وحقِّك ما أخَّرتُ كُتبيَ عنكمُ

وحقِّك ما أخَّرتُ كُتبيَ عنكمُ

لِقَالةِ واشٍ أو كلامِ مُحَرّشِ

لِقَالةِ واشٍ أو كلامِ مُحَرّشِ

By your honor, I have not delayed sending you my letters

I swear I did not delay my letters from you

because of a slanderer's tale or an instigator's words.

For the prattle of a gossip or the words of a babbler

ولكنَّ دَمعي إن كَتَبتُ مُشَوِّشٌ

ولكنَّ دَمعي إن كَتَبتُ مُشَوِّشٌ

كتابي وما نفعُ الكتابِ الُمشوَّشِ

كتابي وما نفعُ الكتابِ الُمشوَّشِ

But my tears, if I write, blur

Rather my tears, when I write, make my writing confused

my letter—and what use is a blurred letter?

Of no use is writing that is confused