يا أَبا جَعفَرٍ بِأَيِّ مَكانِ

يا أَبا جَعفَرٍ بِأَيِّ مَكانِ

ضاعَ مِنّي رَأيي وَضَلَّ لِساني

ضاعَ مِنّي رَأيي وَضَلَّ لِساني

O Abu Ja‘far, where

O Abu Ja'far, in what place

did my judgment fail me and my tongue go astray?

Did I lose my wisdom and my tongue go astray?

وَاِمتِداحيكَ لا لِشَيءٍ وَلَكِن

وَاِمتِداحيكَ لا لِشَيءٍ وَلَكِن

هَذَيانٌ مِن شاعِرٍ مَجّانِ

هَذَيانٌ مِن شاعِرٍ مَجّانِ

And my praise of you was for no reason, but merely

And my praise of you is not for anything, but

the ravings of a shameless poet.

Raving of a possessed poet.

لا أَلومُ اللُؤمَ الَّذي جاءَ مِن فِع

لا أَلومُ اللُؤمَ الَّذي جاءَ مِن فِع

لِكَ لَكِنَّني أَلومُ الأَماني

لِكَ لَكِنَّني أَلومُ الأَماني

I do not blame the baseness that came from

I do not blame the meanness that came from your deeds,

your deed; rather, I blame hopes.

But I blame the wishes.