تَرَكتُ أَخِلّاءً كَثيراً ذَمَمتُهُم

تَرَكتُ أَخِلّاءً كَثيراً ذَمَمتُهُم

وَلَكِن خَليلي لا أَذُمُّ اِبنَ صالِحِ

وَلَكِن خَليلي لا أَذُمُّ اِبنَ صالِحِ

I left many close friends whom I reproached,

I have abandoned many unfaithful friends and blamed them,

but I do not reproach my friend, Ibn Salih.

But my friend Ibn Salih, I do not blame.

شَقَقتُ لَهُ صَدري مِنَ السِرِّ إِنَّهُ

شَقَقتُ لَهُ صَدري مِنَ السِرِّ إِنَّهُ

خِزانَةُ سِرٍّ أَعجَزَت كُلَّ فاتِحِ

خِزانَةُ سِرٍّ أَعجَزَت كُلَّ فاتِحِ

I laid my breast open to him, revealing my secrets, for he is

I have opened my heart to him with secrets, he is

a vault of secrets that has thwarted every opener.

A treasure chest of secrets that has defied every opener.