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They said my pen flowed in praise of others,

قالوا جرى قلمي في غير مدحكم

1. They said my pen flowed in praise of others,
No! By Him who taught man with the pen,

١. قالوا جَرى قَلَمي في غَيرِ مَدحِكُمُ
لا وَالَّذي عَلَّمَ الإِنسانَ بِالقَلَمِ

2. And I was never alone with your mention, there was
Another who made your mention a third, except generosity,

٢. وَما خَلَوتُ بِذِكراكُم وَكانَ مَعي
ثانٍ يُثَلِّثُ ذِكراكُم سِوى الكَرَمِ

3. So employ that part of it which was ready,
For generosity is not with suspicion blamed,

٣. فَاِستَعمِلوا مِنهُ ما قَد كانَ حاضِرَهُ
فَالجودُ لَيسَ عَلى عِرضٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ

4. Let no corrupter cut off in glory the ties
Between the hands and generosity of a womb,

٤. لا يَقطَعَن مُفسِدٌ في المَجدِ عُلقَةَ ما
بَينَ الأَيادي وَبَينَ الجودِ مِن رَحِمِ

5. They let go our thoughts in their ignorance,
So the sanctities of the sacred months did not place

٥. هَبوا خَواطِرَنا في جاهِلِيَّتِها
فَلَم تَضِع حُرُماتُ الأَشهُرِالحُرُمِ

6. All time to them is sacred months,
With you, so be in this kingdom inviolate.

٦. كُلُّ الزَمانِ عَلَيها أَشهُرٌ حُرُمٌ
بِكُم فَكُنَّ بِهَذا المُلكِ في حَرَمِ