قُلْ لعمادِ الدينِ عن عَبْدِه

قُلْ لعمادِ الدينِ عن عَبْدِه

ما أنا من عَفْوِكَ بالقانِطِ

ما أنا من عَفْوِكَ بالقانِطِ

Tell ʿImād al-Dīn, on behalf of his servant:

Tell Imād ad-Dīn about his servant

I do not despair of your pardon.

I am not in despair of your forgiveness

فإنْ ذا يكُنْ غَضباً مُفْرِطاً

فإنْ ذا يكُنْ غَضباً مُفْرِطاً

لِما بدا من زَلَلٍ فارِط

لِما بدا من زَلَلٍ فارِط

For if this is excessive anger

If this be excessive anger

at a past lapse that has come to light,

For the wrongs that appeared as gross faults

فالسّاخِطُ الحُرُّ له رَجْعةٌ

فالسّاخِطُ الحُرُّ له رَجْعةٌ

والصّعْبُ أمْرُ السّاخطِ السّاقط

والصّعْبُ أمْرُ السّاخطِ السّاقط

then a noble man in anger can relent;

The free man who is angry can relent

but the case of a base man in anger is difficult.

But the fallen man in anger is hard case