فَلَما أَن تَلاقَينا

فَلَما أَن تَلاقَينا

لِتَأنيب وَاغضاءِ

لِتَأنيب وَاغضاءِ

Then, when we met

When we met

For rebuke and forbearance,

For rebuke and reproach

بَدَت في العَين مِنَّته

بَدَت في العَين مِنَّته

إِلي سِماتُ بِغضاء

إِلي سِماتُ بِغضاء

His favor appeared in the eye,

The signs of hatred showed

To me as signs of hatred.

In his angry eyes

فَقُلت لَهُ وَقد غَصَت

فَقُلت لَهُ وَقد غَصَت

بِهِ نَفسي وَأَعضائي

بِهِ نَفسي وَأَعضائي

So I said to him—already choking

I said, though he filled

On him were my soul and my limbs—

My soul with bitterness

سَلامٌ يا أَبا حسنٍ

سَلامٌ يا أَبا حسنٍ

عَلَيكَ سَلام ارضاء

عَلَيكَ سَلام ارضاء

“Peace, O Abu Hasan,

"Peace, Abu Hasan

Upon you—a peace to appease;

To you, peace and harmony"

سَلامٌ مبدلَ الميم

سَلامٌ مبدلَ الميم

عَلى فوديك بالحاء

عَلى فوديك بالحاء

Peace, with its mīm replaced

Changing the M to H

By ḥāʾ, upon your temples.”

I greeted warmly his cheeks