إِن ساءَ فِعلُكِ بي فَما ذَنبي أَنا

حَسبُ المُتَيَّمِ أَنَّهُ قَد أَحسَنا

If your actions towards me are bad, what is my crime?

The one who is blameless thinks he has done well.

لَم أَسلُ حَتّى كانَ عُذرُكِ في الَّذي

أَبدَيتِهِ أَخفى وَعُذرِيَ أَبَينا

I did not ask until your excuse was clearer

Than what you revealed, while my excuse was manifest.

وَلَقَد شَكَوتُكِ بِالضَميرِ إِلى الهَوى

وَدَعَوتُ مِن حَنَقٍ عَلَيكِ فَأَمِنّا

And I have complained about you in my conscience to passion

And in my anger at you I wished safety.

مَنَّيتُ نَفسي مِن وَفائِكِ ضَلَّةً

وَلَقَد تَغُرُّ المَرءَ بارِقَةُ المُنى

I distracted myself from your loyalty in error

And surely the flashing of wishes fools a person.