أَحبَّةَ قَلبي قَد قَطعتم رَسائِلا

وَإِنّي بِحُسنِ المَدحِ فيها لَراجزُ

My beloveds, you have cut off connections,

And in praising you I admit I am lacking.

بِأَبيضِ إِعراضٍ لَكُم هَل تَغَيَّرت

طِباعُ كِرامٍ فيكمُ وَغَرائِزُ

With aloof indifference—have your noble spirits

And instincts within you changed?

جَرَحتُم بِسَيفِ العَتْبِ قلبي وَإِنّهُ

لَكُم دونَ كلِّ النَّاسِ حاوٍ وحائزُ

You have wounded my heart with the sword of reproach, and yet

To you beyond all people it is yielding and partial.

وَأَنتُم علِمتُم أَنّني ذو تَهاوُنٍ

وَأَنّيَ عَمّا تَستَحقّونَ عاجِزُ

And you knew I was one of leniency

And that I fall short of what you deserve.

فَهلّا عَذَرتُم مَن عَلِمتُم قصورَهُ

وَمَنْ عُذرُهُ بادٍ لَدَيكُم وَبارِزُ

Why not pardon one whose shortcoming you recognized,

And one whose excuse with you is evident and foremost?

هَبونِيَ أَذنَبت الذنوبَ جَميعَها

فَإِنَّ عليَّ الذنب لا شكَّ جائِزُ

Blame me—I have committed all the sins,

For the sin undoubtedly falls upon me.

وَإِنْ جالَ ذَنبي في مَضاميرِ هَفوةٍ

فَذاكَ بِحسنِ العَفوِ مِنكم مبارزُ

And if my sin has strayed into the battlegrounds of lapses,

Then that is for your excellent forgiveness to confront.

وَلَولا ذُنوبي ما تَعَرَّف عَفوُكم

وَلَولا الإِساءاتُ اِستَحالَ التّجاوزُ

And were it not for my sins, your pardon would not have become known,

And were it not for wrongdoings, transcendence would not have occurred

وَإِنّيَ مِمّا قَد جَنيتُ لَتائبٌ

كَما تابَ مِن فِعلِ الجِناية ماعزُ

Indeed, I now repent what I have reaped

Just as Ma'iz repented after committing the crime.