يَلومونَني في غَيرِ ذَنبٍ جَنَيتُهُ

وَغَيرِيَ في الذَنبِ الَّذي كانَ أَلوَمُ

They blame me for no fault I committed,

While another is to blame for the fault of which he is accused.

أَمِنّا أُناساً كُنتِ تَأتَمِنينَهُم

فَزادوا عَلَينا في الحَديثِ وَأَوهَموا

Did I not trust people, believing them to be true friends?

Yet they went beyond us in talk and deceived.

وَقالوا لَنا ما لَم نَقُل ثُمَّ كَثَّروا

عَلَينا وَباحوا بِالَّذي كُنتُ أَكتُمُ

They attributed to us what we did not say, then multiplied

Accusations against us and divulged what I used to conceal.

وَقَد مُنِحَت عَيني القَذى لِفِراقُكُم

وَعادَ لَها تَهتانُها فَهيَ تَسجُمُ

My eye was hurt by the irritation of your separation

And it returned to blinking, so it is flowing with tears.

وَأَنكَرتُ طيبَ العَيشِ مِنّي وَكُدِّرَت

عَلَيَّ حَياتي وَالهَوى مُتَقَسِّمُ

I lost the taste for the pleasures of life

And my life was embittered while passion lies divided.

وَصافَيتُ نَشواناً فَلَم أَرَ فيهِمُ

هَوايَ وَلا الوُدَّ الَّذي كُنتُ أَعلَمُ

I sobered up from intoxication but I did not find among them

Either my love or the affection I used to know.

أَلَيسَ عَظيماً أَن نَكونَ بِبَلدَةٍ

كِلانا بِها ثاوٍ وَلا نَتَكَلَّمُ

Is it not awful that we are in a country

Where we are both living yet do not talk?

وَلا تَصرِميني إِن تَرَيني أُحِبُّكُم

أَبوءٌ بِذَنبٍ إِنَّني أَنا أَظلَمُ

Do not blame me if you see me still loving you -

I admit to a sin, for indeed it is I who am unjust.