قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ نَظرَةٌ أَرسَلتُها

قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ نَظرَةٌ أَرسَلتُها

فَكَأَنَّني ناضَلتُ أَحذقَ رامي

فَكَأَنَّني ناضَلتُ أَحذقَ رامي

An allotted fate—a glance I cast;

A gaze I sent, an opportunity at hand

so it was as though I had vied in archery with the most skillful archer.

As though with a skilled archer I vied.

أَأَلومُهُ فيما جَنَتهُ سِهامُهُ

أَأَلومُهُ فيما جَنَتهُ سِهامُهُ

ما ذَنبُهُ الجاني عَلَيَّ سِهامي

ما ذَنبُهُ الجاني عَلَيَّ سِهامي

Should I blame him for what his arrows have wrought?

Shall I blame him that his arrows found

What fault is his? It is my own arrows that wronged me.

Their mark, though my own went wide?

لا أَتَّقي فيهِ الملامَ لِأَنَّني

لا أَتَّقي فيهِ الملامَ لِأَنَّني

أَخفَيتُهُ في القَلبِ عَن لُوّامي

أَخفَيتُهُ في القَلبِ عَن لُوّامي

I do not fear reproach on his account, for I

No blame for him in my heart will I store,

have hidden him in my heart from those who reproach me.

Though from blamers I hide and secure.