عينيَّ لا تتهللْ منكما الدِّرَرُ

عينيَّ لا تتهللْ منكما الدِّرَرُ

وحالِفا النومَ لا يُقذيكما السهرُ

وحالِفا النومَ لا يُقذيكما السهرُ

My two eyes, let no pearls fall from you.

My eyes do not gleam with tears,

And ally yourselves with sleep; let sleeplessness not sting you.

And swearing to sleep does not quell your vigilance.

ويا همومي ابتغي مأوىً سوى خلدي

ويا همومي ابتغي مأوىً سوى خلدي

فلن يضمّك مني اليوم محتضَرُ

فلن يضمّك مني اليوم محتضَرُ

And O my sorrows, seek a refuge other than my mind.

And my worries, seek refuge other than my soul,

For today no place within me will shelter you.

For grief will not house you in me today.

عفَّت على كلّ جرمٍ أجرمتْ وجَنتْ

عفَّت على كلّ جرمٍ أجرمتْ وجَنتْ

أوائلَ الدهر أحداثٌ له أُخرُ

أوائلَ الدهر أحداثٌ له أُخرُ

Effaced is every crime perpetrated and committed

Time has pardoned all sins I committed in my early days,

in time's early days—by its later events.

While the latter part of life has others.

يا دهرنَا كلُّ جرمٍ أنت مجرمهُ

يا دهرنَا كلُّ جرمٍ أنت مجرمهُ

بعد اجتياح أبي حسانَ مغتفَرُ

بعد اجتياح أبي حسانَ مغتفَرُ

O our Time, every crime you perpetrate

Oh our time, you are the culprit of every sin,

is forgiven after your sweeping away of Abu Hassān.

After the departure of my father Hasan the absolved.

أصاب سهمُك منه شر من حملتْ

أصاب سهمُك منه شر من حملتْ

أنثى ومن حازه في صلبه ذكرُ

أنثى ومن حازه في صلبه ذكرُ

Your arrow struck, in him, the worst of those borne

Your arrow has struck worse than the one

by a female, and those a male held within his loins.

That hit a female or the one housed in a male's loins.

لما ثوى عافَ بطنُ الأرض جيفتَهُ

لما ثوى عافَ بطنُ الأرض جيفتَهُ

لكنّ حَوْباءهُ ارتاحتْ لها سقرُ

لكنّ حَوْباءهُ ارتاحتْ لها سقرُ

When he lay buried, the earth's belly loathed his carcass.

When he was shrouded, the earth's belly welcomed his corpse,

But Saqar welcomed his soul with delight.

But his absence pained hell itself.

فهذه رَهِبتْ من أن يحلّ بها

فهذه رَهِبتْ من أن يحلّ بها

أنْ لا يجود على غَضْرائها المطرُ

أنْ لا يجود على غَضْرائها المطرُ

For the former feared, should he dwell within her,

This one now fears the rain would not

that rain would withhold its bounty from her fertile soil.

Grace its barren land.

وهذه فَرحتْ واستبشرتْ ثقةً

وهذه فَرحتْ واستبشرتْ ثقةً

بأن سيُضعَف منها الحر والسُّعرُ

بأن سيُضعَف منها الحر والسُّعرُ

And the latter rejoiced and exulted, confident

While that rejoiced, hopeful

that her heat and flames would be doubled by his soul.

That heat and hellfire will subside.

أقول لما به أودى وقد جعلت

أقول لما به أودى وقد جعلت

أخبارُ مهلكه في الناس تنتشرُ

أخبارُ مهلكه في الناس تنتشرُ

I said, when he was carried off, as there began

I say, for what caused his death, though you made

to spread among the people the news of his death:

News of his destruction spread amongst people,

به الردى لا بضرغام خُنابسةٍ

به الردى لا بضرغام خُنابسةٍ

يبغي افتراسي ومالي دونه وزَرُ

يبغي افتراسي ومالي دونه وزَرُ

Death upon him—not upon a fierce, hulking lion

It is not because of Dergham Khunaibis

seeking to devour me, with no refuge for me against it.

Who seeks to prey on me and my burdens.