يعيرني الواشي بأن لست مدنفاً

يعيرني الواشي بأن لست مدنفاً

كما هو من فرط الصبابة مدنف

كما هو من فرط الصبابة مدنف

The slanderer taunts me for not being wasted by love,

The gossip reproaches me for not being friendly

as he is wasted by excessive longing.

As he is, being overly familiar

فيا كاشحاً قد جاء في زي ناصحٍ

فيا كاشحاً قد جاء في زي ناصحٍ

تشاغل بغيري لست ممن يعرف

تشاغل بغيري لست ممن يعرف

So, O spiteful foe who has come in an adviser’s guise,

Yet he who reproaches came in the guise of an adviser

busy yourself with someone else; you are not one who understands.

Mind your own business, you know me not

ولا تلحني فيمن أحب فإنني

ولا تلحني فيمن أحب فإنني

أضن به مما تظن وأشغف

أضن به مما تظن وأشغف

And do not reproach me over the one I love, for I

And do not blame me for those I love, for I

am more jealously protective of him than you suppose, and more enamored.

Care for them more than you think, and am passionately fond

سلوه فإني لا أكلم واشياً

سلوه فإني لا أكلم واشياً

أيدري بمن يلحي وفيمن يعنف

أيدري بمن يلحي وفيمن يعنف

Ask him—for I do not speak to a slanderer—

Ask him, for I do not speak with gossips

does he know whom he reproaches, and on whose account he is so harsh?

Who knows who flatters and who is harsh