ما حيلَتي غَيَّرَ الهجرانُ أَلواني

ما حيلَتي غَيَّرَ الهجرانُ أَلواني

وَالبين بَعد لَذيذ الوَصل أَلواني

وَالبين بَعد لَذيذ الوَصل أَلواني

What recourse have I? Abandonment has changed my complexion.

My condition has changed its colors since we parted,

And separation, after sweet union, has worn me down.

And separation after the sweet union has changed my colors.

وَعاذِلي عاذري فيمن رمى كبدي

وَعاذِلي عاذري فيمن رمى كبدي

عَن قوس حاجبه ظُلماً فَأَصماني

عَن قوس حاجبه ظُلماً فَأَصماني

And my reproacher excuses me over the one who shot my liver

My blamer blames me for one who shot my liver,

from the bow of his eyebrow, unjustly, and struck me dead.

Unjustly, from the bow of his eyebrow and made me deaf.

وَكان أَقسم لَمّا أَن صَبَوت لَهُ

وَكان أَقسم لَمّا أَن صَبَوت لَهُ

أَن لا يَخون فَما أَوفى بِأيمان

أَن لا يَخون فَما أَوفى بِأيمان

And he had sworn, when I fell in love with him,

He had sworn, when I was devoted to him,

not to betray me; yet he kept none of his oaths.

That he would not betray, but he did not keep his oath.

وَكانَ عَهدي بِهِ أَن لا يُقاطعني

وَكانَ عَهدي بِهِ أَن لا يُقاطعني

مِن حَيث في حُبِّه قاطَعت خلاني

مِن حَيث في حُبِّه قاطَعت خلاني

And I had expected him not to cut me off,

My pact with him was that he would not boycott me

since, for love of him, I had cut off my friends.

From where, in his love, he had severed my companions.

فَخابَ ظَني وَعُمري ضاعَ أَكثَرُه

فَخابَ ظَني وَعُمري ضاعَ أَكثَرُه

ما بَين صدٍّ وتَعنيفٍ وهجران

ما بَين صدٍّ وتَعنيفٍ وهجران

So my hopes proved false, and most of my life was wasted

So my assumption was wrong and most of my life was wasted

amid rejection, harsh rebukes, and abandonment.

Between rejection, rebuke, and estrangement.

هَذا وَإِنيَ لَم أَشكو إِلى أَحَدٍ

هَذا وَإِنيَ لَم أَشكو إِلى أَحَدٍ

كربي وَسُهدي وَآلامي وَأَشجاني

كربي وَسُهدي وَآلامي وَأَشجاني

All this, though I have complained to no one

And I have not complained to anyone

of my anguish, sleeplessness, pains, and sorrows.

Of my anguish, sleeplessness, pain, and sorrows.

وَكلَّما رمتُ أَسلو لا يُطاوعني

وَكلَّما رمتُ أَسلو لا يُطاوعني

قَلبٌ نَما وَجدُه فيهِ وَأَعياني

قَلبٌ نَما وَجدُه فيهِ وَأَعياني

And whenever I seek to forget, it refuses to obey me—

Whenever I try to comfort myself, my obstinate heart disobeys me,

a heart whose passion has grown within it and exhausted me.

A heart that found solace in it and my eyes.

يا قَلب حتامَ ترضيه وَتغضبني

يا قَلب حتامَ ترضيه وَتغضبني

مِن بعد ما مالَ للأعدا وَعاداني

مِن بعد ما مالَ للأعدا وَعاداني

O heart, how long will you please him and anger me,

O heart, how long will you appease him and anger me,

after he sided with my enemies and became my foe?

After he has inclined to the enemy and become hostile to me?

وَكَيفَ تشرك في دين الهَوى سَفهاً

وَكَيفَ تشرك في دين الهَوى سَفهاً

وَالشرك لَيسَ سِوى كفر وَكفران

وَالشرك لَيسَ سِوى كفر وَكفران

And how can you foolishly commit idolatry in the faith of love,

How foolishly do you associate others in the religion of love,

when idolatry is nothing but unbelief and ingratitude?

When polytheism is nothing but blasphemy and blasphemy?

أَم كَيفَ تَرغب في رِجس وَمبتذل

أَم كَيفَ تَرغب في رِجس وَمبتذل

وَإِن يَكُن أَصلُه مِن دار رضوان

وَإِن يَكُن أَصلُه مِن دار رضوان

Or how can you desire someone filthy and debased,

Or how can you desire the vile and the degraded,

even if his origin is in the abode of Ridwan?

Even if its origin is from the Abode of Peace?

أَما كَفى أَنهُ ما ودّه أَحدٌ

أَما كَفى أَنهُ ما ودّه أَحدٌ

إِلا ذَليلٌ مهينٌ فاسق شاني

إِلا ذَليلٌ مهينٌ فاسق شاني

Is it not enough that no one has loved him

Is it not enough that no one loved him

except someone abject, contemptible, depraved, and hateful?

Except the despicable, disgraced, and immoral?

أَما تَرى كَيفَ كانَت أَمسَ وَقعتُه

أَما تَرى كَيفَ كانَت أَمسَ وَقعتُه

مَع البَليد الذَميم الخائن الجاني

مَع البَليد الذَميم الخائن الجاني

Do you not see how his encounter went yesterday

Do you not see how yesterday I was deceived,

with the dull-witted, loathsome, treacherous wrongdoer?

