تَعَلَّم يَقيناً أَنَنّي لَكَ ماقِتٌ

تَعَلَّم يَقيناً أَنَنّي لَكَ ماقِتٌ

وَلي شيمَةٌ تَعتابُها وَتَذيمُها

وَلي شيمَةٌ تَعتابُها وَتَذيمُها

Know for certain that I loathe you.

You've certainly learned that I utterly detest you,

And I have a trait you reproach and disparage.

And I have a trait that rebukes and condemns you.

وَكُنتُ وَلَكنّي امرُؤٌ في خَليقَتي

وَكُنتُ وَلَكنّي امرُؤٌ في خَليقَتي

بَذاءٌ لِمَن يَرضى بِها وَيَلومُها

بَذاءٌ لِمَن يَرضى بِها وَيَلومُها

And I was—and yet I am—a man, by nature,

And I was, but I'm a man in his nature,

foul-mouthed toward whoever approves of it and blames it.

Vile towards whoever accepts it and blames it.

شَنِئتُ مِنَ الصُحبان مَن لَستُ زائِلاً

شَنِئتُ مِنَ الصُحبان مَن لَستُ زائِلاً

أُعالِجُ مِنهُ عَوجَةً لا أُقَيمُها

أُعالِجُ مِنهُ عَوجَةً لا أُقَيمُها

Among companions, I loathe the one I never cease

I've come to dislike, of all companions, those whom I won't leave behind;

trying to cure of a crookedness I cannot straighten.

I address in them a crookedness I do not straighten.