أعاذل اني قد شغلت بصبوتي

أعاذل اني قد شغلت بصبوتي

وأنت بشغل من ملامك ناصب

وأنت بشغل من ملامك ناصب

O reproacher, I have been absorbed in my passion.

Blame me not for my preoccupation with yearning,

And you are weary with the toil of your reproach.

While you busy yourself with blaming and reproving.

فيا بعد ما بيني وبينك في الهوى

فيا بعد ما بيني وبينك في الهوى

فقلبي شيعي ولومك ناصي

فقلبي شيعي ولومك ناصي

So how far apart you and I are in love!

Yet after all between us in love,

For my heart is Shi‘i, and your reproach is Nasibi (the final word is unclear as written).

My heart is a Shia and your blame a Sunni.