يأَيها المغلِظُ في قولِهِ

يأَيها المغلِظُ في قولِهِ

بل أَيُّها الجائرُ في حُكْمِهِ

بل أَيُّها الجائرُ في حُكْمِهِ

O you who are harsh in your speech,

O you who are harsh in your words

Nay, you who are unjust in your judgment:

Rather, O you who are unjust in your rule

جُرْتَ على عبدِك في عتبهِ

جُرْتَ على عبدِك في عتبهِ

الظاهر والبَاطِنِ في ذَمِّه

الظاهر والبَاطِنِ في ذَمِّه

You wronged your servant over his reproach,

You have wronged your servant in his complaint

Open and hidden, in your censure of him.

Evident and hidden in his blame

جعلتَ كلَّ الذنبِ مَعْ فعْلِهِ

جعلتَ كلَّ الذنبِ مَعْ فعْلِهِ

جَوْراً وكُلَّ العذر مَعْ خَصْمِه

جَوْراً وكُلَّ العذر مَعْ خَصْمِه

You assigned all the blame to his deed,

You have made every sin with his action

Unjustly, and all the excuses to his adversary.

Injustice, and every excuse with his opponent

فَزدْتَهُ حِقْداً على حِقْدِه

فَزدْتَهُ حِقْداً على حِقْدِه

عليهِ بل همّاً على همِّه

عليهِ بل همّاً على همِّه

Thus you added resentment to his resentment

So you increased hatred over his hatred

Against him—nay, sorrow to his sorrow.

Towards him, rather worries over his worries

حَاشَاهُ من طُلْمِكَ في عَتْبهِ

حَاشَاهُ من طُلْمِكَ في عَتْبهِ

عَلَيْكَ بل حاشَاكَ منْ ظُلْمِه

عَلَيْكَ بل حاشَاكَ منْ ظُلْمِه

May he be spared your injustice for his reproach

He is far from your injustice in his complaint

Against you—nay, may you be spared his injustice.

Rather, you are far from his injustice

لا تَعْجَبَنْ للدَّهرِ في جَوْره

لا تَعْجَبَنْ للدَّهرِ في جَوْره

فما جَرَى إِلاَّ عَلى رَسْمِه

فما جَرَى إِلاَّ عَلى رَسْمِه

Do not marvel at Time for its injustice:

Do not be surprised by the injustice of fate

For it has only followed its accustomed course.

For nothing has happened except by its design