خليليّ قد علَّلتمانيَ بالأسى

خليليّ قد علَّلتمانيَ بالأسى

فأنعمتُما لو أنني أتعلَّلُ

فأنعمتُما لو أنني أتعلَّلُ

My two friends, you have offered me consolation;

My two friends, you have saddened me with sorrow

and you would have done well, if I could find solace.

You would have done me a favor had I been saddened

أللناسُ آثاري وإلا فما الأُسى

أللناسُ آثاري وإلا فما الأُسى

وعيشِكما إلا ضلالٌ مضلّلُ

وعيشِكما إلا ضلالٌ مضلّلُ

Do my scars belong to others? If not, consolation is—

People have my effects, otherwise there would be no sorrow

by your lives—nothing but a misleading delusion.

And your life is nothing but straying misguidance

وما راحةُ المرزوءِ في زرءِ غيره

وما راحةُ المرزوءِ في زرءِ غيره

أيحمل عنه بعضَ ما يتحمَّلُ

أيحمل عنه بعضَ ما يتحمَّلُ

And what relief does the afflicted find in another's misfortune?

The comfort of the wretched is not in the misery of others

Does the other shoulder for him some of what he bears?

Does he carry some of what he bears?

كلا حامِلَيْ أوْقِ الرزيئةِ مُثقلٌ

كلا حامِلَيْ أوْقِ الرزيئةِ مُثقلٌ

وليس مُعيناً مثقلَ الظهر مُثقلُ

وليس مُعيناً مثقلَ الظهر مُثقلُ

Both bearers of calamity's burden are weighed down,

No, the two bearers of the miserable saddlebag are burdened

and one weighed down cannot help another whose back is burdened.

And the one with the heavy load on his back has no helper with a heavy load

وضربٌ من الظلم الخفيّ مكانُهُ

وضربٌ من الظلم الخفيّ مكانُهُ

تَعزّيك بالمرزوءِ حين تأمَّلُ

تَعزّيك بالمرزوءِ حين تأمَّلُ

And a kind of injustice, hard to discern,

And it is a kind of obscure injustice in its place

is your taking comfort in the afflicted, when you reflect:

You console yourself with the wretch when you contemplate

لأنك يأسُوكَ الذي هو كَلمُهُ

لأنك يأسُوكَ الذي هو كَلمُهُ

بلا جُرمٍ لو أن جورَكَ يعدلُ

بلا جُرمٍ لو أن جورَكَ يعدلُ

for what heals you is his wound,

Because despair has made you its friend, which is its talk

through no fault of his—if your injustice were judged fairly.

Without crime, if only your tyranny would be just