عَذَلوهُ وَلَوْ دَرَوْا عَذَرُوهُ

عَذَلوهُ وَلَوْ دَرَوْا عَذَرُوهُ

ولَرَقُّوا لَهُ وما زَجَروهُ

ولَرَقُّوا لَهُ وما زَجَروهُ

They reproached him; had they known, they would have excused him.

They blamed him though they knew his excuse,

And they would have felt compassion for him and would not have rebuked him.

And would have pitied him, had they but chastised him.

قَبَرُوهُ بهجرهمْ حينَ صَدُّوا

قَبَرُوهُ بهجرهمْ حينَ صَدُّوا

ثُمَّ عادُوا بِوَصْلِهِمْ نَشَرُوهُ

ثُمَّ عادُوا بِوَصْلِهِمْ نَشَرُوهُ

They buried him with their abandonment when they turned away.

They buried him with their estrangement when they turned away,

Then they returned and, through their reunion, brought him back to life.

Then returned through their intimacy and revived him.