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IMAM SHAFEI POEM

8/4/2020

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من شعر الإمام الشافعي
إذا المرء لا يرعاك إلا تكلفاً
The poetry of Imam Shafei
If one cares for you only begrudgingly
 
Translated By: Nadia Selim


 To hear a performance of this: https://youtu.be/F2C7SaqVOG4

 
إِذا المَرءُ لا يَرعاكَ إِلّا تَكَلُّفاً فَدَعهُ وَلا تُكثِر عَلَيهِ التَأَسُّفا
If one cares for you only begrudgingly, let them be, and do not waste your regret on them

فَفِي النَّاسِ أبْدَالٌ وَفي التَّرْكِ رَاحة وفي القلبِ صبرٌ للحبيب ولو جفا
There are others, and peace in departure, but in the heart there is patience
 for those whom we love even when they are harsh

فَمَا كُلُّ مَنْ تَهْوَاهُ يَهْوَاكَ قلبهُ وَلا كلُّ مَنْ صَافَيْتَه لَكَ قَدْ صَفَا
Not all whom you love will love you, nor will all whom you are sincerely pure with, reciprocate

إذا لم يكن صفو الوداد طبيعةٍ فلا خيرَ في ودٍ يجيءُ تكلُّفا
If sincerity is not in their nature, then there is no good in receiving warmth proffered begrudgingly

ولا خيرَ في خلٍّ يخونُ خليلهُ ويلقاهُ من بعدِ المودَّةِ بالجفا
There is no good in a friend who betrays his friend and meets their warmth with harshness

وَيُنْكِرُ عَيْشاً قَدْ تَقَادَمَ عَهْدُهُ  وَيُظْهِرُ سِرًّا كان بِالأَمْسِ قَدْ خَفَا
And denies a friendship of old, and reveals secrets that were once hidden

سَلامٌ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا إذا لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهَا صَدِيقٌ صَدُوقٌ صَادِقُ الوَعْدِ مُنْصِفَا
Farewell to the world, if it does not offer a fair, sincere friend that keeps their promise



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