مَرِضتُ فَلَم يَعُدني في شَكاتي

مَرِضتُ فَلَم يَعُدني في شَكاتي

مِنَ الإِخوانِ ذو كَرَمٍ وَفيرِ

مِنَ الإِخوانِ ذو كَرَمٍ وَفيرِ

I fell ill, but in my sickness I was not visited

I fell ill, and none of my brothers, generous and abundant, visited me in my sickness.

by any friend of abundant generosity.

Yet if they fall ill, as days have their judgment, it shall reach both elder and younger.

فَإِن مَرِضوا وَلِلأَيّامِ حُكمٌ

فَإِن مَرِضوا وَلِلأَيّامِ حُكمٌ

سَيَنفُذُ في الكَبيرِ وَفي الصَغيرِ

سَيَنفُذُ في الكَبيرِ وَفي الصَغيرِ

So if they fall ill—and time has a decree

I rose at daybreak to wine and amusements, and if they die, I shall mourn at their graves.

that will be enforced upon great and small—

غَدَوتُ عَلى المُدامَةِ وَالملاهي

غَدَوتُ عَلى المُدامَةِ وَالملاهي

وَإِن ماتوا حَزِنتُ عَلى القُبورِ

وَإِن ماتوا حَزِنتُ عَلى القُبورِ

I set out in the morning for wine and amusements;

and if they die, I grieve over their graves.