عَذَلوا وَلَولا الحُبُّ ما عَذَلوا

يا لَيتَ ما نَصَروا وَلا خَذَلوا

They blamed though love, if not for love, they'd not blame

Would that they'd not supported nor abandoned

لا لُمتُهُم في لَومِهِم فَهُمُ

أَحبابُنا وَعداةُ ما جَهِلوا

Blame them not for their blame, they are

Our loved ones, though ignorant made enemies

دَخَلوا إِلى سَمعي وَأخبرُكُمُ

أَنَّ الفُؤادَ إِلَيهِ ما دَخَلوا

They entered my hearing and I tell you

The heart, they did not enter into

وَقَد اِدَّعَيتُ قَبولَ قَولِهِمُ

وَقَد اِستَرابوا بي وَما قَبِلوا

And I claimed accepting their words

Yet they doubted me, and did not accept

لا تَسمَعوا عَذلاً فَما قَبِلوا

مِنّا فَقَد عَذَلوا وَما عَدَلوا

Hear no blame, for they did not accept

From us, though they blamed and were not just

وَلَقَد تَعاطَوا بِالمَلامَةِ كَي

يَصِلوا مَكانَكُمُ فَما وَصَلوا

And they undertook with blame so that

They'd reach your place, but did not reach

ذاكَ المَكانُ حِمىً لَكُم وَبِكُم

لا الخَمرُ تَبلِغُهُ وَلا الأَمَلُ

That place is a protected realm for you, and by you

Not wine reaches it, nor hope

فَلَو اِبنُ نوحٍ كانَ مَوضِعَكُم

لَحَماهُ ما لَم يَحمِهِ الجَبَلُ

If Noah's son took your place

What the mountain didn't protect, it'd protect

الريحَ أُرسِلُ في البِعادِ فَإِن

تَدنوا فَمِن أَنفاسِنا الرُسُلُ

I send the wind into the far off lands, and if

They come near, from our breaths are the messengers