قَدَرٌ مُتاحٌ نَظرَةٌ أَرسَلتُها

فَكَأَنَّني ناضَلتُ أَحذقَ رامي

A gaze I sent, an opportunity at hand

As though with a skilled archer I vied.

أَأَلومُهُ فيما جَنَتهُ سِهامُهُ

ما ذَنبُهُ الجاني عَلَيَّ سِهامي

Shall I blame him that his arrows found

Their mark, though my own went wide?

لا أَتَّقي فيهِ الملامَ لِأَنَّني

أَخفَيتُهُ في القَلبِ عَن لُوّامي

No blame for him in my heart will I store,

Though from blamers I hide and secure.