تقدّم إِلى ما اِعتدت عِندي مِن الرَحبِ

تقدّم إِلى ما اِعتدت عِندي مِن الرَحبِ

وَرِدْ تلقك العُتبى حِجاباً مِنَ العُتبِ

وَرِدْ تلقك العُتبى حِجاباً مِنَ العُتبِ

Come forward to the welcome you are accustomed to finding with me.

Come to what I am used to with me of vastness

And come: restored favor will greet you, a veil against reproach.

And let your blame that you cast upon me be a veil of blame

مَتى تلقني تلقَ الَّذي قَد بَلَوتَهُ

مَتى تلقني تلقَ الَّذي قَد بَلَوتَهُ

صفوحاً عَن الجاني رَؤُوفاً عَلى الصحبِ

صفوحاً عَن الجاني رَؤُوفاً عَلى الصحبِ

Whenever you meet me, you will find the man you have already tested:

When will you meet me with the meeting I have experienced

Forgiving of the wrongdoer, compassionate toward companions.

Forgiving about the sinner, merciful to the companions

سأُوليكَ مِنّي ما عهدتَ مِنَ الرِضا

سأُوليكَ مِنّي ما عهدتَ مِنَ الرِضا

وَأَعرِضُ عَمّا كانَ إِن كانَ مِن ذَنبِ

وَأَعرِضُ عَمّا كانَ إِن كانَ مِن ذَنبِ

I shall grant you the favor you have known from me,

I will give you from me what you were accustomed to of consent

And I shall overlook whatever wrong there was—if there was any.

And I will ignore what was if it was from sin

فَما أَشعَرَ الرَحمنُ قَلبيَ قَسوَةً

فَما أَشعَرَ الرَحمنُ قَلبيَ قَسوَةً

وَلا صارَ نسيانُ الأذمة مِن شَعبي

وَلا صارَ نسيانُ الأذمة مِن شَعبي

For the All-Merciful has not imbued my heart with hardness,

So the Merciful did not make my heart harsh

Nor has forgetting pledges become part of my nature.

Nor did forgetting harms become of my nature

تكلفتُه أَبغي بِهِ لَكَ سلوَةً

تكلفتُه أَبغي بِهِ لَكَ سلوَةً

فَلَيسَ يُعاني الشِعرَ مُشتَرَكُ اللبِّ

فَلَيسَ يُعاني الشِعرَ مُشتَرَكُ اللبِّ

I took pains over it, seeking through it solace for you,

I struggled with it, wanting by it to comfort you

For one with a disordered mind does not labor over poetry.

But poetry does not suffer being shared by common minds