كالمشرفيِّ إذا أغمدت في فُرُشي

كالمشرفيِّ إذا أغمدت في فُرُشي

وإن نُفضتُ منَ الحُمّى فكليزَني

وإن نُفضتُ منَ الحُمّى فكليزَني

Like a Mashrafi sword when I am sheathed in my bedding;

Like a sword when sheathed in its scabbard,

and if fever shakes me, then I am a Kilizani sword.

And though I shake off the fever, it still clings to me,

ولو فَشا خبرٌ ممّا مُنيتُ بِهِ

ولو فَشا خبرٌ ممّا مُنيتُ بِهِ

بأرضِ خيبرَ ظَلتْ منهُ في مِحَنِ

بأرضِ خيبرَ ظَلتْ منهُ في مِحَنِ

And were news of what has afflicted me to spread

And if the tale of what I did in Khaybar spreads,

in the land of Khaybar, it would remain in distress because of it.

I will still be in distress because of it.

بِمَ التّعلُّلُ لا أهلي لديَّ ولا

بِمَ التّعلُّلُ لا أهلي لديَّ ولا

عندي النّديمُ ولا كَأسي ولا سَكَني

عندي النّديمُ ولا كَأسي ولا سَكَني

How can I find solace? My family is not with me, nor

Why make excuses? I have no family with me,

are my drinking companion, my cup, or my beloved.

No companion, no cup, no home.

الشكرُ دأبيَ والكُفرانُ لستُ لهُ

الشكرُ دأبيَ والكُفرانُ لستُ لهُ

سِيّانِ في جَذَلٍ أصبحتُ أم حَزَنِ

سِيّانِ في جَذَلٍ أصبحتُ أم حَزَنِ

Gratitude is my habit; I am not given to ingratitude—

Gratitude is my habit though ingratitude is not for me,

it is all the same whether I awake in joy or sorrow.

It makes no difference, in hardship I find myself, or sadness.