1. O you who is followed for his virtuous deeds
Have mercy, though they say that I gained from you

2. They blamed me for your aloofness, all people
So forgive them, and if you don’t join me in prayer

3. Give me a note in your handwriting that
Your estrangement from me was not due to any wrong I did

4. Or tell me why you avoid me and refrain
From coming near to me and drawing me close

5. For no sin I committed, for God
Did not extend a hand to me, nor a tongue for me to bite

6. There has come from you what meanings almost
Sing before you are done singing

7. Flirts like singers, but they
Change in clothes and beauty

8. So I am the reproacher who deservedly
Reproached, so wonder at that from me

9. When you were generous and possessed the
Etiquette, you chose from it every art