1. You hid from me what you concealed, yet nothing remains hidden
When the hidden appears after being concealed

2. The shepherd's security has now become fear for his flock
And the wolf, once its guardian, now seems bent on its capture

3. I blame none but myself,
Who was complacent, and my complacence has harmed me

4. Oh, would that what happened had not happened!
Would that, without meeting you, disaffection had endured!

5. Oh you who censure Lot and Hamnun, be gentle;
Censure the free man of the land, if censure there must be.

6. These are the fruits of arrogance—puffery of prohibition.
Away with it! A disease for which there is no cure.

7. For an instant in you I glimpsed a flash of sanctity,
No sooner did it shine in the darkness than it was extinguished.