وَجَليسٍ لَيسَ فيهِ

وَجَليسٍ لَيسَ فيهِ

قَطُّ مِثلَ الناسِ حِسُّ

قَطُّ مِثلَ الناسِ حِسُّ

And a companion in whom there is

A companion with whom there is

no human feeling whatsoever:

Never a human feeling--

لِيَ مِنهُ أَينَما كُن

لِيَ مِنهُ أَينَما كُن

تُ عَلى رُغمي حَبسُ

تُ عَلى رُغمي حَبسُ

wherever I am, he keeps me

How I wish that wherever I am

confined against my will.

He were chained and under ward!

مالَهُ نَفسٌ فَتَنها

مالَهُ نَفسٌ فَتَنها

هُ وَهَل لِلصَخرِ نَفسُ

هُ وَهَل لِلصَخرِ نَفسُ

He has no soul to restrain

He has a mind that allures him

him—and does stone have a soul?

To evil--is the rock possessed of mind?

إِنَّ يَوماً فيهِ أَلقا

إِنَّ يَوماً فيهِ أَلقا

هُ لَيَومٌ هُوَ نَحسُ

هُ لَيَومٌ هُوَ نَحسُ

Indeed, a day on which I meet

Truly the day on which I meet him

him is surely an ill-fated day.

Will be to me an unlucky day!