سُؤليَ أنْ توقنَ أنّي امرؤٌ

سُؤليَ أنْ توقنَ أنّي امرؤٌ

قد امَّحى من صدرهِ الغِلُّ

قد امَّحى من صدرهِ الغِلُّ

My plea is that you be certain I am a man

I was asked to make sure that you know

From whose breast rancor has been erased,

I am a man who cleared rancor from his chest

كيلا ترى أنيَ مستأهلٌ

كيلا ترى أنيَ مستأهلٌ

يوماً عصيباً ما لَهُ ظِلُّ

يوماً عصيباً ما لَهُ ظِلُّ

So that you do not deem me deserving

So you won’t think I deserve

Of a dire day that has no shade.

A terrible day that has no shade

وأنتَ في حِلٍّ وإنْ نالني

وأنتَ في حِلٍّ وإنْ نالني

منك الذي لا يسعُ الحِلُّ

منك الذي لا يسعُ الحِلُّ

And you are absolved, even if I suffer

And you are dear to me, even if

At your hands what absolution cannot encompass.

I get from you what cannot be dear

لا يغضبُ العبدُ على ربهِ

لا يغضبُ العبدُ على ربهِ

ويَغضبُ الصاحبُ والخِلُّ

ويَغضبُ الصاحبُ والخِلُّ

A slave does not grow angry with his master,

A servant does not get angry at his Lord

But a companion and a close friend do.

But a friend and loved one gets angry

ولست بالصارفِ عنك الهوى

ولست بالصارفِ عنك الهوى

والرأيَ أنت الدّقُّ والجِلُّ

والرأيَ أنت الدّقُّ والجِلُّ

And I will not turn my affection away from you,

And I cannot turn you away from love

Or my judgment: you are everything, small and great.

You are the delicate and precious opinion

والإلُّ والذمةُ قد أُكّدا

والإلُّ والذمةُ قد أُكّدا

فلتُرقبِ الذمةُ والإلُّ

فلتُرقبِ الذمةُ والإلُّ

And the covenant and the pledge have both been confirmed;

And covenant and oaths were affirmed

So let the pledge and the covenant be honored.

So let the oath and covenant be guarded

قد كان برسامٌ وبُحرانه

قد كان برسامٌ وبُحرانه

فلا يكنْ بعدهما سِلُّ

فلا يكنْ بعدهما سِلُّ

There has already been pleurisy and its crisis;

There was an artist and his sea

So let there be no consumption after them.

Let there not be after them any disconnection