ثم أصبَحتُ أكتُم النَّاسَ ما أص

ثم أصبَحتُ أكتُم النَّاسَ ما أص

بَحَ فيه لكلِّ عَينٍ عَلامَه

بَحَ فيه لكلِّ عَينٍ عَلامَه

Then I began hiding from people what had come

Then I became the one who conceals from people what has

to bear a sign for every eye.

Become apparent to every eye as a mark

أستُرُ الحالَة التي هَتَكَتني

أستُرُ الحالَة التي هَتَكَتني

فأُقاسي عَداوةً ومَلامَه

فأُقاسي عَداوةً ومَلامَه

I conceal the plight that has laid me bare,

I hide the condition that exposed me

and so suffer enmity and reproach.

So I endure enmity and blame

ثمَّ إنِّي رأيتُ فيكَ وفيها

ثمَّ إنِّي رأيتُ فيكَ وفيها

أن تَحمَّلتُها إليكَ ظُلامَه

أن تَحمَّلتُها إليكَ ظُلامَه

Then, considering you and it, I resolved

Then I saw in you and in her

to bring it to you as a grievance,

That I attributed its darkness to you

حينَ لَم يَبقَ غيرُ رأيِكَ فَانظُر

حينَ لَم يَبقَ غيرُ رأيِكَ فَانظُر

ما ترى يا محمَّدِ بنَ سَلامَه

ما ترى يا محمَّدِ بنَ سَلامَه

when nothing remained but your judgment—so consider

When there remained none other than your opinion, so look

what you think, O Muhammad ibn Salama.

What you see, O Muhammad ibn Salamah