إِلى الله أَشكو ما تُكن الجوانحُ

إِلى الله أَشكو ما تُكن الجوانحُ

تقاطعت الارحام حتى الجَوارحُ

تقاطعت الارحام حتى الجَوارحُ

To God I complain of what the ribs conceal.

I complain to God of what the wings conceal

Kinfolk have broken with one another—even the limbs are estranged.

Bonds of kinship have been severed to the core

فلستَ تَرى الا قلوباً وألسُناً

فلستَ تَرى الا قلوباً وألسُناً

مُخالفةً هذى لهذى كواشحُ

مُخالفةً هذى لهذى كواشحُ

So you see nothing but hearts and tongues,

You see only hearts and tongues

At odds, each harboring hidden enmity toward the other.

Each of them contradicting the other unveiled

فللقلبِ عَقد واللسانُ بنطقهِ

فللقلبِ عَقد واللسانُ بنطقهِ

يُخالِفه والفعلُ للكُلّ فاضحُ

يُخالِفه والفعلُ للكُلّ فاضحُ

For the heart holds a conviction, while the tongue, through its speech,

The heart has its own covenant and the tongue with its speech

Contradicts it, and action exposes them all.

Contradicts it while the deed for all is evident