أَقُولُ لِعَاذِلِي لَمَّا نَهَانِي

أَقُولُ لِعَاذِلِي لَمَّا نَهَانِي

وَقَد وَجَدَ المَقَالة إِذْ جَفَانِي

وَقَد وَجَدَ المَقَالة إِذْ جَفَانِي

I say to my reproacher when he forbade me,

And had found grounds for reproach when he shunned me:

عَلِمْتَ بِأَنَّهُ مُرَّ التَّجَنِّي

عَلِمْتَ بِأَنَّهُ مُرَّ التَّجَنِّي

وَفَاتَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْوُ اللِّسَانِ

وَفَاتَكَ أَنَّهُ حُلْوُ اللِّسَانِ

“You knew that he was bitter in his unjust reproaches,

But it escaped you that he was sweet of tongue.”