قَد قَرُبَ الأَمرُ بَعدَ بُعدِه

قَد قَرُبَ الأَمرُ بَعدَ بُعدِه

وَأَسعَفَ الإِلفُ بَعدَ صَدِّه

وَأَسعَفَ الإِلفُ بَعدَ صَدِّه

The matter has drawn near after being far away,

The matter has come near after its distance

And the beloved has shown favor after turning away.

And intimacy has helped after its estrangement

وَبَعدَ بُؤسٍ وَضيقِ عَيشٍ

وَبَعدَ بُؤسٍ وَضيقِ عَيشٍ

صِرتَ إِلى خَفضِهِ وَرَغدِه

صِرتَ إِلى خَفضِهِ وَرَغدِه

And after misery and a straitened life,

And after misery and straitened living

You have come to a life of ease and plenty.

You have come to lowering it and its abundance

لَكِنَّهُ مَلبَسٌ مُعارٌ

لَكِنَّهُ مَلبَسٌ مُعارٌ

لابُدَّ مِن نَزعِهِ وَرَدِّه

لابُدَّ مِن نَزعِهِ وَرَدِّه

Yet it is a borrowed garment:

But it is a borrowed garment

It must be taken off and returned.

It must be taken off and returned

وَهَل يُسَرُّ الفَتى بِحَظٍّ

وَهَل يُسَرُّ الفَتى بِحَظٍّ

وُجودُهُ عِلَّةٌ لِفَقدِه

وُجودُهُ عِلَّةٌ لِفَقدِه

And can a young man rejoice in good fortune

And can the young man be delighted with a share

Whose existence is the cause of its loss?

Whose existence is a cause for its loss