أتعجب خلى من زيارة هاجري

أتعجب خلى من زيارة هاجري

وتحسب دهري لان لي بعد عظه

وتحسب دهري لان لي بعد عظه

Do you marvel, my friend, at the visit of the one who shuns me,

I wonder why my friend no longer visits me

And think my fate has softened toward me after its biting cruelty?

And thinks my life is finished since I have no more to give

وما زارني إلا لأقبل زوره

وما زارني إلا لأقبل زوره

والفظ فيما مر لي مر لفظه

والفظ فيما مر لي مر لفظه

He visited me only so I might accept his falsehood,

He only visited to accept my gifts

And, amid all that befell me, spit out the bitterness of his words.

And when gifts ceased his sweet words also ceased

وقد تعطف الأيام عطف ممنع

وقد تعطف الأيام عطف ممنع

كثير تجنى حسنه الفذ فظه

كثير تجنى حسنه الفذ فظه

Yet the days may sway the affection of one hard to win,

Time can be kind after being mean

Much given to cruelty, peerless in beauty, harsh in manner.

Often it brings good from the bad it's seen

فكم مرة بالصد أوهن مرتى

فكم مرة بالصد أوهن مرتى

ولم يعتبر في وعده قدر وعظه

ولم يعتبر في وعده قدر وعظه

For how often, by shunning me, he has weakened my strength,

How often sternness makes my friend stay true

And, in his promise, paid no heed to the weight of his counsel.

Not like his empty promises that rang untrue

وبعض المها اوهى عهوداً من المها

وبعض المها اوهى عهوداً من المها

إذا ناله صخر بشدة كظه

إذا ناله صخر بشدة كظه

And some oryx are frailer in their pledges than crystal,

Some cares make promises they do not keep

When a rock strikes it with crushing force.

When the rock is hard, it's peace they cannot reap

فبت به في حالة مستحيلة

فبت به في حالة مستحيلة

وان نال منها القلب غاية حظه

وان نال منها القلب غاية حظه

So I spent the night with him in an impossible state,

So they remain in a sad impossible state

Though the heart gained from it its fullest share of bliss.

Though the heart attained the fortunes of its fate

كحالة ملق عبئه عنه فيا لكرى

كحالة ملق عبئه عنه فيا لكرى

إذا انتبهت عيناه عاد لبهظه

إذا انتبهت عيناه عاد لبهظه

Like one who casts his burden off—oh, for slumber!

Like one who casts off the burden he bore

When his eyes awaken, it returns to weigh him down.

When he wakes his eyes, the weight returns once more

يعللني من فيه في روض حسنه

يعللني من فيه في روض حسنه

على ورد خديه ونرجس لحظه

على ورد خديه ونرجس لحظه

From his mouth he beguiles me, in the garden of his beauty,

He flatters me, his beauty like a flowered meadow

Upon the roses of his cheeks and the narcissus of his gaze.

With cheeks of roses and glances warm and mellow

وودعني خوف الرقيب فقلت في

وودعني خوف الرقيب فقلت في

حراسة أمن اللَه سرت وحفظه

حراسة أمن اللَه سرت وحفظه

He bade me farewell for fear of the watcher; I said, 'In

But fear of gossip made me say goodbye

God's sheltering safety and protection may you journey.'

God watches over me, so no need to lie