ذَرِ اللَّومَ يا بْنَ الهاشِميَّة إِنَّني

ذَرِ اللَّومَ يا بْنَ الهاشِميَّة إِنَّني

بِغَيضٌ إِليَّ العاذِلُ المُتَخَرِّصُ

بِغَيضٌ إِليَّ العاذِلُ المُتَخَرِّصُ

Leave off blame, O son of the Hashimite woman—for I

Leave off reproach, O son of the Hashimite woman; indeed, I

find hateful the faultfinder who fabricates accusations.

find the reprover who invents falsehoods hateful.

فَلِلْبانَةِ الغَنَّاءِ ظِلٌّ أَلفتُهُ

فَلِلْبانَةِ الغَنَّاءِ ظِلٌّ أَلفتُهُ

فَلا يَنزَوي عَنّي وَلا يَتَقَلَّصُ

فَلا يَنزَوي عَنّي وَلا يَتَقَلَّصُ

For the luxuriant bāna tree has a shade I have grown accustomed to,

For the lush bān tree has a shade I have grown attached to;

one that neither draws away from me nor shrinks.

so it neither recedes from me nor shrinks.

وَيَنمَى هَواها ثُمَّ يَزدادُ جِدَّةً

وَيَنمَى هَواها ثُمَّ يَزدادُ جِدَّةً

وَكُلُّ هَوىً يا سَعدُ يَبلى وَيَنقُصُ

وَكُلُّ هَوىً يا سَعدُ يَبلى وَيَنقُصُ

My love for it grows, then gains still greater freshness,

And my love for it grows, then grows ever fresher,

while every passion, O Sa‘d, wears away and wanes.

while every love, O Saʿd, wears out and dwindles.