مُتظلِّماً فيهِم وكَم

مُتظلِّماً فيهِم وكَم

مُتظلِّمٍ ويكونُ أظلَم

مُتظلِّمٍ ويكونُ أظلَم

Complaining of them—and how many

Wronging them, though how many have wronged me,

a complainant is himself more unjust!

And were more unjust;

أنا باذِلٌ ما قلتُ فِي

أنا باذِلٌ ما قلتُ فِي

هِم مادِحاً ما لَستُ أعلَم

هِم مادِحاً ما لَستُ أعلَم

I freely bestow, whenever I speak of

I praise what I know not in them,

them in praise, what I do not know,

Going to extremes in deceit through my words—

متناهِياً في الزور من

متناهِياً في الزور من

قَولي وليتَ الزُورَ يُفهَم

قَولي وليتَ الزُورَ يُفهَم

going to extremes in the falsehood of

Would that deceit could be understood!

my words—and would that the falsehood were understood!

As if they are moulded to one character,

فكأنَّهم طُبِعُوا عَلى

فكأنَّهم طُبِعُوا عَلى

خُلُقٍ سَواءٍ يا ابن يَغنَم

خُلُقٍ سَواءٍ يا ابن يَغنَم

So it is as though they were molded with

O son of gain.

the same character, O Ibn Yaghnam.

You alone saved yourself with your soul;

ونَجوتَ مُنفرداً بنَف

ونَجوتَ مُنفرداً بنَف

سِكَ لا تُلامُ ولا تُذمَّم

سِكَ لا تُلامُ ولا تُذمَّم

And you escaped, standing alone,

You are blamed not, nor accused.

on your own, neither blamed nor censured.

So be safe! For I wonder

فاسلَم فإنِّي قَد عجِب

فاسلَم فإنِّي قَد عجِب

تُ بأن تكونَ بذاكَ مُسلم

تُ بأن تكونَ بذاكَ مُسلم

So stay safe, for I have marveled

That you should be resigned to that.

that you should be forsaken on that account.