إنif أكنI am مذنباًguilty فحظيَthen my good fortune أخطأتُI missed
إن أكن مذنباً فحظيَ أخطأتُ
فدعso leave aside عنكَaway from you كثرةَthe abundance of التأنيبreproach
فدع عنكَ كثرةَ التأنيب
If I am guilty, then I have missed my own good fortune.
If I have sinned, then it was my fate that erred
So leave off excessive reproach.
So cease your constant chiding of reproach
قلsay كماas قالsaid يوسفٌJoseph لبنيto the sons of
قل كما قال يوسفٌ لبني
يعقوبَJacob لماwhen رأوهthey saw him لاno تثريبreproach
يعقوبَ لما رأوه لا تثريب
Say, as Joseph said to the sons
Say as Joseph said unto his brothers
of Jacob when they saw him: “No reproach.”
When they faced him, “Do not blame or encroach”