هجرت المساوئ والمنكرات

هجرت المساوئ والمنكرات

وإنّي أحبّهما أن يكونا

وإنّي أحبّهما أن يكونا

I have forsaken vices and abominations.

I have abandoned evils and wrongdoings

Yet I would like them both to exist.

Though I wish they would still be

وجبت البلاد وأقطارها ال

وجبت البلاد وأقطارها ال

فساح جميعا فخفت القرونا

فساح جميعا فخفت القرونا

And I traversed the lands and their regions, the

I have traversed countries and lands

Broad ones, all of them; so I feared the horns.

Roaming them all so eras would pass

ودوخت أرضا بفعلي

ودوخت أرضا بفعلي

غرورا فأخشى الظنونا

غرورا فأخشى الظنونا

And I subdued a land by my action,

And I have exhausted the earth through my actions

Out of conceit; so I fear suspicions.

Out of arrogance, so I fear suspicions

وشخصٌ يقاس بفطنته

وشخصٌ يقاس بفطنته

سمين وغثّ ترى فيه لينا

سمين وغثّ ترى فيه لينا

And a person is measured by his discernment:

A person is measured by his wisdom

Fat and lean—you see softness in him.

Fat and thin, in him you see softness

فمن فطنتي وذكا همّتي

فمن فطنتي وذكا همّتي

أكلت الهزيل وعفت السمينا

أكلت الهزيل وعفت السمينا

So, through my discernment and the keenness of my resolve,

Through my wisdom and determination

I ate the lean and shunned the fat.

I have eaten the thin and avoided the fat

وما ذاك جهلا ولكنّني

وما ذاك جهلا ولكنّني

رايت المطامع تدني المنونا

رايت المطامع تدني المنونا

And that was not from ignorance, but I

And that is not out of ignorance, but

Saw that covetous desires bring death near.

I have seen greed brings death closer

رأيت بعين الصفا أنّني

رأيت بعين الصفا أنّني

تراني العيون فخفت العيونا

تراني العيون فخفت العيونا

I saw with the eye of clarity that I

With a clear vision I saw that

Am seen by the eyes; so I feared the eyes.

Eyes see me, so I feared eyes