أَتَانِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَصْغَى

أَتَانِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَصْغَى

إِلَى وَاشٍ فَغَيَّرَهُ عَلَيّا

إِلَى وَاشٍ فَغَيَّرَهُ عَلَيّا

Word reached me that ʿAbd Allāh had lent his ear

to a tale-bearer, who turned him against me.

وَمَا عَهْدِي بِهِ غِرّاً وَلَكِنْ

وَمَا عَهْدِي بِهِ غِرّاً وَلَكِنْ

تَوَلَّتْ أَمْرَ فِطْنَتِهِ الْحُمَيَّا

تَوَلَّتْ أَمْرَ فِطْنَتِهِ الْحُمَيَّا

I had never known him to be gullible—but

the fever of anger had mastered his discernment.

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَثَبَّتْ تَلْقَ رُشْدَاً

فَقُلْتُ لَهُ تَثَبَّتْ تَلْقَ رُشْدَاً

فَكَمْ مِنْ سُرْعَةٍ وَهَبَتْكَ غَيّا

فَكَمْ مِنْ سُرْعَةٍ وَهَبَتْكَ غَيّا

So I told him, “Verify before acting, and you will attain sound judgment;

how often has haste bestowed error upon you.

فَإِنَّكَ لَوْ عَرَفْتَ وِدَادَ قَلْبِي

فَإِنَّكَ لَوْ عَرَفْتَ وِدَادَ قَلْبِي

إِلَيْكَ لَجِئْتَ مُعْتَذِرَاً إِلَيّا

إِلَيْكَ لَجِئْتَ مُعْتَذِرَاً إِلَيّا

For had you known the love my heart bears

for you, you would surely have come to me apologizing.”