غَدا مِنكَ في الدُنيا الشَبابُ فَأَسرَعا

غَدا مِنكَ في الدُنيا الشَبابُ فَأَسرَعا

وَكانَ كَجارٍ بانَ مِنكَ فَوَدَّعا

وَكانَ كَجارٍ بانَ مِنكَ فَوَدَّعا

Youth has left you in this world and hurried away,

Youth departed from you in this world and hastened away.

like a neighbor who parted from you and bade farewell.

And it was like a neighbor who left you and bade farewell.

فَقُلتُ لَهُ فاِذهَب ذَميماً فَلَيتَني

فَقُلتُ لَهُ فاِذهَب ذَميماً فَلَيتَني

قَتَلتُكَ عِلماً قَبلَ أَن تَتَصَدَّعا

قَتَلتُكَ عِلماً قَبلَ أَن تَتَصَدَّعا

So I said to him, “Go, disgraced—if only I

So I said to it: “Go, blameworthy one! If only I

had knowingly slain you before you broke away!

had known you thoroughly before you broke away.

جَنَيتَ عَلَيَّ الذَنبَ ثُمَّ خَذَلتَني

جَنَيتَ عَلَيَّ الذَنبَ ثُمَّ خَذَلتَني

عَليهِ فَبِئسَ الخَلَّتانِ هُما مَعا

عَليهِ فَبِئسَ الخَلَّتانِ هُما مَعا

You brought sin down upon me, then abandoned me

You brought sin upon me, then abandoned me

to it—what a wretched pair those two traits make!

with it—how wretched those two traits are together!

وَكُنتَ سَراباً ماحِصاً إِذ تَرَكتَني

وَكُنتَ سَراباً ماحِصاً إِذ تَرَكتَني

رَهينَةَ ما أَجني مِنَ الشَرِّ أَجمَعا

رَهينَةَ ما أَجني مِنَ الشَرِّ أَجمَعا

You were a mirage slipping away when you left me

And you were a vanishing mirage when you left me

a hostage to every evil I had earned.”

a hostage to all the evil I commit.”