أُناسٌ ما استطعتُ لهم سلُوّاً
ولا عتباً وليتنيَ استطعتُ
A people whom I could never bring myself to forget,
nor to reproach—if only I could.
أكاتبهمُ وأعرضُ عَنْ أذاهم
كأني ما رأيتُ ولا سمعتُ
I correspond with them and overlook the hurt they cause,
as though I had neither seen nor heard.
Sol 5.6