أَلا هَل أَتى الحَسناءَ أَنَّ حَليلَها

أَلا هَل أَتى الحَسناءَ أَنَّ حَليلَها

تَأَبَّطَ شَرّاً وَاِكتَنَيتُ أَبا وَهبِ

تَأَبَّطَ شَرّاً وَاِكتَنَيتُ أَبا وَهبِ

Lo, has word reached the beautiful woman that her husband

Has not the beauty come to know her censurer

has taken the name Ta’abbata Sharran, while I have taken the byname Abu Wahb?

Has brought evil upon himself while I gained Abû Wahb as a father?

فَهَبهُ تَسَمّى اِسمي وَسَمّانِيَ اِسمَهُ

فَهَبهُ تَسَمّى اِسمي وَسَمّانِيَ اِسمَهُ

فَأَينَ لَهُ صَبري عَلى مُعظَمِ الخَطبِ

فَأَينَ لَهُ صَبري عَلى مُعظَمِ الخَطبِ

So suppose he has taken my name and called me by his:

He named me after his name and named himself after mine

then where in him is my endurance in the gravest calamity?

Where is his patience compared to my grievous woe?

وَأَينَ لَهُ بَأسٌ كَبَأسي وَسَورَتي

وَأَينَ لَهُ بَأسٌ كَبَأسي وَسَورَتي

وَأَينَ لَهُ في كُلِّ فادِحَةٍ قَلبي

وَأَينَ لَهُ في كُلِّ فادِحَةٍ قَلبي

And where in him are valor like mine and my fury?

Where is his power equal to my power and zeal?

And where in him, in every crushing calamity, is my heart?

Where is his heart, in every calamity, like my heart?