أَبا الجودِ ما ناديكَ بِالجودِ مَعمورُ

أَبا الجودِ ما ناديكَ بِالجودِ مَعمورُ

وَلا بِيَدِ الإِحسانِ راجيكَ مَغمورُ

وَلا بِيَدِ الإِحسانِ راجيكَ مَغمورُ

O Abu al-Jud, your gathering place is not filled with generosity;

O generous one, neither the generous one hopes for you

Nor is one who hopes in you showered by the hand of kindness.

Nor the deprived one seeks you through benevolence

لَؤُمتَ فَلا مَن ظَلَّ يَهجوكَ في الوَرى

لَؤُمتَ فَلا مَن ظَلَّ يَهجوكَ في الوَرى

مَلومٌ وَلا مَن باتَ يَرجوكَ مَعذورُ

مَلومٌ وَلا مَن باتَ يَرجوكَ مَعذورُ

You are base: no one who keeps lampooning you among humankind

You are blamed, so none who reviles you in the world

Is blameworthy, nor is one who spends the night hoping in you excused.

Is blamed, nor he who spends the night hoping for you, excused

وَمازِلتَ مُعتَلَّ الخِلالِ مُذَمَّماً

وَمازِلتَ مُعتَلَّ الخِلالِ مُذَمَّماً

فَعِرضُكَ مَنقوصٌ وَمالُكَ مَقصورُ

فَعِرضُكَ مَنقوصٌ وَمالُكَ مَقصورُ

And you have always been flawed in character, much reviled;

You have always been of imperfect character, miserable

So your honor is diminished, and your wealth withheld.

So your honor is diminished and your wealth restricted

تَمُدُّ إِلى الإِحسانِ كَفّاً بَنانُها

تَمُدُّ إِلى الإِحسانِ كَفّاً بَنانُها

يُناطُ بِهِ زَندٌ مِنَ الخَيرِ مَبتورُ

يُناطُ بِهِ زَندٌ مِنَ الخَيرِ مَبتورُ

You stretch toward kindness a hand whose fingertips

You extend for benevolence a palm whose fingers

Are joined to a wrist severed from goodness.

Are tied with a severed fortune of goodness

رِداءٌ عَلى الخِذلانِ وَالشُؤمِ مُسبَلٌ

رِداءٌ عَلى الخِذلانِ وَالشُؤمِ مُسبَلٌ

وَذَيلٌ عَلى الفَحشاءِ وَالعارِ مَزرورُ

وَذَيلٌ عَلى الفَحشاءِ وَالعارِ مَزرورُ

A cloak draped over abandonment and ill fortune,

A cloak upon betrayal and ill omens, deployed

And a hem fastened over indecency and shame.

And a train upon indecency and shame, dragged

حَوَيتَ المَخازي خِسَّةً وَدَناءَةً

حَوَيتَ المَخازي خِسَّةً وَدَناءَةً

وَلُؤماً فَلا خَيرٌ لَدَيكَ وَلا خيرُ

وَلُؤماً فَلا خَيرٌ لَدَيكَ وَلا خيرُ

You have amassed disgraces—baseness and vileness,

You have harbored vulgarity, baseness,

And meanness—so there is neither goodness nor generosity in you.

And villainy, so there is with you neither good nor goodness

بَقيتَ لِأَحداثِ اللَيالي دَرِيَّةً

بَقيتَ لِأَحداثِ اللَيالي دَرِيَّةً

وَلَيُّكَ مَخذولٌ وَشانيكَ مَنصورُ

وَلَيُّكَ مَخذولٌ وَشانيكَ مَنصورُ

May you remain a target for the calamities of the nights,

You remained for the events of nights, unaware,

Your ally forsaken, and your hater victorious.

While your night is abandoned and your hater victorious

تُحارِبُكَ الأَيّامُ مِن بَعدِ سِلمِها

تُحارِبُكَ الأَيّامُ مِن بَعدِ سِلمِها

وَأَنتَ ذَليلٌ في يَدِ الدَهرِ مَقهورُ

وَأَنتَ ذَليلٌ في يَدِ الدَهرِ مَقهورُ

The days wage war on you after their peace,

The days fight you after their peace

And you are abased in the hand of Time, subdued.

And you are humiliated, subjugated by fate

فَلا زِلتَ مَوتورَ اللَيالي وَصَرفِها

فَلا زِلتَ مَوتورَ اللَيالي وَصَرفِها

كَما الفَضلُ في أَيّامِكَ السودِ مَوتورُ

كَما الفَضلُ في أَيّامِكَ السودِ مَوتورُ

So may you never cease to be wronged by the nights and their vicissitudes,

You have thus remained deprived of the nights and their days

Just as virtue is wronged in your dark days.

As generosity in your black days remained severed

حَريمُكَ مَبذولٌ وَرَبعُكَ موحِشٌ

حَريمُكَ مَبذولٌ وَرَبعُكَ موحِشٌ

وَشَملُكَ مَصدوعٌ وَبابُكَ مَهجورُ

وَشَملُكَ مَصدوعٌ وَبابُكَ مَهجورُ

Your womenfolk are freely available, and your dwelling desolate;

Your sanctum is violated, your abode deserted

And your unity is shattered, and your door deserted.

And your robe torn, your door abandoned