هذا حَديثي ولم أُمسِك لمعتَبَةٍ

هذا حَديثي ولم أُمسِك لمعتَبَةٍ

يُطوى لها السِرُّ أو يُبدَى لها العَلَنُ

يُطوى لها السِرُّ أو يُبدَى لها العَلَنُ

This is my account; I have not held back on account of a reproach

This is my talk, and I have not kept it for a beloved

for which a secret is concealed or what is public revealed.

To whom a secret would be folded or to whom fame would be displayed

ولا حكمتُ بِعِلمي في جَفائِكَ لي

ولا حكمتُ بِعِلمي في جَفائِكَ لي

وإن تَطاوَلَ بي في ضُرِّهِ الزَّمَنُ

وإن تَطاوَلَ بي في ضُرِّهِ الزَّمَنُ

Nor have I judged your harshness toward me by my own knowledge,

And I have not judged with my knowledge your aloofness toward me

even though time has long persisted in harming me.

Even if time has stretched me with its injuries

بل قلتُ للنَّفسِ تَقلِيداً لِفعلكَ بي

بل قلتُ للنَّفسِ تَقلِيداً لِفعلكَ بي

لَو لم يَكُن حَسَناً لم يَرضَه حَسَنُ

لَو لم يَكُن حَسَناً لم يَرضَه حَسَنُ

Rather, I said to myself, in deference to your treatment of me:

Rather, I said to my soul in imitation of your action toward me

Had it not been good, Hasan would not have approved it.

If it were not good, the good one would not have accepted it