أتَسكنُ بعد فراقِ السَّكَن

أتَسكنُ بعد فراقِ السَّكَن

إلى وَسَنٍ لأطعمتَ الوَسَن

إلى وَسَنٍ لأطعمتَ الوَسَن

Do you settle, after parting from your beloved,

Do you dwell after parting from dwellings

into slumber? May you never taste slumber!

To a spear whose blade you have fed?

وتُظهرُ صَبراً عَلى بُعدِهِ

وتُظهرُ صَبراً عَلى بُعدِهِ

وقلبُكَ في يَدِه مُرتَهَن

وقلبُكَ في يَدِه مُرتَهَن

And you show patience at his absence,

And show patience at his distance

though your heart is held in pledge in his hand.

While your heart in his hand is pledged?

تسرُّ سُروراً بما قد جَنَي

تسرُّ سُروراً بما قد جَنَي

تَ وعُقبيَ سُروركَ هذا حَزَن

تَ وعُقبيَ سُروركَ هذا حَزَن

You rejoice in what you have reaped,

You are pleased with joy that you have reaped

yet the outcome of this joy of yours is grief.

And next, your joy is sorrow.

وخنتَ وما خانَ عَهد الهَوى

وخنتَ وما خانَ عَهد الهَوى

أتَرضَى خِيانَةَ مَن لم يَخُن

أتَرضَى خِيانَةَ مَن لم يَخُن

You betrayed, though he never broke love's covenant;

You betrayed, though the love pact betrayed not.

do you approve of betraying one who has not betrayed?

Are you pleased with the betrayal of one who betrayed not?

وهوَّنَت ما عزَّ مِن قَصدِه

وهوَّنَت ما عزَّ مِن قَصدِه

وما عزَّ من قَصدِه لم يَهُن

وما عزَّ من قَصدِه لم يَهُن

And you made light of what was hard in seeking him,

You belittled what from his purpose was mighty

yet what was hard in seeking him did not grow easy.

And what from his purpose was mighty did not weaken

فأنتَ وسُخطُ النَّوى والأسَى

فأنتَ وسُخطُ النَّوى والأسَى

وفقدُ العَزا أبَداً في قَرَن

وفقدُ العَزا أبَداً في قَرَن

So you, resentment at separation, and sorrow,

So you and the grief of parting and sorrow

and the loss of solace are forever tethered together.

And loss of dignity are forever paired

إذا لم تَمُت جَزَعاً للفِرا

إذا لم تَمُت جَزَعاً للفِرا

قِ ووَجداً لما أنتَ فيه فمَن

قِ ووَجداً لما أنتَ فيه فمَن

If you do not die of anguish over separation,

If you die not in grief for separation

and longing in your present plight, then who will?

And longing for what you suffer, then who?

ترحَّلتَ عن صُورَ لا مُكرَهاً

ترحَّلتَ عن صُورَ لا مُكرَهاً

فمالَكَ تكثِرُ نَقرَ الزَّمَن

فمالَكَ تكثِرُ نَقرَ الزَّمَن

You left Tyre without being forced,

You departed from forms not unwillingly

so why do you keep pecking at Time?

So why do you multiply the pecking of time?

ستُصرَفُ عنكَ صُروفُ الز

ستُصرَفُ عنكَ صُروفُ الز

مانِ ويَرفعُها رافعُ بن الحَسَن

مانِ ويَرفعُها رافعُ بن الحَسَن

Time's vicissitudes will be turned away from you,

The turns of time will be averted from you

and Rafiʿ ibn al-Hasan will lift them away.

And lifted up by He who lifted up ibn al-Hasan

فتىً تَدَّعيهِ مَواضي اليَرا

فتىً تَدَّعيهِ مَواضي اليَرا

عِ وبيضُ السيُوفِ وسُمرُ اللُّدن

عِ وبيضُ السيُوفِ وسُمرُ اللُّدن

A youth claimed by keen-edged reed pens,

A youth claimed by the highlands of valor

and bright swords and tawny, supple spears.

And whiteness of swords and redness of blades

رأيتُ مَعالِيَهُ قَبلَهُ

رأيتُ مَعالِيَهُ قَبلَهُ

سَماعاً يَقيناً فعَيني أذُن

سَماعاً يَقيناً فعَيني أذُن

I saw his lofty qualities before seeing him,

I saw his merits ere hearing of him,

through hearing, with certainty; so my eye is an ear.

Seeing with certainty so my eye was an ear

يُمرُّ نَداهُ على القاصِدي

يُمرُّ نَداهُ على القاصِدي

نَ ويحسَبُ للقاصِدين المِنَن

نَ ويحسَبُ للقاصِدين المِنَن

He passes his bounty on to those who seek him,

His fame passing by those who visit

and credits those who seek him with the favors.

And he counts gifts for those who visit