أَقْصِرْ فَلَومي في حُبِّهم لَمَمُ

وناصحُ العاشِقينَ مُتَّهَمُ

Blame me less for loving them, though I am

The advisor of lovers, blamed.

ما الغيُّ والرشْدُ بالمَلاَمةِ وال

إِغراءِ في الحبِّ بل هُمَا قِسَمُ

Right and wrong are not with blaming and

Enticement in love, but both are destined.

بالعذْلِ فيهم وشَقوَتي بهِمُ

وسُوءِ حظّي منهمْ جَرَى القَلَمُ

With harshness to them and wretchedness through them,

And my misfortune from them the pen has flowed.

طَرفيَ أعمَى عن عَيبِهم فإِذا

رأَتْهُ عيني أقولُ ذَا حُلُمُ

My eyesight was blind to their flaws, so when

My eyes saw it, I'd say: this one's forbearing.

أَصِمُّ عَن نصحِ من يُعنِّفُني

فيهِم وما بي لَولاَ الهَوى صَمَمُ

I’m deaf to the advice of those who rebuke me

About them - if not for passion I'd be deaf.

وهُم إذا خطرةُ التَّوهُّمِ نا

جَتْهُمْ بذنبٍ لم أَجْنِهِ صَرَمُوا

And when the whim of suspicion stirs them

Against me for a crime I didn't commit, they became hostile.

ضَلاَلةٌ في الغرامِ يكذب رأ

يُ العينِ فيها ويَصدُقُ الحُلُمُ

Straying in passion makes the eye’s perception a lie

And dreaming becomes truth.

فَلا تَزِدني جوىً بلومِكَ إِن

نَ الحبَّ نارٌ بالعذلِ تَضطَرِمُ

So do not increase my burning with your blame,

Since love's a fire fueled by harshness.

لو يعلمُ الحاسِدُون حَظّي وما

ألقاهُ منهمْ وفِيهِمُ رَحِمُوا

If the envious only knew my fortune and

What I found in them and through them, they would have mercy.

فوَّضتُ أمرِي إليهمُ ثِقَةً

بِهمْ فلمّا تحكَّمُوا ظَلَمُوا

I entrusted my affair to them in confidence,

In them, but when they took control they did wrong.

وما كذا تُحفَظُ المواثيقُ في ال

حُبِّ وتُرعَى العهودُ والذِّمَمُ

Promises are not kept this way in love,

Or pacts and oaths honored.

فيا لَها هفوةً نَدِمتُ على

ما كانَ منها لو ينفَعُ النّدَمُ

Oh what a slip - I regretted

What happened from it, if only regret helped.

وما احتيالُ الفَتى إذا عثَر ال

جَدُّ وزَلَّت بسَعيِهِ القَدَمُ

It's no trickery when the young man stumbles

And his feet slip in his endeavor.