عُذريmy excuse وَعَتبُكَand your reproach ذاthis one رَطبٌsoft وَذاand that one خَشِنُharsh
عُذري وَعَتبُكَ ذا رَطبٌ وَذا خَشِنُ
فَاِمنُنso bestow favor بِعَفوِكَwith your pardon لاmay not زالَتcease لَكَfor you المِنَنthe favors
فَاِمنُن بِعَفوِكَ لا زالَت لَكَ المِنَن
My excuse and your reproach: this is soft, and that is harsh.
My apology and your reproach, one is soft and one is harsh
So favor me with your pardon; may your favors never cease.
So grant me your pardon, may your favors ever last
وَلاand do not تَدَعleave رَوضَةَthe garden الإِغضاءِforbearance عاطِلَةًbare
وَلا تَدَع رَوضَةَ الإِغضاءِ عاطِلَةً
لاno دَوحَةٌa spreading tree لِلرِضاfor goodwill فيهاin it وَلاand no غُصُنُa branch
لا دَوحَةٌ لِلرِضا فيها وَلا غُصُنُ
And do not leave the garden of forbearance bare,
Let not the garden of consent remain barren
with no spreading tree of goodwill in it, nor any branch.
No palms of pleasure in it, nor branch
وَداوِand heal بِالوَصلِwith reunion مِنfrom دَواءِthe remedy القَلىaversion دَنِفاan ailing man
وَداوِ بِالوَصلِ مِن دَواءِ القَلى دَنِفا
قَدalready شَفَّهُhas worn him thin كَمَدٌanguish فيin طَيِّهِits folds حَزَنُsorrow
قَد شَفَّهُ كَمَدٌ في طَيِّهِ حَزَنُ
And with reunion heal a man sickened by aversion's remedy,
And cure with reunion the sickness of estrangement
whom anguish has worn thin, with sorrow in its folds.
A sadness has weakened it, melting in its folds
أَناI المُقِرُّthe one who admits بِأَنّيthat I قَدindeed أَسَأتُhave done wrong فَإِنso if
أَنا المُقِرُّ بِأَنّي قَد أَسَأتُ فَإِن
تُحسِنyou show kindness فَأَنتَthen you are الَّذيthe one who إِحسانُهُhis kindness حَسَنُbeautiful
تُحسِن فَأَنتَ الَّذي إِحسانُهُ حَسَنُ
I acknowledge that I have done wrong; so if
I admit I have done wrong, so if
you show kindness, then you are the one whose kindness is beautiful.
You do good, you are the one whose goodness is best