لا تَعذِلينِيَ سَلمى اليَومَ وَاِنتَظِري

لا تَعذِلينِيَ سَلمى اليَومَ وَاِنتَظِري

أَن يَجمَعَ اللَهُ شَملاً طالَما اِفتَرَقا

أَن يَجمَعَ اللَهُ شَملاً طالَما اِفتَرَقا

Do not reproach me today, Salma, and wait

Do not blame me, Salma, today and wait

for God to reunite a company long divided.

For God to reunite what has long been separated

إِن شَتَّتَ الدَهرُ شَملاً بَينَ جيرَتِكُم

إِن شَتَّتَ الدَهرُ شَملاً بَينَ جيرَتِكُم

فَطالَ في نِعمَةٍ يا سَلمُ ما اِتَفَقا

فَطالَ في نِعمَةٍ يا سَلمُ ما اِتَفَقا

If time has scattered the company among your neighbors,

If time has separated a bond between your neighbors

yet long was its union in bliss, O Salm.

Then it has been too long in prosperity, oh Salma, since they agreed

وَقَد حَلَلنا بِقَسرِيًّ أَخي ثِقَةٍ

وَقَد حَلَلنا بِقَسرِيًّ أَخي ثِقَةٍ

كَالبَدرِ يَجلو دُجى الظَلماءِ وَالأُفُقا

كَالبَدرِ يَجلو دُجى الظَلماءِ وَالأُفُقا

And we have lodged with a trustworthy Qasri,

And we have settled with my brother of trust

like the full moon, dispelling the night's gloom and lighting the horizon.

Like the full moon dispelling the darkness of night and horizon

لايُجبَرُ الناسُ شَيئاً هاضَهُ أَسَدٌ

لايُجبَرُ الناسُ شَيئاً هاضَهُ أَسَدٌ

يَوماً وَلا يَرتَقونَ الدَهرَ ما فَتَقا

يَوماً وَلا يَرتَقونَ الدَهرَ ما فَتَقا

People cannot mend anything Asad has shattered

People cannot mend what a roaring lion has torn

on any day, nor ever stitch up what he has torn apart.

One day, nor can they climb time however it splits

كَم مِن ثَناءٍ عَظيمٍ قَد تَدارَكَهُ

كَم مِن ثَناءٍ عَظيمٍ قَد تَدارَكَهُ

وَقَد تَفاقَمَ فيهِ الأَمرُ وَاِنخَرَقا

وَقَد تَفاقَمَ فيهِ الأَمرُ وَاِنخَرَقا

How much great praise he has won,

How much great praise it has accumulated

when the affair there had grown grave and fallen apart.

And in it the matter has worsened and torn apart