قيلَ لي قَد أَسى عَلَيكَ فُلانٌ

قيلَ لي قَد أَسى عَلَيكَ فُلانٌ

وَمُقامُ الفَتى عَلى الذُلِّ عارُ

وَمُقامُ الفَتى عَلى الذُلِّ عارُ

I was told, “So-and-so has wronged you,

I was told that so-and-so grieves for you,

and for a young man to remain in humiliation is a disgrace.”

Yet for a man to bear humiliation is shameful.

قُلتُ قَد جاءَني وَأَحدَثَ عُذراً

قُلتُ قَد جاءَني وَأَحدَثَ عُذراً

دِيَةُ الذَنبِ عِندَنا الاِعتِذارُ

دِيَةُ الذَنبِ عِندَنا الاِعتِذارُ

I said, “He has already come to me and offered an excuse;

I said: He came to make excuses,

for us, the blood money for a wrong is an apology.”

But in our view, confessing a sin is recompense.