مَا بَالُ إِحْسَانِي أَصْحَبْتُهُ

مَا بَالُ إِحْسَانِي أَصْحَبْتُهُ

خَلَلَ الرِّجالِ يَصِيرُ مِثْلَ إساءَتِي

خَلَلَ الرِّجالِ يَصِيرُ مِثْلَ إساءَتِي

Why does my kindness, which I took along

Why is my kindness to him

Among men, become like my ill-treatment?

Among men becomes like my wrongdoing?

ما إنْ كَفَفْتُ أَذيَّةً إلاَّ هَوْتَ

ما إنْ كَفَفْتُ أَذيَّةً إلاَّ هَوْتَ

نَحْوِي بِكَفِّ تَجاوُزِي وَأَنَاتِي

نَحْوِي بِكَفِّ تَجاوُزِي وَأَنَاتِي

Never have I restrained harm without its plunging

No sooner do I restrain harm

Toward me by the hand of my forgiveness and patience.

Than he comes at me with blows despite my tolerance and patience.

فَلِذاكَ أَصْبِرُ عَافٍ عاقِلٍ

فَلِذاكَ أَصْبِرُ عَافٍ عاقِلٍ

وَأُهَتِّكُ الْمَذْعُورَ فِي وَثَباتِي

وَأُهَتِّكُ الْمَذْعُورَ فِي وَثَباتِي

Thus I am patient, forgiving, and sensible,

Therefore I am forbearing, wise, and composed

And I rend the terror-stricken in my leaps.

Though I burst the rash in their onset.

فَإِذا غَفَلْتُ عَنِ الْكَفُور فإِنَّما

فَإِذا غَفَلْتُ عَنِ الْكَفُور فإِنَّما

أُهْدِي إِلَيْهِ الْحَتْفَ مِنْ غَفَلاتي

أُهْدِي إِلَيْهِ الْحَتْفَ مِنْ غَفَلاتي

So when I am heedless of the ingrate, I merely

So when I neglect the ungrateful one, in truth

Present him with death through my moments of heedlessness.

I only give him destruction through my heedlessness.