أَعاذِلَتي أَلا لا تَعذِليني

فَكَم مِن أَمرِ عاذِلَةٍ عَصَيتُ

My lover, do not blame me,

For how many faults of a blamer have I committed?

دَعيني وَاِرشُدي إِن كُنتُ أَغوى

وَلا تَغوَي زَعَمتِ كَما غَوَيتُ

Leave me be and guide me if I have gone astray,

And do not let your assumption lead you astray as I have led myself astray.

أَعاذِلَ قَد أَطَلتِ اللَومَ حَتّى

لَوَ أَنّي مُنتَهٍ لَقَدِ اِنتَهَيتُ

My lover, you have prolonged the blame until,

Had I desisted, I would have desisted long ago.

وَصَفراءِ المَعاصِمِ قَد دَعَتني

إِلى وَصلٍ فَقُلتُ لَها أَبَيتُ

The yellow-clad beauty called me,

To union, but I said to her, “I refuse.”

وَزِقٍّ قَد جَرَرتُ إِلى النَدامى

وَزِقٍّ قَد شَرِبتُ وَقَد سَقَيتُ

Some wine I have dragged to the flasks,

Some I have drunk and made others drink.

وَحَتّى لَو يَكونُ فَتى أُناسٍ

بَكى مِن عَذلِ عاذِلَةٍ بَكيتُ

Until if there was a gallant man who wept,

From the blame of a blamer, I would weep.

أَلا يا بَيتُ بِالعَلياءِ بَيتُ

وَلَولا حُبُّ أَهلِكَ ما أَتَيتُ

Oh house on the heights, oh house,

Were it not for love of your people I would not have come to you.

أَلا يا بَيتُ أَهلُكَ أَوعَدوني

كَأَنّي كُلَّ ذَنبِهِمِ جَنَيتُ

Oh house, your people promised me,

As if I had committed all of their sins.

إِذا ما فاتَني لَحمٌ غَريضٌ

ضَرَبتُ ذِراعَ بَكري فَاِشتَوَيتُ

When meat was scarce for me,

I would strike the arm of Bakr and appease myself.