فديت من لقبني مثلما

فديت من لقبني مثلما

لقبته والحق لا يغضبُ

لقبته والحق لا يغضبُ

May I be a ransom for the one who nicknamed me just as

I owe my life to the one who called me,

I nicknamed him—and the truth gives no offense.

As I called him, for truth bears no grudge,

إن قلت يا عرقوب أطمعتني

إن قلت يا عرقوب أطمعتني

قال فلم نفسك يا أشعبُ

قال فلم نفسك يا أشعبُ

If I say, “O ʿUrqūb, you raised my hopes,”

When I said: "O dove, you made me hope,"

He says, “Then blame yourself, O Ashʿab.”

He said: "Then why, O ash-sha'b, were you led astray?"