إِنَّ الخَليطَ مُوَدِّعوكَ غَدا

إِنَّ الخَليطَ مُوَدِّعوكَ غَدا

قَد أَجمَعوا مِن بَينِهِم أَفَدا

قَد أَجمَعوا مِن بَينِهِم أَفَدا

Indeed, the companions will bid you farewell tomorrow;

The companions who bid you farewell tomorrow

they have resolved to hasten their departure.

Have agreed among themselves to sacrifice themselves for you

وَأَراكَ إِن دارٌ بِهِم نَزَحَت

وَأَراكَ إِن دارٌ بِهِم نَزَحَت

لا شَكَّ تَهلِكُ إِثرَهُم كَمَدا

لا شَكَّ تَهلِكُ إِثرَهُم كَمَدا

And I see you, should their dwelling grow distant,

And if a house with them departs

surely perishing of grief in their wake.

It will surely perish after them completely

ما هَكَذا أَحبَبتَ قَبلَهُمُ

ما هَكَذا أَحبَبتَ قَبلَهُمُ

مِمَّن يُجَدُّ وِصالُهُ أَحَدا

مِمَّن يُجَدُّ وِصالُهُ أَحَدا

Never before them have you loved like this

You had not loved like this before them

anyone with whom intimacy is renewed.

One whose union is rare to find

قالَت لِمِنصَفَةٍ تُراجِعُها

قالَت لِمِنصَفَةٍ تُراجِعُها

فَأَذابَ ما قَد قالَتِ الكَبِدا

فَأَذابَ ما قَد قالَتِ الكَبِدا

She said to a maidservant who was conversing with her,

She said to one reproaching her

and what she had said melted the liver:

So he melted what she had said in her core

الحَينُ ساقَ إِلى دِمِشقَ وَما

الحَينُ ساقَ إِلى دِمِشقَ وَما

كانَت دِمِشقُ لِأَهلِنا بَلدا

كانَت دِمِشقُ لِأَهلِنا بَلدا

“Ill fate drove him to Damascus, though

Now he is brought to Damascus though

Damascus was never a home for our people—

Damascus was not a town for our family

إِلّا تَكاليفَ الشَقاءِ بِمَن

إِلّا تَكاليفَ الشَقاءِ بِمَن

لَم تُمسِ مِنّا دارُهُ صَدَدا

لَم تُمسِ مِنّا دارُهُ صَدَدا

only the burdens of misery because of one

Except for the burdens of misery upon one

whose dwelling did not lie close to us,

Whose abode adversity had not touched

مُتَنَقِّلاً ذا مَلَّةٍ طَرِفاً

مُتَنَقِّلاً ذا مَلَّةٍ طَرِفاً

لا يَستَقيمُ لِواصِلٍ أَبَدا

لا يَستَقيمُ لِواصِلٍ أَبَدا

a wanderer, easily bored, fond of novelty,

Roaming, of fickle allegiance

who never stays true to one who offers love.”

That does not settle for a constant companion

قالَت لِذاكَ جُزيتِ فَاِعتَرِفي

قالَت لِذاكَ جُزيتِ فَاِعتَرِفي

إِذ تَبعَثينَ بِكُتبِهِ البُرُدا

إِذ تَبعَثينَ بِكُتبِهِ البُرُدا

She said: “For that you have been repaid; acknowledge it,

She said to him you are rewarded so confess

since you send the couriers with his letters.

When you send me your missives

فَالأَنَ ذوقي ما جُزيتِ لَهُ

فَالأَنَ ذوقي ما جُزيتِ لَهُ

صَبراً لِما قَد جِئتِ مُعتَمِدا

صَبراً لِما قَد جِئتِ مُعتَمِدا

So now taste the recompense you received for it;

So now taste what you are rewarded with

be patient with what you have deliberately done.

Patience for what you came relying on

إِنَّ المَليكَ أَبى بِقُدرَتِهِ

إِنَّ المَليكَ أَبى بِقُدرَتِهِ

أَن تَعلَمي ما تَكسِبينَ غَدا

أَن تَعلَمي ما تَكسِبينَ غَدا

Indeed, the Sovereign, by His power, would not allow

Indeed the King has refused with his power

you to know what you will earn tomorrow.”

That you know what you will gain tomorrow