1. يا مَن تَجَنَّنَ عامِداً

    وَأُريدُ أُذهِبُ جَنُّهُ

    O you who deliberately feigned madness,

    And I wish to drive his madness away!

  2. وَعَلِمتُ ما قَد قالَهُ

    عَنّي وَما قَد ظَنَّهُ

    And I have learned what he has said

    About me, and what he has thought;

  3. وَسَمِعتُ عَنهُ بِأَنَّهُ

    يَغتابُني وَبِأَنَّهُ

    And I have heard of him that he

    Speaks ill of me behind my back, and that he...

  4. وَكَأَنَّهُ كَلبٌ عَوى

    لا بَل أَقولُ بِأَنَّهُ

    And he is like a dog that howled—

    No, rather I say that he is...

  5. فَلَأَكوِيَنَّ جَبينَهُ

    وَسماً وَأَقطَعُ أُذنَهُ

    So I shall surely sear his forehead

    With a brand, and cut off his ear;

  6. وَأَكونُ كَلباً مِثلَهُ

    إِن لَم أُصَدِّق ظَنَّهُ

    And I shall be a dog like him

    If I do not prove his suspicion true.

  7. لَو كانَ أَهلاً لِلجَمي

    لِ تَرَكتُهُ لَكِنَّهُ

    If he were worthy of kind—

    —ness, I would leave him be; but he...