تَغَيَّرَchanged ليtoward me فيمَنamong those who تَغَيّرchanged حارِثُHarith
تَغَيَّرَ لي فيمَن تَغَيّر حارِثُ
وَرُبَّand many a خَليلٍclose friend غيرَتهُchanged him الحَوادِثُthe vicissitudes
وَرُبَّ خَليلٍ غيرَتهُ الحَوادِثُ
Harith has changed toward me, among those who changed.
The friend in whom my hope was placed is changed,
And many a close friend has been changed by life's vicissitudes.
And oft the accidents of life estrange.
أَحارِثُO Harith إِنif شوركتُI was made to share فيكَin you فَطالَماthen for so long
أَحارِثُ إِن شوركتُ فيكَ فَطالَما
نِعمناwe lived happily وَماand there was no بَينيbetween me وَبَينَكand between you ثالِثُthird person
نِعمنا وَما بَيني وَبَينَك ثالِثُ
O Harith, if I have been made to share you, for so long
O Hareth, though we now are severed wide
We lived happily, with no third between me and you.
Nought comes between the friendship once made ours.