فَإِن تَزجُريني عَنكِ خيفَةَ كاشِحٍ

فَإِن تَزجُريني عَنكِ خيفَةَ كاشِحٍ

بِحالي فَإِنّي ما عَلِمتُ كَئيبُ

بِحالي فَإِنّي ما عَلِمتُ كَئيبُ

So if you drive me away from you for fear of a spiteful foe,

If you spurn me out of fear of a slanderous critic

In my plight, then, I am, as far as I know, sorrowful.

Of my condition, know that I'm not downcast.

وَقَد حَلَّ بي ما كُنتَ عَنهُ بِمَعزِل

وَقَد حَلَّ بي ما كُنتَ عَنهُ بِمَعزِل

لِحَيني فَمَوتي يا سُعادُ قَريبُ

لِحَيني فَمَوتي يا سُعادُ قَريبُ

And what you were untouched by has befallen me,

What has befallen me now was not of your doing;

To my doom; so my death, O Suʿād, is near.

My death, O Happiness, is surely near.

وَإِنّي لَمُضناً مِن جَوايَ صَبابَةً

وَإِنّي لَمُضناً مِن جَوايَ صَبابَةً

يَقولُ لِيَ الواشونَ أَنتَ مُريبُ

يَقولُ لِيَ الواشونَ أَنتَ مُريبُ

And I am indeed wasted by my burning anguish and longing.

I'm wearied by the youths' idle rumors that

The slanderers tell me, “You are suspect.”

Say "He's a dubious man" when I pass.

أَجارَتِنا إِنَّ الخُطوبُ تَنوبُ

أَجارَتِنا إِنَّ الخُطوبُ تَنوبُ

وَإِنِّيَ صَبٌّ ما أَقامَ عَسيبُ

وَإِنِّيَ صَبٌّ ما أَقامَ عَسيبُ

O our neighbor, misfortunes recur,

My companions, hardships come in waves,

And I am lovesick as long as ʿAsīb stands.

And I'm a youth whom no misfortune downs.

أَجارَتِنا إِنّا غَريبانِ ها هُنا

أَجارَتِنا إِنّا غَريبانِ ها هُنا

وَكُلِّ غَريبٍ لِلغَريبِ نَسيبُ

وَكُلِّ غَريبٍ لِلغَريبِ نَسيبُ

O our neighbor, we are two strangers right here,

My friends, we're both strangers in this place;

And every stranger is kin to another stranger.

Each stranger finds kinship with strangers around.

غَريبٌ يُقاسي الذِلَّ في كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ

غَريبٌ يُقاسي الذِلَّ في كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ في العالَمينَ حَبيبُ

وَلَيسَ لَهُ في العالَمينَ حَبيبُ

A stranger endures humiliation in every town,

A stranger endures humiliation in every land,

And he has no beloved in all the worlds.

With not a single friend in all the earth.

فَلا تَسمَعي فينا مَقالَةَ جاهِلٍ

فَلا تَسمَعي فينا مَقالَةَ جاهِلٍ

فَرَبّي كَما قَد تَعلَمينَ مُجيبُ

فَرَبّي كَما قَد تَعلَمينَ مُجيبُ

So do not listen to an ignorant person's words about us;

So pay no mind to any fool's idle talk about me,

For my Lord, as you already know, answers.

For as you know, my Lord is He who responds.