أَتَيناكُم وَقَد كُنّا غِضابا

أَتَيناكُم وَقَد كُنّا غِضابا

نُصالِحُكُم وَما نَبغي العِتابا

نُصالِحُكُم وَما نَبغي العِتابا

We came to you, though we had been angry.

We came to you though we were wroth,

We make peace with you and seek no reproach.

To make peace, not keen to chide.

وَقَد كُنّا اِجتَنَبناكُم فَعُدنا

وَقَد كُنّا اِجتَنَبناكُم فَعُدنا

إِلَيكُم حينَ لَم نُطِقِ اِجتِنابا

إِلَيكُم حينَ لَم نُطِقِ اِجتِنابا

We had kept away from you, so we returned

We had held aloof from you but came

To you when we could not bear staying away.

Back, since we could not abide

مَتى كانَت ظَلومُ إِذا أَتاها

مَتى كانَت ظَلومُ إِذا أَتاها

كِتابٌ لا تَرُدُّ لَهُ جَوابا

كِتابٌ لا تَرُدُّ لَهُ جَوابا

Since when has Zalum, on receiving

Estrangement. When did the unjust,

A letter, failed to send a reply?

Once a letter comes, refuse reply?

تَناساني الحَبيبُ وَمَلَّ وَصلي

تَناساني الحَبيبُ وَمَلَّ وَصلي

وَصَدَّ فَلا رَسولَ وَلا كِتابا

وَصَدَّ فَلا رَسولَ وَلا كِتابا

The beloved pretended to forget me and grew tired of my company,

The lover forgets me, tires of union;

And turned away—so no messenger and no letter.

He spurns messenger, message, and scribe.