لا تَلُمنِي فليس لي
علمُ ما في المغيَّبِ
Do not blame me, for I have no
knowledge of the things unseen.
كيف أدري وما ذهْب
تُ من البعدِ مذهبي
How could I know how far I had gone
along my path?
أنا أعشى لَدَى المطا
لب عن نُجحِ مطلبي
I grope blindly among the things I seek,
blind to whether my quest will prosper.
لو علمتُ الّذي أعو
ذُ بِهِ قبل مَركبي
Had I known what refuge to seek
before embarking,
لَم أَدعْ من بصيرةٍ
ضرراً أنْ تمرّ بي
I would never knowingly have summoned
harm to befall me;
ولَكُنتُ الغنِيَّ عنْ
نَدَمٍ أو تَعَقُّبِ
I would have been free of
regret or second thoughts.
وَلَما كان ظافراً
بيّ يوماً مؤنّبي
Nor would my reproacher ever have
prevailed over me—
لا وَلا كانَ للقذا
ةِ لِمامٌ بِمَشربي
no, nor would so much as a mote
have touched my drink.
Sol 5.6