فيمَ لَحَت إِنَّ لَومَها ذُعُرُ

فيمَ لَحَت إِنَّ لَومَها ذُعُرُ

أَحمَيتِ لَوماً كَأَنَّهُ الإِبَرُ

أَحمَيتِ لَوماً كَأَنَّهُ الإِبَرُ

Why did she reproach me? Her reproach is terrifying.

Why did she burden me, as if with blame like needles,

You have made your reproach searing, like needles.

Without anything to justify attaching blame,

مِن غَيرِ ما يُلصِقُ المَلامَةَ إِلـ

مِن غَيرِ ما يُلصِقُ المَلامَةَ إِلـ

ـلا سُخفَ رَأيٍ وَسائَها عُصُرُ

ـلا سُخفَ رَأيٍ وَسائَها عُصُرُ

With nothing to warrant reproach, except

Except foolishness and the poor judgment that clothed her,

a foolish judgment; the times have grieved her.

Until she inserted her blame beneath my skin without a trace.

حَتّى إِذا أَدخَلَت مَلامَتَها

حَتّى إِذا أَدخَلَت مَلامَتَها

مِن تَحتِ جِلدي وَلا يُرى أَثَرُ

مِن تَحتِ جِلدي وَلا يُرى أَثَرُ

Until, when she had driven her reproach

I said to her, "My dear, I say to you about

beneath my skin, with no trace to be seen,

Things I know well of them the news:

قُلتُ لَها يا اِربَعي أَقُل لَكِ في

قُلتُ لَها يا اِربَعي أَقُل لَكِ في

أَشياءَ عِندي مِن عِلمِها خَبَرُ

أَشياءَ عِندي مِن عِلمِها خَبَرُ

I said to her: enough! Let me tell you of

Wealth may turn to a man after a time, then after a time, ruin him,

things about which I am well informed.

For wealth is what God has decreed, so it must gain possession as fate.

قَد يُقبِلُ المالُ بَعدَ حينٍ عَلى الـ

قَد يُقبِلُ المالُ بَعدَ حينٍ عَلى الـ

ـمَرءِ وَحيناً لِهُلكِهِ دُبُرُ

ـمَرءِ وَحيناً لِهُلكِهِ دُبُرُ

Wealth may come, after a while, to the

Effort is the best thing that helped you, or

man, and at times withdraw toward its ruin.

That you were connected by and efforts are gathered.

وَالمالُ ما خَوَّلَ الإِلَهُ فَلا

وَالمالُ ما خَوَّلَ الإِلَهُ فَلا

بُدَّ لَهُ أَن يَحوزَهُ قَدَرُ

بُدَّ لَهُ أَن يَحوزَهُ قَدَرُ

And wealth is what God bestows, so there is no

A man may acquire, after providing for his family,

escape for it: a decree of fate must encompass it.

And then after wealth, have to provide and exert himself.

وَالجِدُّ مِن خَيرِ ما أَعانَك أَو

وَالجِدُّ مِن خَيرِ ما أَعانَك أَو

صُلتَ بِهِ وَالجُدودُ تُهتَصَرُ

صُلتَ بِهِ وَالجُدودُ تُهتَصَرُ

And good fortune is among the best things that aid you, or

Evil is the worst thing you will be tainted by,

with which you strike; yet fortunes are broken.

While righteousness is like rain whose plants are flourishing.

قَد يَقتَني المَرءُ بَعدَ عَيلَتِهِ

قَد يَقتَني المَرءُ بَعدَ عَيلَتِهِ

يَعيلُ بَعدَ الغِنى وَيَجتَبِرُ

يَعيلُ بَعدَ الغِنى وَيَجتَبِرُ

A man may acquire wealth after his poverty,

I have witnessed the drunken reveler - neither his virtues apparent, nor limits.

grow poor after riches, and regain prosperity.

Among young men of soft resolve who do not forget their dreams when drunk.

وَالإِثمُ مِن شَرِّ ما يُصالُ بِهِ

وَالإِثمُ مِن شَرِّ ما يُصالُ بِهِ

وَالبِرُّ كَالغَيثِ نَبتُهُ أَمِرُ

وَالبِرُّ كَالغَيثِ نَبتُهُ أَمِرُ

And sin is among the worst things with which to strike;

They are hospitable to guest and vagrant and they fulfill vows when they make them."

and righteousness is like rain: its vegetation is abundant.

قَد أَشهَدُ الشارِبَ المُعَذَّلَ لا

قَد أَشهَدُ الشارِبَ المُعَذَّلَ لا

مَعروفُهُ مُنكَرٌ وَلا حَصِرُ

مَعروفُهُ مُنكَرٌ وَلا حَصِرُ

I sometimes join the much-reproached drinker—neither

is his generosity denied, nor is he miserly—

في فِتيَةٍ لَيِّني المَآزِرِ لا

في فِتيَةٍ لَيِّني المَآزِرِ لا

يَنسَونَ أَحلامَهُم إِذا سَكِروا

يَنسَونَ أَحلامَهُم إِذا سَكِروا

among young men in soft waistcloths, who do not

forget their sound judgment when they are drunk.

يَشوُونَ لِلضَيفِ وَالعُفاةِ وَيو

يَشوُونَ لِلضَيفِ وَالعُفاةِ وَيو

فونَ قَضاءً إِذا هُمُ نَذَروا

فونَ قَضاءً إِذا هُمُ نَذَروا

They roast meat for the guest and alms-seekers, and

fulfill what is due whenever they make vows.