يَا مُذِيقِي غُصَّةَ الْكَمَدِ

يَا مُذِيقِي غُصَّةَ الْكَمَدِ

مُشْعِلاً لِلنَّارِ في كَبِدِي

مُشْعِلاً لِلنَّارِ في كَبِدِي

O you who make me taste the choking pang of grief,

O you who taste the bitterness of sorrow,

kindling the fire in my liver,

Kindling a fire in my liver,

أَلِذَنْبٍ كَانَ هَجْرُكَ لِي

أَلِذَنْبٍ كَانَ هَجْرُكَ لِي

أَوْ دَلاَلَ الْغُنْجِ والْغِيَدِ

أَوْ دَلاَلَ الْغُنْجِ والْغِيَدِ

was your abandonment of me for a sin,

Was it because of a sin of mine

or for the coyness of coquetry and supple grace?

That you ignored me, or just whim and caprice?

حِيْنَ أَزْمَعْتَ الرَّحِيلَ ضُحىً

حِيْنَ أَزْمَعْتَ الرَّحِيلَ ضُحىً

أَزْمَعَتْ رُوحِي عَنِ الْجَسَدِ

أَزْمَعَتْ رُوحِي عَنِ الْجَسَدِ

When you resolved to depart at midmorning,

When you decided to leave at dawn,

my soul resolved to leave the body.

My soul left my body.

ما أُبالِي مَا يَفُوتُ إِذَا

ما أُبالِي مَا يَفُوتُ إِذَا

ظَفِرَتْ بِالوَصْلِ مِنْكَ يَدِي

ظَفِرَتْ بِالوَصْلِ مِنْكَ يَدِي

I care not what passes me by, if

I care not what I lose if

my hand wins union with you.

My hand attains your reunion.

قُلْ لِخيْرِ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمِ

قُلْ لِخيْرِ النَّاسِ كُلِّهِمِ

لا أُحاشِي فيهِ مِنْ أَحَدِ

لا أُحاشِي فيهِ مِنْ أَحَدِ

Tell the best of all people—

Say to the best of all people,

I make no exception here for anyone—

I exclude no one from this,

الَّذِي يَرْضَى الإِلهُ بِهِ

الَّذِي يَرْضَى الإِلهُ بِهِ

مُذْهِباً لِلْغَيِّ بِالرَّشْدِ

مُذْهِباً لِلْغَيِّ بِالرَّشْدِ

the one with whom God is pleased,

He with whom God is pleased,

as he banishes error through right guidance:

Dispelling harm with righteousness.

حَاسِدِي في حُسْنِ فِعْلِكِ بِي

حَاسِدِي في حُسْنِ فِعْلِكِ بِي

غَيْرُ مَعْذُولٍ عَلَى الْحَسَدِ

غَيْرُ مَعْذُولٍ عَلَى الْحَسَدِ

Whoever envies me for your kindness toward me

My enviers of your good deeds towards me

is not to be blamed for envy.

Are not to be blamed for their envy.

قَدْ دَهَتْنِي الآنَ دَاهِيةٌ

قَدْ دَهَتْنِي الآنَ دَاهِيةٌ

وَسْمُهَا بَاقٍ عَلَى الأَبَدِ

وَسْمُهَا بَاقٍ عَلَى الأَبَدِ

A calamity has now befallen me;

I am now infected by a chronic disease,

its mark remains for all eternity.

Whose poison endures forever.

أَنْتَ يَا أَعْلَى المُلُوكِ يَداً

أَنْتَ يَا أَعْلَى المُلُوكِ يَداً

عُدَّتِي فِيهَا وَمُعْتَمَدِي

عُدَّتِي فِيهَا وَمُعْتَمَدِي

You, O most open-handed of kings,

You, O highest of kings, are

are my resource in it and my reliance.

My asset therein and my reliance.

تَوْبَتِي قَدْ ذَلَّ جانِبُها

تَوْبَتِي قَدْ ذَلَّ جانِبُها

بِيعَ مِنْها النَّوْمُ بِالسَهَدِ

بِيعَ مِنْها النَّوْمُ بِالسَهَدِ

My repentance has been brought low;

My repentance is weakened,

its sleep has been sold for sleeplessness.

In it sleep is sold for wakefulness.

ضَعَّفَ الحرمَانُ قُوَّتَها

ضَعَّفَ الحرمَانُ قُوَّتَها

بَعْدَ حُسْنِ الأَيْدِ والجَلَدِ

بَعْدَ حُسْنِ الأَيْدِ والجَلَدِ

Privation has weakened its strength,

Deprivation has weakened its strength

after fine vigor and endurance.

After the beauty of support and endurance.

