وَخِلٍّ نَأى عَن صُحبَتي بَعدَ قُربِهِ

وَخِلٍّ نَأى عَن صُحبَتي بَعدَ قُربِهِ

وَقَد كُنتُ أَخشى مِن تَقَلُّبِ قَلبِهِ

وَقَد كُنتُ أَخشى مِن تَقَلُّبِ قَلبِهِ

And a friend withdrew from my company after being close to me,

A friend turned away after being close

And I had feared the fickleness of his heart.

Though I had feared his fickle heart's misdeeds

وَأَنكَرَني حَتّى كَأَنِّيَ لَم أَكُن

وَأَنكَرَني حَتّى كَأَنِّيَ لَم أَكُن

بِمِروَدِ بَطني كاحِلاً عَينَ صُلبِهِ

بِمِروَدِ بَطني كاحِلاً عَينَ صُلبِهِ

And he disowned me so completely that it was as though I had never been

He denied knowing me, as if I never was

Applying kohl to the eye of his loins with my belly's kohl-stick.

A comrade, saddening his stern, cold gaze

أَلا لا تَكُن يَوماً بِمَن نِيكَ واثِقاً

أَلا لا تَكُن يَوماً بِمَن نِيكَ واثِقاً

فَمَن لَم يَذُد عَن ثَقبِهِ لا تَثِق بِهِ

فَمَن لَم يَذُد عَن ثَقبِهِ لا تَثِق بِهِ

Beware: never trust one who has been fucked,

Oh, never fully trust those who seem so kind

For whoever did not defend his hole—do not trust him.

Who doesn't guard his hole, in him, don't confide