إِذا خَمَدَت نارٌ فَإِنَّ اِبنَ غالِبٍ

إِذا خَمَدَت نارٌ فَإِنَّ اِبنَ غالِبٍ

سَتوقِدُها لِلطارِقينَ خَلائِقُه

سَتوقِدُها لِلطارِقينَ خَلائِقُه

If a fire dies down, then Ibn Ghalib—

If a fire dies down, then Ibn Galib

his qualities will rekindle it for visitors by night.

His nature will rekindle it for the visitors in the dark

أَنا المُطعِمُ المَقرورَ في لَيلَةِ الصَبا

أَنا المُطعِمُ المَقرورَ في لَيلَةِ الصَبا

وَأَجهَلُ مَن يَخشى الجَهولَ بَوائِقُه

وَأَجهَلُ مَن يَخشى الجَهولَ بَوائِقُه

I am the one who feeds the cold-stricken on a night of the east wind,

I am the one who feeds in the night of youth

and the most reckless of those whose outrages the reckless man fears.

And I am ignorant of those who fear the unknown consequences