أَنا شاعِرٌ أَهوى التَخَلّي دونَ ما

أَنا شاعِرٌ أَهوى التَخَلّي دونَ ما

زَوجٍ لِكَيما تَخلصَ الأَفكارُ

زَوجٍ لِكَيما تَخلصَ الأَفكارُ

I am a poet who loves solitude, without any

I am a poet who prefers being single, without a wife,

Wife, so that my thoughts may be clear.

So that thoughts may flow freely, uninhibited.

لَو كُنتُ ذا زَوجٍ لَكُنتُ مُنَغَّصاً

لَو كُنتُ ذا زَوجٍ لَكُنتُ مُنَغَّصاً

في كُلِّ حينٍ رزقَها أَمتارُ

في كُلِّ حينٍ رزقَها أَمتارُ

If I had a wife, I would be troubled,

Had I a wife, I would be troubled,

At every moment, procuring her sustenance.

Worrying at all times about providing for her.

كَم قائِلٍ قَد ضاعَ شَرخُ شَبابِهِ

كَم قائِلٍ قَد ضاعَ شَرخُ شَبابِهِ

ما ضَيَّعَتهُ بَطالةٌ وَعُقارُ

ما ضَيَّعَتهُ بَطالةٌ وَعُقارُ

Many a person says, “The prime of his youth is wasted.”

How many a man has wasted his youth,

Idleness and wine have not wasted it,

Squandered by idleness and intoxicants.

إِذا لَم أَزَل في العِلمِ أَجهَدُ دائِماً

إِذا لَم أَزَل في العِلمِ أَجهَدُ دائِماً

حَتّى تَأَتَّت هَذهِ الأَفكارُ

حَتّى تَأَتَّت هَذهِ الأَفكارُ

As I have never ceased striving constantly for knowledge,

If I persist in knowledge and study hard,

Until these thoughts came to me.

These thoughts of mine will bear fruit.

مَهما أَرُم مِن دونِ زوج لَم أَكُن

مَهما أَرُم مِن دونِ زوج لَم أَكُن

كُلّاً وَرِزقي دائِماً مِدرارُ

كُلّاً وَرِزقي دائِماً مِدرارُ

Whatever I seek without a wife, I am not

Though single, I shall not be deficient,

A burden, and my livelihood is always abundant.

My livelihood ever flowing.

وَإِذا خَرَجتُ لِنُزهَةٍ هُنّيتُها

وَإِذا خَرَجتُ لِنُزهَةٍ هُنّيتُها

لا ضَيعَةٌ ضاعَت وَلا تِذكارُ

لا ضَيعَةٌ ضاعَت وَلا تِذكارُ

And when I go out for a stroll, I enjoy it:

And when I venture out for an excursion

No estate left neglected, and nothing to recall.

No trinkets will be wasted, no regrets remain.