قيلَ لي قَد أَسى عَلَيكَ فُلانٌ

وَمُقامُ الفَتى عَلى الذُلِّ عارُ

I was told that so-and-so grieves for you,

Yet for a man to bear humiliation is shameful.

قُلتُ قَد جاءَني وَأَحدَثَ عُذراً

دِيَةُ الذَنبِ عِندَنا الاِعتِذارُ

I said: He came to make excuses,

But in our view, confessing a sin is recompense.