يا لائمي إنْ لم تكن عينُنا

يا لائمي إنْ لم تكن عينُنا

ذواتهم يا لائمي كن همُ

ذواتهم يا لائمي كن همُ

O my reproacher, if our essence is not

O you who blame me, if our eyes

their essences, O my reproacher, be them.

Were not themselves, O you who blame me, then be sad

ما كلُّ من حرَّر أنفاسَه

ما كلُّ من حرَّر أنفاسَه

لكلِّ ما جئتَ به يلهم

لكلِّ ما جئتَ به يلهم

Not everyone who has freed his breaths

Not everyone who freed his breath

receives inspiration for all that you have brought.

Is inspired by everything you brought

إنَّ الفتى الناصحَ هذا الذي

إنَّ الفتى الناصحَ هذا الذي

يوضح ما قال ولا يُبهم

يوضح ما قال ولا يُبهم

Indeed, the young counselor is the one who

Indeed, this young man who gives advice

clarifies what he has said and does not obscure it.

Clarifies what he said and does not equivocate

إنَّ الذي جاءهم نصحاً

إنَّ الذي جاءهم نصحاً

مبلغاً ومشفقاً إنْ همُ

مبلغاً ومشفقاً إنْ همُ

Indeed, the one who came to them with counsel,

Indeed, those who came to them with advice

conveying it and showing concern—if they

Conveying and caring, if they were sad

كانوا لما قد سمعوا أهله

كانوا لما قد سمعوا أهله

وعندنا السامعُ من يفهم

وعندنا السامعُ من يفهم

were worthy of what they had heard;

They would, for what they had heard, be its people

and in our view, the listener is one who understands.

And in our presence the listener understands

ألزمته الهاء إلى ميمها

ألزمته الهاء إلى ميمها

وحكم ذا في الشِّعر لا يلزم

وحكم ذا في الشِّعر لا يلزم

I imposed on it the hāʾ alongside its mīm,

I devoted it to the letter 'haa' to its 'meem'

and this rule is not binding in poetry.

And this rule in poetry does not necessarily apply