يا صاحِبَيَّ دَعا لَومي وَتَفنيدي

يا صاحِبَيَّ دَعا لَومي وَتَفنيدي

فَلَيسَ ما فاتَ مِن أَمرٍ بِمَردودِ

فَلَيسَ ما فاتَ مِن أَمرٍ بِمَردودِ

O my two friends, cease blaming me and calling me foolish.

O my friend, let go of blaming and criticizing me

For no bygone affair can be brought back.

For what is past cannot be undone

ما لِلفَتى غَيرُ ما أَعطى الإِلَهُ وَما

ما لِلفَتى غَيرُ ما أَعطى الإِلَهُ وَما

يَمنَع فَذَلِكَ شَيءٌ غَيرُ مَوجودِ

يَمنَع فَذَلِكَ شَيءٌ غَيرُ مَوجودِ

A young man has only what God has given, and what

A man has naught but what God has granted him

He withholds—that is a thing nowhere to be found.

And what He withholds does not exist

وَالأَمرُ صَعبٌ إِذا أَخطَأتَ وِجهَتَهُ

وَالأَمرُ صَعبٌ إِذا أَخطَأتَ وِجهَتَهُ

حَتّى تُوَفَّقَ مِنهُ لِلمَراشيدِ

حَتّى تُوَفَّقَ مِنهُ لِلمَراشيدِ

And an affair is hard if you mistake its direction,

The matter grows hard when you miss its true course

until you are guided to its right paths.

Until you are guided aright by the enlightened

فَلَيتَ شِعري عَلى قيلِ الوُشاةِ لَنا

فَلَيتَ شِعري عَلى قيلِ الوُشاةِ لَنا

إِذ أَزمَعَ الحَيُّ وَاِنصاعوا لِتَصعيدِ

إِذ أَزمَعَ الحَيُّ وَاِنصاعوا لِتَصعيدِ

So, if only I knew, in light of the slanderers' words to us,

I wonder, as the slanderers say of us

when the clan resolved to depart and set off on an onward journey,

When the living intended and inclined towards ascension

حَيثُ اِستَقَلَّت وَصَدَّت لا تُكَلِّمُنا

حَيثُ اِستَقَلَّت وَصَدَّت لا تُكَلِّمُنا

وَالدَمعُ يَجري عَلى الخَدَّينِ وَالجيدِ

وَالدَمعُ يَجري عَلى الخَدَّينِ وَالجيدِ

where she departed and turned away, not speaking to us,

When she became independent and turned away, not speaking to us

while tears flowed over her cheeks and neck.

While tears flowed down the cheeks and brow

قَد كُنتُ آمُلُ مِن نُعمٍ مَواعِدَها

قَد كُنتُ آمُلُ مِن نُعمٍ مَواعِدَها

فَما وَأَت لي وَما جاءَت بِمَوعودِ

فَما وَأَت لي وَما جاءَت بِمَوعودِ

I had hoped for Nuʿm's promises,

I had hoped for favors whose time had come

yet she made me no promise, nor brought anything promised.

But none came my way nor kept their promise