سَكَنتُ بَعدَكَ رَبعَ الهَمِّ يا سَكَني

سَكَنتُ بَعدَكَ رَبعَ الهَمِّ يا سَكَني

وَمَن تَمَلَّكَني عَبداً بِلا ثَمَنِ

وَمَن تَمَلَّكَني عَبداً بِلا ثَمَنِ

Since you left, I have dwelt in sorrow’s abode, O my solace,

After you left, a quarter of worry settled in me, O my tranquility,

and you who took possession of me as a slave at no cost,

And whoever possessed me without a price, I was a slave without worth,

لَمّا حَدا بِكَ إِفكُ الكاشِحينَ إِلى

لَمّا حَدا بِكَ إِفكُ الكاشِحينَ إِلى

سُبلِ الخِيانَةِ لي إِذ كُنتُ لَم أَخُنِ

سُبلِ الخِيانَةِ لي إِذ كُنتُ لَم أَخُنِ

when the slander of the spiteful drove you toward

When the slanderers schemed to lead me to the paths of betrayal, while I did not betray,

the paths of betraying me, though I had committed no betrayal.

Conceal the coarseness of the face of stinginess from you, for my longing for your good kindness has been prolonged,

فَاِستُر سَماجَةَ وَجهِ البُخلِ مِنكَ فَقَد

فَاِستُر سَماجَةَ وَجهِ البُخلِ مِنكَ فَقَد

طالَ اِشتِياقي إِلى إِحسانِكَ الحَسَنِ

طالَ اِشتِياقي إِلى إِحسانِكَ الحَسَنِ

So veil the ugly face of your stinginess, for indeed

Do not plant a palm tree from your bad assumption of me,

my longing for your gracious kindness has grown long.

For how many palms produced fruit from the palm tree of assumptions.

لا تَغتَرِس دَوحَةً مِن سوءِ ظَنِّكَ بي

لا تَغتَرِس دَوحَةً مِن سوءِ ظَنِّكَ بي

فَكَم قِلىً أَثمَرَتهُ دَوحَةُ الظِنَنِ

فَكَم قِلىً أَثمَرَتهُ دَوحَةُ الظِنَنِ

Do not plant a spreading tree from your ill opinion of me,

for how much hatred the tree of suspicions has borne!