1. Even as I offer you affection and loyalty
You accuse me of seeking to sever ties and abandon

2. O critic, for an error I did not commit
Thinking my devotion was merely pretense

3. By Allah, why do my messages weigh on you
When you are the dearest of brothers to me

4. And why have you looked upon my mountains of affection
Only to make them, through estrangement, a barren wasteland

5. Grant that my words in censure were harsh
Is it right that a friend be scorched when he errs?

6. When a friend is assured of his right
His rebuke in love is more forceful and impassioned

7. And so the tolerant listener in times of contentment
Overlooks and if he swerves, swerves with him

8. Like the wind, called sinful in its languor
And called agreeable companion at peace