أُعاتِبُكُم يا أَهلَ وُدّي وَقَد بَدَت

دَلائِلُ صَدٍّ مِنكُمُ وَمَلالِ

I reproach you, O people of my love, though

Signs of aloofness from you have appeared, and boredom.

وَأَعذُرُكُم ثَقَّلتُ حَتّى مَلَلتُمُ

وَأَسرَفتُمُ في هَجرِيَ المُتَوالي

And I excuse you - I became burdensome until you were bored,

And I was excessive in my repeated turning away.

فَهَوَّنَني مَن كانَ عِندي مُكَرَّماً

وَأَرخَصَني مَن كانَ عِندِيَ غالي

So he belittled me who was honored in my eyes,

And he made light of me who was dear to me.

سَأَحمِلُ عَنكُم كُلَّ ما فيهِ كُلفَةٌ

وَأَقنَعُ مِنكُم في الكَرى بِخَيالِ

I will bear from you anything involving hardship,

And will be content, despite adversity, with fantasy.

لَيَسلَمَ ذاكَ الوُدُّ بَيني وَبَينَكُم

فَلَستُ عَلى شَيءٍ سِواهُ أُبالي

That love between me and you will be secure,

So I care about nothing but it.

وَيَأتيكُمُ ما عِشتُ يا آلَ كامِلٍ

سَلامي عَليكُم دائِماً وَسُؤالي

And as long as I live, O people of perfection,

My greetings and questions will come to you.

وَمِن عَجَبٍ عَتبي عَلى الحَسَنِ الَّذي

لَدَيَّ وَعِندي جودُهُ مُتَوالِ

And strangely, I reproach the kindness which

Is always bestowed on me by me.

وَلَكِن بَدا مِنهُ جَفاءٌ فَساءَني

وَذَلِكَ شَيءٌ لَم يَمُرَّ بِبالي

But coldness appeared from it, which saddened me -

Something that had never crossed my mind.

فَإِن يَنسَ عَهدي لَستُ أَنسى عُهودَهُ

وَإِن يَسلُ عَنّي لَستُ عَنهُ بِسالِ

If he forgets my pact, I won't forget his pacts,

And if he asks about me, I won't ask about him.