أُسهِرتَ لِلبَرقِ الَّذي

أُسهِرتَ لِلبَرقِ الَّذي

باتَت لَوامِعُهُ مُنيرَه

باتَت لَوامِعُهُ مُنيرَه

You were kept awake by the lightning whose

You stayed up late for the lightning,

flashes shone throughout the night.

Whose flashes illuminated the night,

وَذَكَرتَ إِقبالَ الزَم

وَذَكَرتَ إِقبالَ الزَم

انِ عَلَيكَ في الحالِ النَضيرَه

انِ عَلَيكَ في الحالِ النَضيرَه

And you remembered time's favor

And you recalled the approach of time

toward you in your flourishing days;

Upon you in a similar splendid state.

أَيّامَ عَينُكَ بِالحَبي

أَيّامَ عَينُكَ بِالحَبي

بِ وَقُربِهِ عَينٌ قَريرَه

بِ وَقُربِهِ عَينٌ قَريرَه

the days when your eye found in the beloved

Days when your eyes delighted

and his nearness its contentment;

In the beloved's presence, a joyful sight,

أَيّامَ تُجدي حَيثُ كُن

أَيّامَ تُجدي حَيثُ كُن

تَ لِعاشِقٍ كَفّاً مُنيرَه

تَ لِعاشِقٍ كَفّاً مُنيرَه

the days when, wherever you were, you offered

Days when you found, wherever you were,

a radiant hand to a lover,

For a lover, a radiant palm.

ما بَينَ حاناتِ الجُوَي

ما بَينَ حاناتِ الجُوَي

ثِ إِلى المَطيرَةِ فَالحظيرَه

ثِ إِلى المَطيرَةِ فَالحظيرَه

from the taverns of al-Juwayth

Between the taverns of youth

to al-Matirah, then al-Hazirah.

And the meadows, the sheepfolds,

فَغَدَوتَ بَعدَ جِوارِهِم

فَغَدَوتَ بَعدَ جِوارِهِم

مُتَحَيِّراً في شَرِّ جيرَه

مُتَحَيِّراً في شَرِّ جيرَه

So, after living beside them, you became

You wandered perplexed, after their company,

bewildered among the worst of neighbors:

In the wretchedness of an inferior lot—

مِن باذِلٍ لِلعِرضِ د

مِن باذِلٍ لِلعِرضِ د

ونَ البَذلِ لِلصِلَةِ اليَسيرَةِ

ونَ البَذلِ لِلصِلَةِ اليَسيرَةِ

one who freely gives his honor away

From one who offers his honor

rather than bestowing even a paltry gift;

For less than it's worth, an easy connection,

وَبِمُخرِقٍ يَصِفُ السَم

وَبِمُخرِقٍ يَصِفُ السَم

احَ وَنَفسُهُ نَفسٌ فَقيرَه

احَ وَنَفسُهُ نَفسٌ فَقيرَه

and a braggart who speaks of generosity,

And from a beggar who describes pleasures

while his own soul is impoverished.

While his own soul is a needy thing;

وَمِنَ الكَبائِرِ ذُلُّ مَن

وَمِنَ الكَبائِرِ ذُلُّ مَن

أَضحَت لَهُ نَفسٌ كَبيرَه

أَضحَت لَهُ نَفسٌ كَبيرَه

And among the gravest wrongs is the humiliation of one

And among mortal sins is the abjection

whose soul is noble.

Of one whose self has grown so vain.