ما لِلمُحِبِّ وَلِلعَواذِل

ما لِلمُحِبِّ وَلِلعَواذِل

لَو أَنَّهُم شُغِلوا بِشاغِل

لَو أَنَّهُم شُغِلوا بِشاغِل

What has the lover to do with reproaching women?

What concern of lovers and censurers

If they were occupied with some concern,

Had they busied themselves with other matters

ما أَنكَروا أَعَجيبَةٌ

ما أَنكَروا أَعَجيبَةٌ

أَن يُصبِحَ الهِندِيُّ قاتِل

أَن يُصبِحَ الهِندِيُّ قاتِل

they would not object. Is it a wonder

They wouldn’t have denied how strange

that the Indian should become a killer?

That the Indian would become a killer