يا لائِمي فيما فَعَل

يا لائِمي فيما فَعَل

أَخطَأتَ قَولاً وَعَمَل

أَخطَأتَ قَولاً وَعَمَل

O you who blame me for what I did,

O you who blame me for what he did,

You erred in word and deed.

You erred in word and deed.

أَسرَعتَ في لَومِكَ لي

أَسرَعتَ في لَومِكَ لي

وَمِنكَ لا مِنّي الزَلَل

وَمِنكَ لا مِنّي الزَلَل

You hastened to lay your blame on me,

You were hasty in reproaching me,

And the fault is yours, not mine.

And the fault is yours, not mine.

فَعَلتُ ما يَلزَمُني

فَعَلتُ ما يَلزَمُني

فَلَيتَ غَيري لَو فَعَل

فَلَيتَ غَيري لَو فَعَل

I did what was required of me;

I did what was incumbent on me;

Would that another had done the same.

So if only someone else had done so!

وَما عَلى البَدرِ إِذا

وَما عَلى البَدرِ إِذا

أَسرَعَ إِن أَبطا زُحَل

أَسرَعَ إِن أَبطا زُحَل

And no blame rests upon the full moon when

And what blame falls upon the full moon when

It hastens, if Saturn is slow.

It hastens, if Saturn lags behind?