أَعاذِلَتي عَلى رُزءٍ أَفيقي

أَعاذِلَتي عَلى رُزءٍ أَفيقي

فَقَد أَشرَقتِني بِالعَذلِ ريقي

فَقَد أَشرَقتِني بِالعَذلِ ريقي

O you who reproach me over my loss, come to your senses!

My reproaches to a cheek whose rose I tend,

For you have made me choke on my saliva with reproach.

Whose rose cheek tints me with reproach so fair.

أَلا أَقسَمتُ آسى بَعَد بِشرٍ

أَلا أَقسَمتُ آسى بَعَد بِشرٍ

عَلى حَيًّ يَموتُ وَلا صَديقِ

عَلى حَيًّ يَموتُ وَلا صَديقِ

Indeed, I have sworn not to grieve after Bishr

By grief I swear, when joy has passed away,

For any living person who dies, nor for a friend.

On life that dies nor leaves a friend to care.

فلا وأبيك آسى بعد بشرٍ

فلا وأبيك آسى بعد بشرٍ

على حيٍّ يموت ولا صديقِ

على حيٍّ يموت ولا صديقِ

No, by your father, I shall not grieve after Bishr

By grief I swear, when joy has passed away,

For any living person who dies, nor for a friend.

On life that dies nor leaves a friend to care.

وَبَعدَ الخَير عَلقَمَةَ بنِ بِشرٍ

وَبَعدَ الخَير عَلقَمَةَ بنِ بِشرٍ

إِذا نَزَتِ النُفوسُ إِلى الحُلوقِ

إِذا نَزَتِ النُفوسُ إِلى الحُلوقِ

And after noble ʿAlqamah, son of Bishr,

And after right, Alkamah comes to mind,

When souls leapt up to the throats,

When souls go down where death his feast doth deck.

وَبَعدَ بَني ضُبَيعَةَ حَولَ بِشرٍ

وَبَعدَ بَني ضُبَيعَةَ حَولَ بِشرٍ

كَما مالَ الجُذوعُ مِنَ الحَريقِ

كَما مالَ الجُذوعُ مِنَ الحَريقِ

And after the sons of Dubayʿah around Bishr,

And after right, round Bishr the Bani Dubya,

Like tree trunks toppled by fire.

As trunks of trees incline when fires attack.

ومال بنو ضبيعة بعد بشرٍ

ومال بنو ضبيعة بعد بشرٍ

كما مالَ الجذوع من الحلوقِ

كما مالَ الجذوع من الحلوقِ

And the sons of Dubayʿah toppled after Bishr,

Round Bishr inclined the Bani Dubya's host,

As tree trunks toppled from the throats.

As trunks of trees when flames drive on their track.

مُنَت لَهُمُ بِوالِبَةَ المَنايا

مُنَت لَهُمُ بِوالِبَةَ المَنايا

بِجَنبِ قُلابَ لِلحَينِ المَسوقِ

بِجَنبِ قُلابَ لِلحَينِ المَسوقِ

Deaths were decreed for them at Wālibah,

On them alighted death with lowering wings

Beside Qulāb, for the doom brought upon them.

By Kullab's side, and on time's page did smack.

فَكَم بِقُلابَ مِن أَوصالِ خِرقٍ

فَكَم بِقُلابَ مِن أَوصالِ خِرقٍ

أَخى ثِقَةٍ وَجُمجُمَةٍ فَليقِ

أَخى ثِقَةٍ وَجُمجُمَةٍ فَليقِ

For how many limbs of a noble man lie at Qulāb—

By Kullab many a joint and gaping skull,

A man of trust—and how many a cleft skull!

Of trusted friends, of gentle breeding slack.

نَدامى لِلمُلوكِ إِذا لَقوهُم

نَدامى لِلمُلوكِ إِذا لَقوهُم

حُبوا وَسُقوا بِكَأسِهِمُ الرَحيقِ

حُبوا وَسُقوا بِكَأسِهِمُ الرَحيقِ

Drinking companions to kings whenever they met them,

Too late the kings, that find at last their friends

They received gifts and were served pure wine from their cup.

False, and the cup of life yields bitterest smack.

هُمُ جَدَعوا الأُنوفَ وَأَوعَبوها

هُمُ جَدَعوا الأُنوفَ وَأَوعَبوها

فَما يَنساغُ لي مِن بَعدُ ريقي

فَما يَنساغُ لي مِن بَعدُ ريقي

They cut off noses and severed them completely;

They rent their noses and their shame did gash,

So since then, my saliva will not go down.

My throat henceforth tastes not sweet friendship's snack.