قبل هذا الملامِ يا عُذَّالي

كُنْتُ طوعاً إذ كانَ قلبي سالي

Before this blame, O fault-finders

I was obedient when my heart was sound

كانَ قلبي لو لم يُتَيمهُ ذو الخا

ل مطيعَ النّصوح لو كانَ خالي

My heart, had it not been made an orphan by the one with the mole

Would have been obedient to sincere advice had it been devoid

قد أُصيبت حشاشَتي منه بالْعَيْ

نِ وهذا تأثيرُ عينِ الكمالِ

My pupil was struck by him with the eye

And this is the effect of the eye of perfection