أَتَهجُرُني وَما أَسلَفتُ ذَنباً

أَتَهجُرُني وَما أَسلَفتُ ذَنباً

وَيَظهَرُ مِنكَ زَورٌ وَازوِرارُ

وَيَظهَرُ مِنكَ زَورٌ وَازوِرارُ

Do you forsake me, though I have committed no offense?

You spurn me though I've done no wrong,

And falsehood and aversion appear in you.

Falsehood and lies from you now throng,

وَتَعرِضُ كُلَّما أَبدَيتُ عُذراً

وَتَعرِضُ كُلَّما أَبدَيتُ عُذراً

وَكَم ذَنبٍ مَحاهُ الإِعتِذارُ

وَكَم ذَنبٍ مَحاهُ الإِعتِذارُ

And you turn away whenever I offer an excuse.

You shun all the excuses I prolong,

And many an offense has been erased by an apology.

Many a sin pardon did belong.

وَتَخطُبُ بَعدَ ذَلِكَ صَفوَ وُدّي

وَتَخطُبُ بَعدَ ذَلِكَ صَفوَ وُدّي

فَهَل يُرضيكَ وُدٌّ مُستَعارُ

فَهَل يُرضيكَ وُدٌّ مُستَعارُ

And after that you seek the purity of my affection.

Yet you seek sincere affection in me,

So would borrowed affection please you?

Can feigned love ever pleasure thee?

فَلا وَاللَهِ لا أَصفو لِخِلٍّ

فَلا وَاللَهِ لا أَصفو لِخِلٍّ

سَجِيَّتُهُ التَعَتُّبُ وَالنِفارُ

سَجِيَّتُهُ التَعَتُّبُ وَالنِفارُ

So no, by God, I will not give sincere affection to a friend

Nay, by God! Untrue shall I never be,

Whose nature is reproach and aversion.

To a friend whose ways are glib and free.

إِذا اِختَلَّ الخَليلُ لَغَيرِ ذَنبٍ

إِذا اِختَلَّ الخَليلُ لَغَيرِ ذَنبٍ

فَلي في عَودِ صُحبَتِهِ الخِيارُ

فَلي في عَودِ صُحبَتِهِ الخِيارُ

If a friend becomes estranged for no offense,

If a friend parts with no cause to blame,

Then the choice of resuming his companionship is mine.

The choice to reunite is mine to claim.