يا هذه كم يكون اللوم والفَنَدُ

يا هذه كم يكون اللوم والفَنَدُ

لا تعذلي رجلاً أثوابُهُ قِدَدُ

لا تعذلي رجلاً أثوابُهُ قِدَدُ

O woman, how long will blame and senseless fault-finding go on?

O woman, how long will blame and reproach continue?

Do not reproach a man whose clothes hang in tatters.

Do not reproach a man whose garments are in tatters.

إن أُمسِ منفرداً فالبحر منفردٌ

إن أُمسِ منفرداً فالبحر منفردٌ

والبدرُ مُنفردٌ والسيف منفردُ

والبدرُ مُنفردٌ والسيف منفردُ

If I pass the evening alone, the sea too stands alone;

If I spend the evening alone, then the sea is alone.

And the full moon stands alone, and the sword stands alone.

And the full moon is alone, and the sword is alone.

إن كان صَرف زمانٍ عاب هيئته

إن كان صَرف زمانٍ عاب هيئته

فبين طمريه منه ضيغمٌ أسدُ

فبين طمريه منه ضيغمٌ أسدُ

If time’s reversals have marred his outward form,

If the vicissitudes of time have marred his appearance,

Beneath his two threadbare robes, his very self is a fierce lion—a lion indeed.

Then within his two tattered garments, he is a fierce lion.