By the insensitive betrayer and treacherous villain?

وَافاه شَهراً فَلَمّا قلَّ درهمُه

وَافاه شَهراً فَلَمّا قلَّ درهمُه

جَفاه جَفوة غَدّارٍ وَخوّان

جَفاه جَفوة غَدّارٍ وَخوّان

He visited him for a month; then, when his dirhams ran low,

He kept him for a month, but when his money was scarce,

he shunned him with the coldness of the treacherous and faithless.

He shunned him with the betrayal of a traitor and deceiver.

فَجاءَ يَسعى بَليدُ السوء عاقبه

فَجاءَ يَسعى بَليدُ السوء عاقبه

عَلى خِيانة مَعروفٍ وَإِحسان

عَلى خِيانة مَعروفٍ وَإِحسان

Then the evil fool came running and punished him

So the despicable traitor got his just desserts

for betraying kindness and generosity.

For the betrayal of kindness and favor.

لَكنهم عَزَلوه مِن سَفاهته

لَكنهم عَزَلوه مِن سَفاهته

عَن منصب بَينَ أَقران وَأَخدان

عَن منصب بَينَ أَقران وَأَخدان

But they dismissed him for his foolishness

But they dismissed him from his position for his stupidity,

from a post among peers and intimates.

Among colleagues and brethren.

أَما المنافق مذموم فَما ربحت

أَما المنافق مذموم فَما ربحت

مَعهُ تجارته مِن بَعد خسران

مَعهُ تجارته مِن بَعد خسران

As for the blameworthy hypocrite, his trade brought no profit

As for the hypocrite, condemned, I gained nothing

with him after loss.

From his business after the loss.

فَإنَّهم عَزَلوه حَيث شاركه

فَإنَّهم عَزَلوه حَيث شاركه

في الإثم وَاللَه يجزي كُلَّ إِنسان

في الإثم وَاللَه يجزي كُلَّ إِنسان

For they dismissed him because he joined him

For they dismissed him when he partook

in sin; and God requites every person.

In sin, and Allah repays every man.

وَسَوفَ يَلقى قَرين السوء صفقتَه

وَسَوفَ يَلقى قَرين السوء صفقتَه

في يَوم نَحس وَتنكيل وَأَحزان

في يَوم نَحس وَتنكيل وَأَحزان

And the evil companion will receive his slap

And he will meet his wicked friend's punishment

on a day of ill fortune, chastisement, and sorrows.

On an inauspicious day of suffering and sorrows.

يَومٍ يَعض عَلى الكَفين مِن نَدَمٍ

يَومٍ يَعض عَلى الكَفين مِن نَدَمٍ

فيهِ وَيُمسي ذَليلاً بَين إِخوان

فيهِ وَيُمسي ذَليلاً بَين إِخوان

A day when he bites both palms out of remorse,

A day he will bite his hands in regret

and on it reaches evening abject among his brethren.

And become disgraced among brethren.

لَو أَنَّهُم سمعوا نصحي لَما خسروا

لَو أَنَّهُم سمعوا نصحي لَما خسروا

لَما أَتيت لَهُم فيهِ بِسُلطان

لَما أَتيت لَهُم فيهِ بِسُلطان

Had they heeded my counsel, they would not have lost

If only they had heeded my advice, they would not have lost.

when I brought them compelling proof concerning it.

I did not come to them with proof.

لَكنهم جَهلوا وَالجَهلُ غايته

لَكنهم جَهلوا وَالجَهلُ غايته

في هذهِ الخزي بَينَ الإنس وَالجان

في هذهِ الخزي بَينَ الإنس وَالجان

But they acted ignorantly, and ignorance's end

But they were ignorant, and the utmost ignorance

in this life is disgrace among humans and jinn.

Is this disgrace among mankind and jinn.

وَفي القِيامة لا تجزى نَميمتهم

وَفي القِيامة لا تجزى نَميمتهم

إِلا بزجر وَرَدع ثُمَّ نيران

إِلا بزجر وَرَدع ثُمَّ نيران

And at the Resurrection their tale-bearing is requited

On Judgement Day, their gossip will be rewarded

only with rebuke and restraint, then fires.

Only with rebuke, deterrence, then fire.

أَما الدنيّ فتكفيهِ مذلَّتُه

أَما الدنيّ فتكفيهِ مذلَّتُه

وَالصفع في هذهِ ما بين أَقران

وَالصفع في هذهِ ما بين أَقران

As for the base man, his humiliation suffices him,

As for the lowly, his humiliation here suffices,

and the slaps in this life among his peers.

And the slap among peers.

وَمَسخة بِثِياب الخزي قَد كسيت

وَمَسخة بِثِياب الخزي قَد كسيت

نَعوذ بِاللَه من خزي وَخذلان

نَعوذ بِاللَه من خزي وَخذلان

And a monstrosity has been clad in garments of disgrace.

And the hideous attire of disgrace has clothed

We seek refuge in God from disgrace and abandonment.

May Allah protect us from disgrace and abandonment.

وَالزمهرير لَهُ مِن بَعد مَيتته

وَالزمهرير لَهُ مِن بَعد مَيتته

يمسي وَيُصبح مَقروناً بِشَيطان

يمسي وَيُصبح مَقروناً بِشَيطان

And after his death, bitter cold awaits him;

And the snarling of hellfire is his lot after death,

he spends evening and morning bound to a devil.

Accompanying him morning and eve with a devil.