عاقَبتَني بِأَشَدَّ مِن جُرمي

وَظَلَمتَني مُستَعذِباً ظُلمي

You punished me more than I deserved,

You punished me far beyond the measure of my crime,

And oppressed me, relishing my oppression.

And wronged me, finding sweetness in my suffering.

وَظَنَنتَ أَنّي غَيرُ مُنتَقِمٍ

فَسَكَتَّ حينَ سَكَتَّ عَن عِلمِ

You thought I wouldn’t seek revenge,

You imagined I would not seek retribution,

So you were silent when you knew.

So you kept silent, though you knew the truth.

فَلَوَ اَنَّ لي نَفساً تُطاوِعُني

ما كُنتَ تَسبِقُني إِلى الصَرمِ

If only I had a soul that obeyed me,

If only I possessed a soul that would obey my will,

You would not beat me to the stabbing.

You would not have beaten me to the severing of ties.

أَشمَتَّ حُسّادي بِبُغيَتِهِم

وَرَفَعتَهُم وَدَعَوتَهُم بِاِسمي

My enemies have reveled in their hatred,

You have let my enviers gloat by granting their desire,

Lifting them up and calling them my name.

Exalting them, and calling them by the name once mine.

قَد كُنتَ مِن حَقّي عَلى ثِقَةٍ

حَتّى رَأَيتُكَ دونَهُم خَصمي

I trusted you with my rights,

You used to be certain of the rights I held,

Until I saw you take their side against me.

Until I found you, not them, to be my adversary.

إِن كُنتُ قَد قُلتُ الَّذي زَعَموا

فَأَكَلتُ أَكلَةَ جُنَّةٍ لَحمي

If I said what they claim I did,

If I have indeed said what they allege,

Then I ate the flesh of madness.

Then may I, in madness, devour my own flesh.

فَاِبلُغ بِهَزلٍ جِدُّ مُنتَقِمٍ

فيما بَدا لَكَ وَاِستَبِح شَتمي

So pass on lightly, serious avenger,

So achieve the vengeance you seek through this mockery,

This jest that seemed good to you and insult me freely.

As you see fit, and deem it lawful to revile my name.