لَقد كُنتَ يا مَنصورُ تَجهَدُ في نَصري

لَقد كُنتَ يا مَنصورُ تَجهَدُ في نَصري

إِذا جِئتُ أَستَعدي إِلَيكَ عَلى دَهري

إِذا جِئتُ أَستَعدي إِلَيكَ عَلى دَهري

Indeed, you used to strive, O Mansur, to come to my aid,

You, Mansur, strove to help me,

whenever I came appealing to you for help against my fate.

Whenever I came to seek your aid.

فَما الأَصلُ في قَطعِ الرُسومِ الَّتي جَرَت

فَما الأَصلُ في قَطعِ الرُسومِ الَّتي جَرَت

وَما السِرُّ في تَكديرِ وَصلِكَ بِالهَجرِ

وَما السِرُّ في تَكديرِ وَصلِكَ بِالهَجرِ

So what is the reason for ending the customs that had prevailed,

What is the reason to sever ties,

and what is the secret of clouding your friendship with estrangement?

And obscure our bond with estrangement?

أَجِئتُ بِذَنبٍ أَم أَتَيتُ بِزِلَّةٍ

أَجِئتُ بِذَنبٍ أَم أَتَيتُ بِزِلَّةٍ

فَأَلقاكَ ما بَينَ التَنَصُّلُ وَالعُذرِ

فَأَلقاكَ ما بَينَ التَنَصُّلُ وَالعُذرِ

Have I come with a sin, or have I committed a misstep,

Did I commit a sin or make a mistake,

that I must face you between denying fault and offering an apology?

That made you waver between disowning and excusing me?

وَإِلّا فَكَم ضَجَّعَت في حِفظِ حُرمَتي

وَإِلّا فَكَم ضَجَّعَت في حِفظِ حُرمَتي

وَأَهمَلتَ ما قَد كُنتَ تَرعاهُ مِن أَمري

وَأَهمَلتَ ما قَد كُنتَ تَرعاهُ مِن أَمري

And if not, how often have you been remiss in safeguarding my dignity,

Unless you belied your efforts to guard my dignity,

and neglected the affairs of mine you once looked after?

And neglected what you used to tend to of my affairs.

فَإِن كانَ هَذا مِن طَريقِ مَلالَةٍ

فَإِن كانَ هَذا مِن طَريقِ مَلالَةٍ

فَإِنِّيَ مِمَّن لا يَمَلُّ مِنَ الشُكرِ

فَإِنِّيَ مِمَّن لا يَمَلُّ مِنَ الشُكرِ

So if this comes by way of weariness,

If this is due to boredom,

then I am among those who never tire of giving thanks.

Then I am one who does not tire of gratitude.