لا تُطِعْ فِينَا الْوُشَاةَ فَقَدْ

لا تُطِعْ فِينَا الْوُشَاةَ فَقَدْ

جَعَلُونَا ضُحْكَةَ الْبَلَدِ

جَعَلُونَا ضُحْكَةَ الْبَلَدِ

Do not heed the slanderers against us, for

Do not obey those who slander about us,

they have made us the laughingstock of the town,

For they have made us the joke of the town,

حِينَ فَازُوا دُونَنَا بِيَدٍ

حِينَ فَازُوا دُونَنَا بِيَدٍ

مِنْكَ واسْتَوْلَوا عَلَى الأَمَدِ

مِنْكَ واسْتَوْلَوا عَلَى الأَمَدِ

when they won a favor, to our exclusion,

When they won against us by a hand

from you, and took the lead.

From you and took control of the term.

وَرَأَيْناهَا مُعَايَنَةً

وَرَأَيْناهَا مُعَايَنَةً

إِنَّ هَذَا مُنْتهَى الْكَمِدِ

إِنَّ هَذَا مُنْتهَى الْكَمِدِ

And we saw it with our own eyes:

And we saw it in reality—

this is the utmost grief,

This is the utmost sorrow.

بَعْدَ أَنْ كُنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ فِي

بَعْدَ أَنْ كُنَّا بِفَضْلِكَ فِي

طِيبِ عَيْشٍ دُونَهُمْ رَغِدِ

طِيبِ عَيْشٍ دُونَهُمْ رَغِدِ

after we had, through your bounty, lived in

After we had been, by your grace,

the sweetness of an ample life they did not share.

In a good life without them, comfortable.

فَأَنِلْنا مَا أَنَلْتَهُمُ

فَأَنِلْنا مَا أَنَلْتَهُمُ

خَمْسَةً تُوفِي عَلَى الْعَدَدِ

خَمْسَةً تُوفِي عَلَى الْعَدَدِ

So grant us what you granted them:

So give us what you gave them—

five that exceed the count.

Five that fulfill the number.

أوْ فَزِدْنَا مِثْلَ عَادَتِنا

أوْ فَزِدْنَا مِثْلَ عَادَتِنا

لَيْس غَمْرُ الْجُودِ كَالثَّمَدِ

لَيْس غَمْرُ الْجُودِ كَالثَّمَدِ

Or give us more, as we are accustomed;

Or add to us as is your custom,

the deep flood of generosity is no scant pool.

The rain of generosity is not like the drizzle.

عِنْدَنا مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ تِرَةٌ

عِنْدَنا مِنْ فِعْلِهِمْ تِرَةٌ

فَأَزِلْها الْيَوْمَ بِالْقَوَدِ

فَأَزِلْها الْيَوْمَ بِالْقَوَدِ

We have a grievance from what they did;

In our view their action is a blemish—

so remove it today through retaliation.

Remove it today with fire.

لَمْ تَزَلْ بِالْبَذْلِ تَبْدَأُنَا

لَمْ تَزَلْ بِالْبَذْلِ تَبْدَأُنَا

فاجْعَلَنْها الآنَ دُونَ غَدِ

فاجْعَلَنْها الآنَ دُونَ غَدِ

You have always been first to give to us;

You have always begun by giving us,

so make it now, not tomorrow.

So make it now rather than tomorrow.

وَلْيَكُنْ إِنْ شِئْتَ مُكْتَتماً

وَلْيَكُنْ إِنْ شِئْتَ مُكْتَتماً

إِنَّنا مِنْهُمْ عَلَى رَصَدِ

إِنَّنا مِنْهُمْ عَلَى رَصَدِ

And let it be kept secret, if you wish:

And if you wish, keep it confidential,

we are on our guard against them.

For we are watching them.

وَأَزِلْ نَحْساً بِرُؤْيَتِهِمْ

وَأَزِلْ نَحْساً بِرُؤْيَتِهِمْ

طَالعاً مِنْهُمْ بِمُفْتَقَدِ

طَالعاً مِنْهُمْ بِمُفْتَقَدِ

And dispel the ill luck of seeing them,

And remove the bad omen of seeing them,

arising from them, with what we lack.

An ascendant evil and misfortune.

وَعَلَيْهِمْ لا عَلَيْكَ بِهِمْ

وَعَلَيْهِمْ لا عَلَيْكَ بِهِمْ

دابرَاتُ السُّوءِ وَالنَّكَدِ

دابرَاتُ السُّوءِ وَالنَّكَدِ

And upon them, not upon you on their account,

And upon them, not you, is the blame for them,

be the calamities of evil and misery.

The reversals of evil and sorrow.