أَبلِغ رِسالَتِيَ الصَفِيَّ وَقُل لَهُ

أَبلِغ رِسالَتِيَ الصَفِيَّ وَقُل لَهُ

كَيفَ اِستَحالَ صَفاؤُهُ وَتَكَدَّرا

كَيفَ اِستَحالَ صَفاؤُهُ وَتَكَدَّرا

Convey my message to al-Safi, and say to him:

Convey my message to Al-Safiy, and say to him:

How has his sincerity changed and grown clouded?

How his purity has changed and become turbid!

يا مُعرِضاً ما وُدُّهُ وَصَفاؤُهُ

يا مُعرِضاً ما وُدُّهُ وَصَفاؤُهُ

لِوَلِيِّهِ مِمّا يُباعُ وَيُشتَرى

لِوَلِيِّهِ مِمّا يُباعُ وَيُشتَرى

O aloof one, whose love and sincerity

O you who have turned away, his love and purity

toward his friend are not things sold and bought,

Are not for sale to his patron from that which is bought and sold.

كَيفَ اِشتَغَلتَ بِخادِمٍ عَن خادِمٍ

كَيفَ اِشتَغَلتَ بِخادِمٍ عَن خادِمٍ

ما جَرَّ جُرماً في هَواكَ وَلا اِفتَرى

ما جَرَّ جُرماً في هَواكَ وَلا اِفتَرى

How have you become absorbed in one servant, neglecting another,

How you have busied yourself with one servant over another

who committed no offense in loving you, nor fabricated lies?

Who has committed no sin against your love nor lied.

وَمَتى الخَلاصُ وَقَد وَرَدتَ مَوارِداً

وَمَتى الخَلاصُ وَقَد وَرَدتَ مَوارِداً

هَيهاتَ عَن بُجرانِها أَن تَصدرا

هَيهاتَ عَن بُجرانِها أَن تَصدرا

And when will deliverance come, now that you have reached watering places

And when will there be deliverance, when you have arrived at springs

from whose anuses it is all but impossible for you to withdraw?

From which it is impossible for you to flow forth?

لَو كانَ عِرسَكَ لَاِنتَظَرتُ طَلاقَها

لَو كانَ عِرسَكَ لَاِنتَظَرتُ طَلاقَها

أَو أَمرَداً لَرَجَوتُ أَن يَتَعَذَّرا

أَو أَمرَداً لَرَجَوتُ أَن يَتَعَذَّرا

If he were your wife, I would await her divorce;

If your wedding were to happen, I would wait for her divorce,

or a beardless youth, I would hope he would grow facial hair.

Or if it were postponed, I would hope it would be cancelled.