يحسدني القوم على أنني
جارُ غنيٍّ ينجد المستجيرْ
The people envy me because I am
the neighbor of a rich man who helps those seeking refuge.
يا قوم ما المحسود إلا الذي
عنه نأى فهو الأمير الخطيرْ
O people, the one to envy is only the one who
has gone far from him, for he is the formidable prince.
إني أنا الحاسد لا أنتمُ
هل فيكم بالأمر مثلي بصيرْ
I am the envious one, not you.
Does anyone among you see the matter as clearly as I do?
يرى غنىً يُنفَقُ لا للعلى
ولا لإسعافِ كميدٍ فقيرْ
He sees wealth spent neither on noble ends
nor on helping a poor soul worn down by grief.
وشاعر الإقليم يدعو فلا
يسمع إلا بفساد نذيرْ
And the poet of the region calls out, yet
he hears only a warning of ruin.
كطائر يشكو اشتداد الصدى
في قفص جاور مجرى غديرْ
Like a bird complaining of fierce thirst
in a cage beside the course of a brook.
يا أقرب الجيران لولاك ما
أبصرت من جار شقيِّ الضميرْ
O nearest of neighbors, were it not for you, I would never
have seen a neighbor so wretched in conscience.
Sol 6