يا مُبدعاً في حسناء واصِل أخا

يا مُبدعاً في حسناء واصِل أخا

هَمّ لَهُ عامٌ وَما واصَلتا

هَمّ لَهُ عامٌ وَما واصَلتا

O you who work wonders with a fair woman, keep company with a brother

O creator of a beauty, brother keep creating,

in sorrow: a year has passed for him, yet you have not kept him company.

A year has passed, yet you didn't keep creating,

فَقالَ هَل صَيَّفَ في مساءَةٍ

فَقالَ هَل صَيَّفَ في مساءَةٍ

قُلتُ نَعَم وَفي هُمومٍ شَتّى

قُلتُ نَعَم وَفي هُمومٍ شَتّى

Then he said, “Did he spend the summer in misery?”

He asked: Did you spend it being unkind?

I said, “Yes—and he wintered amid manifold cares.”

I said: Yes, and in worries of many kinds.