تَبَرَّأَ مِنِّي وَيَحِيَ النَّظمُ والنّثْرُ

تَبَرَّأَ مِنِّي وَيَحِيَ النَّظمُ والنّثْرُ

فَلا خُطْبةٌ مِما أُجيدُ ولا الشعْرُ

فَلا خُطْبةٌ مِما أُجيدُ ولا الشعْرُ

Verse and prose have disowned me—alas for me!

He disowned me, while poetry and prose came easily to him

So neither oratory nor poetry is among the things I do well.

Neither speeches that I excel at, nor poetry comes to me

وأَيْأَسَني مِنْ ذا وذاكَ تَبَلُّدي

وأَيْأَسَني مِنْ ذا وذاكَ تَبَلُّدي

وَما لامرِئ ذنْبٌ إذا وَضَح العُذْرُ

وَما لامرِئ ذنْبٌ إذا وَضَح العُذْرُ

And my dull-wittedness has made me despair of this and that.

Both despair me, my sluggishness to blame

And a person bears no blame when the excuse is clear.

No man bears guilt when the excuse is clear