يا خَليلَيَّ عادَني اليَومَ سُقمي

يا خَليلَيَّ عادَني اليَومَ سُقمي

فَبَرى دائُهُ لِحَينِيَ عَظمي

فَبَرى دائُهُ لِحَينِيَ عَظمي

O my two friends, my sickness visited me today,

O my beloved, today my sickness has returned

and its malady wore away my bones, to my doom,

And its severity has spread through my bones

لِمُصِرٍّ أَصَرَّ وَاِستَكبَرَ اليَو

لِمُصِرٍّ أَصَرَّ وَاِستَكبَرَ اليَو

مَ وَظَنَّ الصُدودَ لَيسَ بِظُلمِ

مَ وَظَنَّ الصُدودَ لَيسَ بِظُلمِ

because of a stubborn one who persisted and grew arrogant today,

Because of one who insisted and became arrogant

and thought turning away was no injustice.

And thought that being aloof was not an injustice

صَدَّ عَمداً فَباءَ إِذ صَدَّ عَنّي

صَدَّ عَمداً فَباءَ إِذ صَدَّ عَنّي

يا خَليلي بِإِثمِهِ وَبِإِثمي

يا خَليلي بِإِثمِهِ وَبِإِثمي

He turned away deliberately, and incurred, when he turned from me,

He purposefully turned away, so he failed when he turned away from me

O my friend, his sin and mine.

O my beloved, because of his sin and because of my sin

إِن تَجودي أَو تَبخَلي فَبِحَمدٍ

إِن تَجودي أَو تَبخَلي فَبِحَمدٍ

أَنتِ مِن واصِلٍ لَنا لا تُذَمّي

أَنتِ مِن واصِلٍ لَنا لا تُذَمّي

Whether you give generously or withhold, praise

Whether you are generous or stingy, it is still praiseworthy

is yours from one who keeps ties with us; you are not blamed.

You who joins us are flawless, do not blame me

أَو تَقولي ما زِلتَ في الشِعرِ حَتّى

أَو تَقولي ما زِلتَ في الشِعرِ حَتّى

بُحتَ لِلناسِ غَيرَ أَن لَم تُسَمِّ

بُحتَ لِلناسِ غَيرَ أَن لَم تُسَمِّ

Or you say, 'You kept at poetry until

Or you say, you have not stopped composing poetry

you disclosed it to the people, though you gave no name.'

Until you have revealed yourself to people, though you were not named

فَالمَحَلُّ الَّذي حَلَلتِ بِهِ وَال

فَالمَحَلُّ الَّذي حَلَلتِ بِهِ وَال

حُسنُ أَبدى عَلَيكَ ما كُنتُ أَكمي

حُسنُ أَبدى عَلَيكَ ما كُنتُ أَكمي

For your dwelling-place and

So the abode in which you have resided and the

your beauty revealed about you what I used to conceal.

Eternal beauty upon you, I could not complete

بَيتُكِ البَيتُ تَسقُفينَ عَلَيهِ

بَيتُكِ البَيتُ تَسقُفينَ عَلَيهِ

وَعَلى صالِحِ الخَلائِقِ يَنمي

وَعَلى صالِحِ الخَلائِقِ يَنمي

Your house is the house you raise a roof upon,

Your home is the home whose roof covers us

and upon virtuous character it grows.

And grows upon the righteous of creations

أَنتِ في الجَوهَرِ المُهَذَّبِ مِن تَي

أَنتِ في الجَوهَرِ المُهَذَّبِ مِن تَي

مٍ ذُرى المَجدِ بَينَ خالٍ وَعَمِّ

مٍ ذُرى المَجدِ بَينَ خالٍ وَعَمِّ

You are of the refined stock of Taym,

You are of the refined essence from a lineage

at glory's heights, between a maternal uncle and a paternal uncle.

Of the progeny of glory between maternal and paternal uncles