تَهاوَنتَ مِنّي بِالَّذي فيكَ نُظِّما

تَهاوَنتَ مِنّي بِالَّذي فيكَ نُظِّما

وَلَم تَلبَسِ الوَشي الَّذي جاءَ مُعلَما

وَلَم تَلبَسِ الوَشي الَّذي جاءَ مُعلَما

You made light of what I composed in verse about you,

You belittled what was composed in me

And did not don the brocade that came adorned.

And did not wear the robe that came as a lesson

وَما لِكَسادٍ كادَ يُشرى جَديدُهُ

وَما لِكَسادٍ كادَ يُشرى جَديدُهُ

عَلَيكَ وَلَكِن خِلتُ فَهمَكَ مَوسِما

عَلَيكَ وَلَكِن خِلتُ فَهمَكَ مَوسِما

Not for lack of demand was its new cloth nearly sold

It is not for any recession that almost bought its newness

To you; rather, I thought your understanding a trading fair.

Upon you, but my understanding of you had a season

أَذَقتُكَ شَهداً مِن خَلِيَّةِ خاطِري

أَذَقتُكَ شَهداً مِن خَلِيَّةِ خاطِري

فَأَوهَمتَني أَنّي أَذَقتُكَ عَلقَما

فَأَوهَمتَني أَنّي أَذَقتُكَ عَلقَما

I gave you honey to taste from the hive of my imagination,

I made you taste honey from the beehive of my thoughts

Yet you made me think I had given you bitter colocynth to taste.

So I imagined that I made you taste bitter aloe

فَما لَكَ الذَنبُ لِلَّذي

فَما لَكَ الذَنبُ لِلَّذي

أَرادَ مِنَ الأَنعامِ أَن يَتَنَعَّما

أَرادَ مِنَ الأَنعامِ أَن يَتَنَعَّما

So the fault is not yours; it belongs to the one

So you are not to blame for what

Who wished to draw pleasure from cattle.

Wanted to enjoy the favours and have pleasure