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خودٍ غدت دون الأنام ملاذي

I say to those who blame me for loving,

And truly I say to the one who rebukes my passion

That I have become, because of passion, a refuge for mankind,

For a tender maiden who has become my sanctuary among all people

ضيعت يا هذا ملامك لي وكم

قد لامني في هذه من هاذ

You have wasted, O critic, your blame of me, though many

You have wasted your blame upon me, O man; for how many

Have blamed me for this before you

Have censured me for her sake, speaking words of raving madness