يا اِبن ودّي قَد خابَ فيكَ رَجائي

يا اِبن ودّي قَد خابَ فيكَ رَجائي

مُذ لِغدري رَجعت بَعدَ وَفائي

مُذ لِغدري رَجعت بَعدَ وَفائي

O son of my affection, my hope in you has failed,

O son of Waddi, my hopes in you have failed

since you returned to betraying me after my faithfulness.

Since you returned deceitful after being faithful to me

وَعَذولي عَليّ فَضلت حَتّى

وَعَذولي عَليّ فَضلت حَتّى

لاحَ لي أَنكَ اطَّرحت إِخائي

لاحَ لي أَنكَ اطَّرحت إِخائي

And you preferred my reproacher to me, until

And you were unfair to me, to the extent that

it became clear to me that you had cast aside my brotherly affection.

It was clear you had discarded our brotherhood

وَلِوعدي أَخلفت عمداً وإني

وَلِوعدي أَخلفت عمداً وإني

كُنت أَرجو اللقا فَزادَ عَنائي

كُنت أَرجو اللقا فَزادَ عَنائي

And you deliberately broke your promise to me, while I

And you broke your promise intentionally, yet I

had hoped for a meeting, so my suffering grew.

Was hoping to meet, which increased my suffering

وَلَقَد كُنتَ لِلمنافق خَصماً

وَلَقَد كُنتَ لِلمنافق خَصماً

فَغَدا الآن أَوّل الأَصدقاء

فَغَدا الآن أَوّل الأَصدقاء

And you were indeed the hypocrite's foe,

You used to be an opponent of the hypocrite

yet now he has become the foremost of friends.

Yet now he's become your best friend

فَاذا رام في الغَرام مَراماً

فَاذا رام في الغَرام مَراماً

لَم تُخالف كَأَنه مِن سَماء

لَم تُخالف كَأَنه مِن سَماء

So whenever he seeks some aim in love,

So if he aspires to aspirations of love

you do not oppose him, as though he were from heaven.

You don't oppose as if it's from the heavens

وَأَنا إن أَقل مَقال نُصوحٍ

وَأَنا إن أَقل مَقال نُصوحٍ

لَستَ تُصغي ما قُلته لِبَلائي

لَستَ تُصغي ما قُلته لِبَلائي

Yet if I speak a sincere adviser's words,

And if I say any sincere words

you do not heed what I have said, to my distress.

You don't listen to what I say in my affliction

وَالبَليد المَهين ملتَ إِلَيه

وَالبَليد المَهين ملتَ إِلَيه

بَعدَ ما خُنتَني وَعفتَ لِقائي

بَعدَ ما خُنتَني وَعفتَ لِقائي

And you inclined toward the contemptible dullard,

And you inclined toward the despicable disgraced one

after you betrayed me and spurned meeting me.

After you betrayed me and missed our meeting

وَلعمري لَو كُنت عِندَكَ أَسوى

وَلعمري لَو كُنت عِندَكَ أَسوى

ظفره في الوَرى لِنلت منائي

ظفره في الوَرى لِنلت منائي

And by my life, if in your eyes I were worth

By my life, if you were lower with him

his fingernail among mortals, I would have gained my wish.

In the world you would have attained my wishes

فَكَفاني هَذا العَذاب فَإِني

فَكَفاني هَذا العَذاب فَإِني

شَمتت بي يا فاتني أَعدائي

شَمتت بي يا فاتني أَعدائي

So this torment is enough for me, for

So enough of this torment, for

my enemies have gloated over me, O my enchanter.

My enemies have gloated over me, oh my seducer

وَرَماني الزَمان مِنهُ بِسَهم

وَرَماني الزَمان مِنهُ بِسَهم

مِنهُ أَمسيت مَيّت الأَحياء

مِنهُ أَمسيت مَيّت الأَحياء

And Time has shot me with an arrow of its own,

And time has shot me with an arrow from it

through which I have become dead among the living.

By which I became dead amongst the living

فَلئن كُنتَ تَبتَغي بَعدَ هَذا

فَلئن كُنتَ تَبتَغي بَعدَ هَذا

صحبتي فَاِنثَني لحسن الصَفاء

صحبتي فَاِنثَني لحسن الصَفاء

So if, after this, you seek

So if after this you still seek

my companionship, then return to the beauty of sincere affection.

My company, then desist for the sake of good separation

وَتَباعد عَن عاذلٍ وَحَسودٍ

وَتَباعد عَن عاذلٍ وَحَسودٍ

وَبَليد عَن دين حبك نائي

وَبَليد عَن دين حبك نائي

And keep away from a reproacher and an envier,

And keep away from a slanderer and envier

and a dullard far from the faith of loving you.

And a crude one, distant from your love's religion

وَإِذا لَم تَرد صَلاحي فَعاند

وَإِذا لَم تَرد صَلاحي فَعاند

حَيث كانَ العِناد مِن خصمائي

حَيث كانَ العِناد مِن خصمائي

And if you do not desire my well-being, then be defiant,

And if you don't want my rectitude then oppose

since defiance has come from my adversaries.

Wherever opposition is from my adversaries

وَدَع القَلب في لَهيب صُدود

وَدَع القَلب في لَهيب صُدود

يَتلَظى مِن فَوق جَمر الغَضاء

يَتلَظى مِن فَوق جَمر الغَضاء

And leave the heart in the blaze of rejection,

And leave the heart aflame with rejection

blazing above the embers of ghada wood.

Burning from the embers of hatred

فَلعلّ الإِلَه يَرحَم جِسمي

فَلعلّ الإِلَه يَرحَم جِسمي

وَيَزيل العَنا بِقُرب الشِفاء

وَيَزيل العَنا بِقُرب الشِفاء

Then perhaps God will have mercy on my body

Perhaps God may have mercy on my body

and dispel suffering with healing near at hand.

And remove distress with nearing recovery

وَلِساني مِن بَعد ذَلِكَ ينشي

وَلِساني مِن بَعد ذَلِكَ ينشي

يا اِبن وَدّى قَد خابَ فيكَ رَجائي

يا اِبن وَدّى قَد خابَ فيكَ رَجائي

And after that my tongue will utter:

And my tongue after that will chant

O son of my affection, my hope in you has failed.

O son of Waddi, my hopes in you have failed