تُرى كَم قَد بَدَت مِنكُم
أُمورٌ ما عَهِدناها
How many things appeared from you
That we didn't know before
وَعَرَّضتُم بِأَقوالٍ
وَما نَجهَلُ مَعناها
And you said things
Whose meanings we don't understand
نَبَشتُم بَينَنا أَشيا
ءَ كُنّا قَد دَفَنّاها
You dug up between us things
That we had buried
وَطَرَّقتُم إِلى الغَدرِ
طَريقاً ما سَلَكناها
And you took the path of betrayal
A path we never took
وَقَبَّحتُم بِأَسماءٍ
وَحَسَّنتُم مُسَمّاها
You gave ugly names
And praised what was named
وَكَم جاءَت لَنا عَنكُم
أَحاديثٌ رَدَدناها
And how many talks came to us about you
That we denied
وَأَشياءٌ رَأَيناها
وَقُلنا ما رَأَيناها
And things we saw
And said we didn't see
فَلا وَاللَهِ مايَح
سُنُ بَينَ الناسِ ذِكراها
No, by Allah, remembering them
Does no good among people
قَرَأنا سُؤَةَ السَلوا
نِ عَنكُم بَل حَفِظناها
We read the evil omens about you
Rather we memorized them
وَما زِلتُم بِنا حَتّى
جَسَرنا وَفَعَلناها
And you didn't stop with us until
We were daring and did it
فَرِجلٌ تَطلِبُ المَسعى
إِلَيكُم قَد مَنَعناها
So a foot that seeks access
To you, we denied it
وَعَينٌ تَتَمَنّى أَن
تَراكُم قَد غَضَضناها
And an eye that wishes
To see you, we lowered it
وَنَفسٌ كُلَّما اِشتاقَت
لِلُقياكُم زَجَرناها
And a soul whenever it longed
To meet you, we deterred it
وَكانَت بَينَنا طاقٌ
فَها نَحنُ سَدَدناها
And there was a connection between us
So here we are, we blocked it
وَلَو أَنَّكُمُ جَنّا
تُ عَدنٍ ما دَخَلناها
And if you were the gardens
Of Eden, we wouldn't enter them
وَأَمّا الحالَةُ الأُخرى
فَإِنّا قَد سَلَوناها
And as for the other situation
We asked about it
وَقَد ماتَت وَصَلَّينا
عَليها وَدَفَنّاها
And it died, so we prayed
Over it and buried it
هَجَرنا ذِكرَها حَتّى
كَأَنّا ما عَرَفناها
We abandoned mentioning it until
It was as if we never knew it
وَها نَحنُ وَها أَنتُم
مَتى قَطُّ ذَكَرناها
And here we are, and here you are
When did we ever mention it?
وَفي النَفسِ بَقايا مِن
أَحاديثٍ خَبَأناها
And in the soul there remain
Conversations we concealed
فَلَو أَرضَتكُمُ الأَروا
حُ مِنّا لَبَذَلناها
If spirits satisfied you from us
We would give them