وَلَرُبَّ ذِي لُؤْمٍ غَلِطْتُ بِقَصْدِهِ

وَلَرُبَّ ذِي لُؤْمٍ غَلِطْتُ بِقَصْدِهِ

فَرَجَعْتُ عنهُ كَمَا تَسَوَّلَ خَائِبَا

فَرَجَعْتُ عنهُ كَمَا تَسَوَّلَ خَائِبَا

And many a base man have I mistakenly sought out;

And many a one of ill purpose I assailed,

So I turned back from him, like one who had begged in vain.

Then from him turned repentant as he made moan,

وَذَممْتُ عَنّي فِعْلهُ وَشَكَرْتُهُ

وَذَممْتُ عَنّي فِعْلهُ وَشَكَرْتُهُ

لَمَّا رَجَعْتُ على يَدَيْهِ تَائِبا

لَمَّا رَجَعْتُ على يَدَيْهِ تَائِبا

And I condemned, for my part, his conduct, and thanked him,

And did revoke his deed, yet thanked him still

When I returned repentant at his hands.

When I returned at his hands in penitence.