يا صاحِبَيَّ دَعا لَومي وَتَفنيدي

فَلَيسَ ما فاتَ مِن أَمرٍ بِمَردودِ

O my friend, let go of blaming and criticizing me

For what is past cannot be undone

ما لِلفَتى غَيرُ ما أَعطى الإِلَهُ وَما

يَمنَع فَذَلِكَ شَيءٌ غَيرُ مَوجودِ

A man has naught but what God has granted him

And what He withholds does not exist

وَالأَمرُ صَعبٌ إِذا أَخطَأتَ وِجهَتَهُ

حَتّى تُوَفَّقَ مِنهُ لِلمَراشيدِ

The matter grows hard when you miss its true course

Until you are guided aright by the enlightened

فَلَيتَ شِعري عَلى قيلِ الوُشاةِ لَنا

إِذ أَزمَعَ الحَيُّ وَاِنصاعوا لِتَصعيدِ

I wonder, as the slanderers say of us

When the living intended and inclined towards ascension

حَيثُ اِستَقَلَّت وَصَدَّت لا تُكَلِّمُنا

وَالدَمعُ يَجري عَلى الخَدَّينِ وَالجيدِ

When she became independent and turned away, not speaking to us

While tears flowed down the cheeks and brow

قَد كُنتُ آمُلُ مِن نُعمٍ مَواعِدَها

فَما وَأَت لي وَما جاءَت بِمَوعودِ

I had hoped for favors whose time had come

But none came my way nor kept their promise