ياثالثَ القَمريْن حَسْبُك أنني

ياثالثَ القَمريْن حَسْبُك أنني

أصبحتُ ثالث عاذلٍ ورقيبِ

أصبحتُ ثالث عاذلٍ ورقيبِ

O third beside the two moons, it is enough for you that I

O third of the two moons, it is enough for me

have become a third beside a reproacher and a watcher.

That I have become the third of an admonisher and observer

إن كان قد حَجَبوك دونَ زيارتي

إن كان قد حَجَبوك دونَ زيارتي

فامتُن بطيفٍ ليس بالمحجوب

فامتُن بطيفٍ ليس بالمحجوب

If they have kept you beyond the reach of my visits,

If they have prevented you from visiting me

then favor me with a dream-vision that is not barred.

Be content with an apparition that cannot be prevented

واللهِ ما آسَى لأعْظمِ فائتٍ

واللهِ ما آسَى لأعْظمِ فائتٍ

إنْ كنتَ من قِبَلِ الزمان نصيبي

إنْ كنتَ من قِبَلِ الزمان نصيبي

By God, I do not grieve for even the greatest loss,

By Allah, I am not miserable for the greatest loss

if you are my share allotted by Time.

If you were destined for me since the past

مالي بخِلتُ بكم كبُخلِ زمانِنا

مالي بخِلتُ بكم كبُخلِ زمانِنا

للأَفْضَلِ المُحْيِي الوَرَى بضَريبِ

للأَفْضَلِ المُحْيِي الوَرَى بضَريبِ

Why have I refused to give you up, as our age withholds

I do not begrudge you as our time begrudges

a peer from al-Afdal, who gives life to humankind,

The best, the one who brings life to the land with his gift

وسمحتمُ بي معْ صحيحِ مودتي

وسمحتمُ بي معْ صحيحِ مودتي

كسَماحِه للناسِ بالموهوب

كسَماحِه للناسِ بالموهوب

while you have readily parted with me, despite my true affection,

And you were lenient with me and my true affection

as it bestows al-Mawhub upon the people?

Like his leniency to people with his gifts