أتيتُك شاعراً فهجَوْتَ شعري

أتيتُك شاعراً فهجَوْتَ شعري

وكانت هفوةً مني وغلطَهْ

وكانت هفوةً مني وغلطَهْ

I came to you as a poet, and you mocked my poetry.

I came to you a poet, yet you mocked my verse

That was a lapse on my part and a mistake.

It was a slip of mine, a mistake

لقد أذكرتني مثلاً قديماً

لقد أذكرتني مثلاً قديماً

جزاءُ مُقبِّلِ الوجعاءِ ضرطَهْ

جزاءُ مُقبِّلِ الوجعاءِ ضرطَهْ

You have indeed reminded me of an old proverb:

You reminded me of an old adage

The reward for kissing an ailing woman is a fart.

The reward of one who kisses a leper is a fart