِصَالِ الوَصُولِ

فِي اقْتِضَابِ حَبْلِ وِصَالِ الوَصُولِ

And the tale-bearers—woe to them!—never tire

While the slanderers - may woe be upon them - do not refrain

of severing the cord of union with a devoted friend.

From shortening the rope of access to union

كِيْفَ لاَ يَحُولُ هَوَى مَنْ لَدَيْهِ

كِيْفَ لاَ يَحُولُ هَوَى مَنْ لَدَيْهِ

مَنْظَرٌ وَمُسْتَمِعٌ لِلْعَذُولِ

مَنْظَرٌ وَمُسْتَمِعٌ لِلْعَذُولِ

How could someone's love not change when he has

How can the passion of one who has before him

an eye and an ear for the reproacher?

A spectacle and listener to rejection not change?

لَوْ يَرَى مَوَدَّتَهُ فِي الضَّمِيْرِ

لَوْ يَرَى مَوَدَّتَهُ فِي الضَّمِيْرِ

لَمْ يَزَلْ يُقَابِلُنِي بِالجَمِيْلِ

لَمْ يَزَلْ يُقَابِلُنِي بِالجَمِيْلِ

If he could see my love for him within my heart,

If he were to see his affection in the conscience

he would always meet me with kindness.

He would not cease to meet me with kindness

لاَ وَلاَ كَرَامَةَ لِلْعَاذِلِيْنَ

لاَ وَلاَ كَرَامَةَ لِلْعَاذِلِيْنَ

لاَ أَصُدُّ قَبْلَ بَيَانِ الدَّلِيْلِ

لاَ أَصُدُّ قَبْلَ بَيَانِ الدَّلِيْلِ

No, and no honor for the reproachers!

No! Nor the honor of blamers

I will not turn away before the evidence is clear.

I do not believe before the proof is clear

لاَ أَصُدُّ مُتَّهِمَاً لِلصَّدِيْقِ

لاَ أَصُدُّ مُتَّهِمَاً لِلصَّدِيْقِ

أُسْرَتِي وَأُسْرَتُهُ مِنْ قَبِيْلِ

أُسْرَتِي وَأُسْرَتُهُ مِنْ قَبِيْلِ

I will not turn away in suspicion of my friend.

I do not believe one who accuses a friend

My family and his belong to one tribe—

My family and his are of the same tribe

أَنْفُسٌ مُؤَلَّفَةٌ بِالإِخَاءِ

أَنْفُسٌ مُؤَلَّفَةٌ بِالإِخَاءِ

كُلُّهَا تَدِيْنُ بِحُبِّ الرَّسُولِ

كُلُّهَا تَدِيْنُ بِحُبِّ الرَّسُولِ

souls knit together by brotherhood,

Souls harmonized in brotherhood

all professing, as their creed, love for the Messenger,

All professing love of the Messenger

فَارجِ الظَّلاَمِ وَهَادِي الأَنَامِ

فَارجِ الظَّلاَمِ وَهَادِي الأَنَامِ

وَالوَصِيِّ صَاحِبِهِ وَالبَتُولِ

وَالوَصِيِّ صَاحِبِهِ وَالبَتُولِ

the dispeller of darkness and guide of humankind,

Redeemer of mankind and guide of men

and for the appointed successor—his companion—and the Chaste Lady.

And his successor, the immaculate one

فَضْلُ ذَا لِصَاحِبِهِ والعُدوُّ

فَضْلُ ذَا لِصَاحِبِهِ والعُدوُّ

لاَ يَزَالُ مُكْتَئِبَاً بِالْغَلِيْلِ

لاَ يَزَالُ مُكْتَئِبَاً بِالْغَلِيْلِ

This one's merit is his companion's, while the enemy

The merit of one is for his companion, and the enemy

remains downcast with burning rancor.

Does not cease to be downcast with rancor

بَيْنَنَا مُوَاصَلَةٌ لاَ يُبَتُّ

بَيْنَنَا مُوَاصَلَةٌ لاَ يُبَتُّ

مِثْلُهَا بِقَالِ عَدُوٍّ وَقِيْلِ

مِثْلُهَا بِقَالِ عَدُوٍّ وَقِيْلِ

Between us is a bond; none can sever

Between us is an association that cannot be undermined

its like through an enemy's talk and hearsay.

By the saying of a foe or tales

وامْتِزَاجُ أَنْفُسِنَا بِالصَّفَاءِ

وامْتِزَاجُ أَنْفُسِنَا بِالصَّفَاءِ

كامْتِزَاجِ صَوْبِ حَياً لِشَمُولِ

كامْتِزَاجِ صَوْبِ حَياً لِشَمُولِ

And our souls' mingling in purity

And the blending of our souls in purity

is like the mingling of falling rain with wine.

Is like the blending of rain in its generality

غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَا حَسَدِ قَدْ يَلِجُّ

غَيْرَ أَنَّ ذَا حَسَدِ قَدْ يَلِجُّ

فِي الدُّخُولِ بِيْنَهُمَا بِالْفُضُولِ

فِي الدُّخُولِ بِيْنَهُمَا بِالْفُضُولِ

Yet an envious person may persist

Except that the envious may intrude

in meddlesomely coming between the two.

With impropriety between them

وَهْوَ لاَ يَفُوزُ بِمَا يَرْتَجِيْهِ

وَهْوَ لاَ يَفُوزُ بِمَا يَرْتَجِيْهِ

لاَ وَلاَ يَضِلُّهُمَا عَنْ سَبِيْلِ

لاَ وَلاَ يَضِلُّهُمَا عَنْ سَبِيْلِ

And he will not attain what he hopes for;

But he does not attain what he hopes for

no, nor will he lead them both astray from the path.

No! Nor lead them astray from the path

يَا أَخِي وَيَا عَضُدِي فِي الخُطُوبِ

يَا أَخِي وَيَا عَضُدِي فِي الخُطُوبِ

وَالَّذِي أَنَالُ بِهِ كُلَّ سُولِ

وَالَّذِي أَنَالُ بِهِ كُلَّ سُولِ

O my brother, and O my strong arm in calamities,

O my brother and pillar in tribulations

and you through whom I attain every wish,

By whom I attain all I wish

وَالَّذِي يَشَارِكُنِي فِي القَدِيْمِ

وَالَّذِي يَشَارِكُنِي فِي القَدِيْمِ

وَالحَدِيْثِ مِنْ غُرَرِي وَالحُجُولِ

وَالحَدِيْثِ مِنْ غُرَرِي وَالحُجُولِ

and who shares with me in the old

Who shares with me the old and the new

and new among my white forehead-blazes and white leg-markings,

Of my precious possessions and bounties

دُمْ عَلَى وِدَادِكَ لِي مَا بَقِيْتَ

دُمْ عَلَى وِدَادِكَ لِي مَا بَقِيْتَ

لاَ تُرِدْ هُدِيْتَ بِهِ مِنْ بَدِيْلِ

لاَ تُرِدْ هُدِيْتَ بِهِ مِنْ بَدِيْلِ

remain true to your affection for me as long as you live.

Stay in your affection for me as long as you live

Do not seek—may you be guided—any substitute for it.

Do not reject a gift you have bestowed

لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا بُعْدٌ فِي الفَخَارِ

لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا بُعْدٌ فِي الفَخَارِ

كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لأَخِيْهِ وَسِيْلِ

كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ لأَخِيْهِ وَسِيْلِ

There is no distance between us in glory:

There is no estrangement between us in excellence

each is his brother's means of access.

Each one is a conduit for his brother