هل حسنٌ في نحلِكْ

هل حسنٌ في نحلِكْ

أو جائز في مِلَلِكْ

أو جائز في مِلَلِكْ

Is there any grace in your nature,

Is it seemly in your creeds,

Or anything fitting in what you hope for,

or permitted in your faiths,

لهوُك عن مُؤمّلكْ

لهوُك عن مُؤمّلكْ

بالأمس في قُطْرُبُّلِكْ

بالأمس في قُطْرُبُّلِكْ

That you should be distracted from the object of your hope

to neglect one who hopes in you,

Yesterday in Qutrubbul,

yesterday in your Qutrubbul,

مع الفتى الكهلِ الملكْ

مع الفتى الكهلِ الملكْ

مؤمَّلي مؤمَّلكْ

مؤمَّلي مؤمَّلكْ

With that youth—mature, a king—

with the young yet mature king—

For what I hope for is what you hope for;

the one I look to, the one you look to;

مُعَوَّلي مُعَوَّلك

مُعَوَّلي مُعَوَّلك

مفضّلي مفضَّلك

مفضّلي مفضَّلك

The one I rely on is the one you rely on;

my mainstay, your mainstay;

My benefactor is your benefactor;

the one who favors me, the one you favor;

مبجَّلي مبجَّلِك

مبجَّلي مبجَّلِك

مخوّلي مخوَّلك

مخوّلي مخوَّلك

My honorer is your honorer;

the one I honor, the one you honor;

My endower is your endower;

the one who endows me, the one you endow;

مذلَّلي مذلَّلك

مذلَّلي مذلَّلك

مقتبلي مقتبلك

مقتبلي مقتبلك

My subduer is your subduer;

the one I subdue, the one you subdue;

The one who has made me lovesick has made you so;

the one who welcomes me, the one who welcomes you;

ممثّلي ممثّلك

ممثّلي ممثّلك

ومعقلي ومعقِلك

ومعقلي ومعقِلك

The one who makes an example of me does so of you;

my representative, your representative;

My refuge is your refuge;

and my stronghold and your stronghold;

وموْئلى وموئِلك

وموْئلى وموئِلك

لا ذاكري في نَقلك

لا ذاكري في نَقلك

What sickens me sickens you—

and my refuge and your refuge?

Yet never mentioning me in your talk—

You do not mention me over your refreshments,

كلا ولا في مَنزلِك

كلا ولا في مَنزلِك

كلا ولا في نَهلِك

كلا ولا في نَهلِك

No, nor in your lodging,

no, nor in your home,

No, nor at your drinking,

no, nor at your first draught,

كلا ولا في غزلِك

كلا ولا في غزلِك

كلا ولا في جدلِك

كلا ولا في جدلِك

No, nor in your love-talk,

no, nor in your love-talk,

No, nor in your disputation.

no, nor in your disputing.

سأنتحي في عذلك

سأنتحي في عذلك

أو تنتهي عن نحلك

أو تنتهي عن نحلك

I shall turn to reproaching you,

I shall set about reproaching you,

Or else you will desist from your ways,

unless you cease your false claims

وعن دواهي غِيَلك

وعن دواهي غِيَلك

والمتَّقي من خَتَلك

والمتَّقي من خَتَلك

And from the calamities born of your treacheries,

and your ruinous treacheries.

While I remain on guard against your deceit

And I am wary of your guile

إذا انبرتْ من حِيلك

إذا انبرتْ من حِيلك

وعش لنا في خَوَلكِ

وعش لنا في خَوَلكِ

Whenever your schemes rise against me.

when it springs from your stratagems.

Yet live on for us amid your retinue,

And live for us amid your retinue,

مرفَّلاً في حُلَلِك

مرفَّلاً في حُلَلِك

يلقاك في مُستقبلك

يلقاك في مُستقبلك

At ease in your splendid robes;

sumptuously arrayed in your robes—

May there meet you in all that lies ahead

may there greet you in your future

سؤلُك في منتهلِك

سؤلُك في منتهلِك

مزحزحاً عن أجلك

مزحزحاً عن أجلك

Your heart’s desire, at your drinking-place,

your heart's desire at your watering place—

With your appointed end kept far away,

kept far from your appointed death,

مُبحبحاً في أملك

مُبحبحاً في أملك

مصحَّحاً من عِلَلِك

مصحَّحاً من عِلَلِك

Given ample room within your hopes,

given ample room for your hopes,

Restored to health from your ailments,

healed of your ailments,

مسلَّماً من زللِك

مسلَّماً من زللِك

مستيئساً من خَلَلِك

مستيئساً من خَلَلِك

Kept safe from your slips,

kept safe from your missteps,

Finding companionship in your intimacies,

having no expectation of your ruin,

مستبرعاً في بِذَلك

مستبرعاً في بِذَلك

فيك غنى عن بَذلك

فيك غنى عن بَذلك

Excelling in your generosity—

deemed splendid in your everyday clothes;

Though your presence is riches enough without your gifts—

you yourself suffice, without your gifts;

في سكرة من جَذَلِك

في سكرة من جَذَلِك

بين مثاني كِلَلِكْ

بين مثاني كِلَلِكْ

Drunk with your own delight,

intoxicated with your joy,

Amid the folded curtains of your canopy,

among the folds of your bed-curtains,

على تمادي نَغلِك

على تمادي نَغلِك

وما أرى من دَغَلِك

وما أرى من دَغَلِك

Despite your malice persisting,

despite your persistent malice,

And all the hidden guile I see in you,

and the deceit I see in you,

وعُطلتي من قِبَلك

وعُطلتي من قِبَلك

And my being left empty-handed because of you.

and my being left empty-handed by you.