تقدّم إِلى ما اِعتدت عِندي مِن الرَحبِ

وَرِدْ تلقك العُتبى حِجاباً مِنَ العُتبِ

Come to what I am used to with me of vastness

And let your blame that you cast upon me be a veil of blame

مَتى تلقني تلقَ الَّذي قَد بَلَوتَهُ

صفوحاً عَن الجاني رَؤُوفاً عَلى الصحبِ

When will you meet me with the meeting I have experienced

Forgiving about the sinner, merciful to the companions

سأُوليكَ مِنّي ما عهدتَ مِنَ الرِضا

وَأَعرِضُ عَمّا كانَ إِن كانَ مِن ذَنبِ

I will give you from me what you were accustomed to of consent

And I will ignore what was if it was from sin

فَما أَشعَرَ الرَحمنُ قَلبيَ قَسوَةً

وَلا صارَ نسيانُ الأذمة مِن شَعبي

So the Merciful did not make my heart harsh

Nor did forgetting harms become of my nature

تكلفتُه أَبغي بِهِ لَكَ سلوَةً

فَلَيسَ يُعاني الشِعرَ مُشتَرَكُ اللبِّ

I struggled with it, wanting by it to comfort you

But poetry does not suffer being shared by common minds