أباO father of الفوارسthe horsemen إنif أنكرتyou disapprove of قبضthe closing of يديmy hand
أبا الفوارس إن أنكرت قبض يدي
منfrom بعدafter بسطتهاits outstretching بالجودwith generosity والكرمand bounty
من بعد بسطتها بالجود والكرم
O Abu al-Fawaris, if you disapprove of my closing my hand,
O father of knights, if you deny clasping my hand
after I had stretched it out in generosity and bounty,
After I stretched it out with generosity and nobility,
فالذنبthen the blame للموتlies with death أرجانيit spared me إلىuntil زمنan age
فالذنب للموت أرجاني إلى زمن
غلتshackled أكفthe hands of الندىgenerosity بؤساهits misery بالعدمwith destitution
غلت أكف الندى بؤساه بالعدم
the fault lies with death, which spared me until an age
Then the sin belongs to death that led me to an era
whose misery has shackled the hands of generosity with destitution.
Where the palms of generosity were shackled by destitution.