أرى الناسَ من لَيلاكَ سَقما وَقُربها

أرى الناسَ من لَيلاكَ سَقما وَقُربها

حياءَ كما الغَيث الَّذي انتَ ناظِرُه

حياءَ كما الغَيث الَّذي انتَ ناظِرُه

I see people sick because of your Layla, and nearness to her

I see the people sick from your absence, and their nearness

As modesty, like the rain you await.

Is like shyness, as the thirsty awaiting rain.

وَلَو سَأَلتَ لِلنّاسِ يَوماً بِوَجهِها

وَلَو سَأَلتَ لِلنّاسِ يَوماً بِوَجهِها

سَحاب الثُريّا لاِستَهَلت مَواطره

سَحاب الثُريّا لاِستَهَلت مَواطره

And if one day, for the people, you appealed by her face

If you asked the thundering clouds for people one day,

To the Pleiades’ clouds, their rain clouds would surely pour.

They would pour down their overflowing showers.

وَمن يَبق مالاً عدة وَصِيانَه

وَمن يَبق مالاً عدة وَصِيانَه

فَلا الدَهر مبقيه وَلا الشح وافِرُه

فَلا الدَهر مبقيه وَلا الشح وافِرُه

And whoever keeps wealth in reserve and safeguards it,

He who keeps property and defends it from loss

Neither Time preserves it nor stinginess increases it.

Neither time will keep it, nor excessive stinginess.

وَمن يَكُ ذا عظم صَليب رجا بِهِ

وَمن يَكُ ذا عظم صَليب رجا بِهِ

لِيَكسِرَ عود الدَهر فَالدَهر كاسِرُه

لِيَكسِرَ عود الدَهر فَالدَهر كاسِرُه

And whoever has a sturdy bone and hopes with it

And he who bears the great cross of hope

To break Time’s rod—Time will break him.

To break the rod of fate, fate will break him.