وماand not أشكُوI complain of تلَوُّنَthe fickleness of أهلِthe people of وُدّيmy affection
وما أشكُو تلَوُّنَ أهلِ وُدّي
ولوand if أجْدَتْwere of use شَكَّيتُهمcomplaining of them شكوْتُI would complain
ولو أجْدَتْ شَكَّيتُهم شكوْتُ
I do not complain of my friends’ fickleness;
yet if complaining of them availed, I would complain.
مَلِلْتُI have wearied of عتابَهمreproaching them ويئستُand I have despaired منهُمof them
مَلِلْتُ عتابَهم ويئستُ منهُم
فماso not أرجوهُمُI hope in them فِمينamong those in whom رَجوتُI have hoped
فما أرجوهُمُ فِمين رَجوتُ
I have wearied of reproaching them and despaired of them;
so I no longer count them among those in whom I have placed my hopes.
إذاwhen أدْمَتْmade bleed قَوارِصُهُمtheir barbs فؤاديmy heart
إذا أدْمَتْ قَوارِصُهُم فؤادي
كَظَمتُI restrained my anger علىat أَذَاهمthe harm they cause وانطويْتُand I withdrew into myself
كَظَمتُ على أَذَاهم وانطويْتُ
When their barbs make my heart bleed,
I swallow my anger at their abuse and withdraw into myself,
ورُحتُand I went عليهِمُto them طَلْقَcheerful المُحَيَّاthe countenance
ورُحتُ عليهِمُ طَلْقَ المُحَيَّا
كأَنّيas though I ماnot سمِعتُI heard ولاnor رأيتُI saw
كأَنّي ما سمِعتُ ولا رأيتُ
and go to them with a cheerful face,
as though I had neither heard nor seen.
تجنَّوْاthey falsely imputed لِيto me ذُنوباًsins ماnot جنتْهاcommitted them
تجنَّوْا لِي ذُنوباً ما جنتْها
يَدايَmy two hands ولاnor أَمرتُI commanded ولاnor نَهيتُI forbade
يَدايَ ولا أَمرتُ ولا نَهيتُ
They falsely charged me with sins never committed
by my hands; I neither commanded nor forbade.
ولاnor واللّهِby God ماnot أضمرتُI harbored غدْراًtreachery
ولا واللّهِ ما أضمرتُ غدْراً
كماas قدindeed أظهَروهُthey displayed it ولاnor نَويتُI intended
كما قد أظهَروهُ ولا نَويتُ
No, by God, I have harbored no treachery
such as they have shown, nor have I intended any.
ويومُand the Day of الحشرِGathering موعدُناour appointed meeting وتَبدُوand will appear
ويومُ الحشرِ موعدُنا وتَبدُو
صحيفةُthe record of ماwhat جنَوْهُthey committed it وماand what جنيتُI committed
صحيفةُ ما جنَوْهُ وما جنيتُ
And the Day of Gathering is our appointed meeting, and there will appear
the record of what they have committed and what I have committed.