يا صاحب الوجهين وال
لونين يا شر الصحابْ
O you of two faces—and of two—
O you of two faces and
colors, you worst of companions!
two colors, O worst of companions!
يا أيها الدينار قد
جشمتني مرَّ العذابْ
O dinar, you have
O dinar, you have
made me endure bitter torment.
made me endure bitter torment.
كم لي تلوح فإن سعي
ت إليك واراك الحجابْ
How often you gleam before me; yet if I set—
How often you gleam before me! Yet if I strive
out toward you, the veil hides you.
toward you, a veil conceals you.
يحمر وجهي تارة
خجلاً ويصفر اكتئابْ
At times my face turns red
My face sometimes reddens
with shame, then yellow with dejection.
with shame, and turns yellow with dejection.
ويزيدني جزعاً فرا
رك بين أقوام غضابْ
And my distress is heightened by your
And your flight increases my anguish
flight among wrathful men.
among angry people.
فإذا مددت إليك كف
في ردها ظفر ونابْ
And if I stretch out my hand to you,
And when I stretch my hand toward you,
claw and fang beat it back.
a claw and a fang turn it back.
لو يسمع الفولاذ شع
ري حين أشكوهم لذابْ
If steel could hear my verse
If steel could hear my poetry
as I complain of them, it would melt.
when I complain of them, it would melt.
Sol 6.1