ليت شعري عن خالدٍ كيف أمسى

ليت شعري عن خالدٍ كيف أمسى

من حُكاكِ اسْته وحرِّ هجائي

من حُكاكِ اسْته وحرِّ هجائي

Would that I knew how Khalid fares this evening,

I wish I knew of Khaled, how was his evening

with the itching of his anus and the heat of my satire.

From your separation, he became passionate and my reproach kindled him

جَمعتْ شِقْوةُ الشقيِّ عليه

جَمعتْ شِقْوةُ الشقيِّ عليه

كلَّ خزْيٍ وكلَّ داءٍ عَياءِ

كلَّ خزْيٍ وكلَّ داءٍ عَياءِ

The wretch's misfortune has heaped upon him

The wretchedness of the miserable brought together upon him

every disgrace and every incurable ailment.

Every disgrace and every recurring affliction

لو علمتَ الذي يُقاسي من الأَمْ

لو علمتَ الذي يُقاسي من الأَمْ

رين عَزّيتَه صباحَ مساءِ

رين عَزّيتَه صباحَ مساءِ

If you knew what he suffers from the two

If you knew what he suffers from sorrows

afflictions, you would console him morning and evening.

You would console him, morning and evening

أَيُّهذا المُسائِلي عن سعيدٍ

أَيُّهذا المُسائِلي عن سعيدٍ

وشقيٍّ ولاتَ حينَ خفاءِ

وشقيٍّ ولاتَ حينَ خفاءِ

O you who ask me about a fortunate man

O you who asks about Saeed

and a wretched one—this is no time for concealment:

And the miserable, do not disappear at times

أنا في الأرض محنةٌ فاتِخذْني

أنا في الأرض محنةٌ فاتِخذْني

محنةَ الأشقياء والسُّعداءِ

محنةَ الأشقياء والسُّعداءِ

I am a trial on earth, so regard me

I am a tribulation on earth, so take me

as the trial of the wretched and the fortunate.

As a tribulation of the wretched and the happy

من تحامَى عداوتي فسعيدٌ

من تحامَى عداوتي فسعيدٌ

ومُعادِيَّ أوّلُ الأشقياءِ

ومُعادِيَّ أوّلُ الأشقياءِ

Whoever avoids enmity with me is fortunate,

Whoever contends with my enmity is fortunate

and my enemy is foremost among the wretched.

And my enemy is the most miserable of the miserable