لك الخيرُ قد عوَّدتَنِي منكَ عادةً

لك الخيرُ قد عوَّدتَنِي منكَ عادةً

نشأتُ عليها منذُ أوَّلِ حالي

نشأتُ عليها منذُ أوَّلِ حالي

May good be yours! You have accustomed me to a habit of yours,

You have always been good to me,

with which I have grown up since my earliest days:

I grew accustomed to this from you since the start of my life.

سكوناً إِلى قُربي وأُنساً بخدمتي

سكوناً إِلى قُربي وأُنساً بخدمتي

وحُسنَ اعتقادٍ في تنعُّمِ بالي

وحُسنَ اعتقادٍ في تنعُّمِ بالي

taking comfort in my nearness and delight in my service,

With calmness in my proximity and intimacy in serving me,

and having kindly regard for my peace of mind.

And excellent belief in reveling in my comfort.

وكنتُ أرَجِّي أنّ حالكَ ترتقي

وكنتُ أرَجِّي أنّ حالكَ ترتقي

فينمو له حالي نموَّ هِلالِ

فينمو له حالي نموَّ هِلالِ

I had hoped that your station would rise,

I hoped that your condition would improve,

and my fortunes would grow with it like a waxing crescent,

So my state grows like the crescent moon's growth.

وأسمو إِلى نيلِ الأماني واقتضِي

وأسمو إِلى نيلِ الأماني واقتضِي

مواعيدَ دَهْرٍ مولَعٍ بمطالِ

مواعيدَ دَهْرٍ مولَعٍ بمطالِ

and that I would rise to attain my wishes and claim fulfillment of

And I ascend to attain my wishes and procure

the promises of Time, so fond of delay.

The promises of a time obsessed with hopes.

وقد رابني منكَ الصدود وليتَهُ

وقد رابني منكَ الصدود وليتَهُ

صدودُ اشتغالٍ لا صدودُ كلالِ

صدودُ اشتغالٍ لا صدودُ كلالِ

And your aloofness has troubled me; would that it were

Your aloofness has disappointed me, if only

aloofness from preoccupation, not from weariness.

It was the aloofness of preoccupation, not of boredom.

فإن كان هذا منكَ دأباً تُديمُهُ

فإن كان هذا منكَ دأباً تُديمُهُ

فإذنَكَ لي حتَّى أزمَّ جِمالي

فإذنَكَ لي حتَّى أزمَّ جِمالي

So if this is a habit of yours that you keep up,

If this has become your habit that you perpetuate,

then grant me leave, so that I may bridle my camels.

Then your permission to me, until my beauty peaks.

وإلّا فعدْ لي بالجميل فقد عفَتْ

وإلّا فعدْ لي بالجميل فقد عفَتْ

معالمُ آمالي وضاقَ مجالي

معالمُ آمالي وضاقَ مجالي

Otherwise, show me kindness again, for faded are

Else return my favor, for the features of

the landmarks of my hopes, and my scope has narrowed.

My hopes have chastened and my scope narrowed.

فمثليَ لا يرضَى مُقَاماً بذلةٍ

فمثليَ لا يرضَى مُقَاماً بذلةٍ

وصبراً على جاهٍ لديكَ مُدَالِ

وصبراً على جاهٍ لديكَ مُدَالِ

For one like me will not accept a stay in humiliation,

One like me is not content with staying in humiliation,

nor patiently endure a reversal of standing with you.

And patience over status with you extended.

ومثلُكَ لا يرضَى بتضييعِ خدمتي

ومثلُكَ لا يرضَى بتضييعِ خدمتي

وتخييب آمالٍ لديهِ طِوالِ

وتخييب آمالٍ لديهِ طِوالِ

And one like you will not accept the squandering of my service,

And one like you is not content with wasting my service,

or the dashing of the far-reaching hopes placed in him.

And failing hopes with him prolonged.