من ذا عذيريَ من قومٍ أذاقَهم

من ذا عذيريَ من قومٍ أذاقَهم

ضغنُ العداوةِ حتّى ما لها عَلَمُ

ضغنُ العداوةِ حتّى ما لها عَلَمُ

Who will defend me against a people made to taste bitterness

Who can blame me for a people who tasted

By enmity’s rancor, until it bears no outward sign?

The bitterness of enmity, to the point it had no end

مُكَتَّمٌ كلُّ ما بيني وبينهمُ

مُكَتَّمٌ كلُّ ما بيني وبينهمُ

وَلَيسَ كلُّ الّذي نأباه ينكتمُ

وَلَيسَ كلُّ الّذي نأباه ينكتمُ

Everything between me and them is kept secret,

All that's between me and them is concealed

Yet not all that we abhor stays hidden.

Not all that we refuse can be concealed

وقد رضيتُ اِتقاءً أنْ أكاشِحها

وقد رضيتُ اِتقاءً أنْ أكاشِحها

أن يظلمونِيَ أحياناً فأنظلمُ

أن يظلمونِيَ أحياناً فأنظلمُ

And I have agreed, to avoid showing them hostility,

I have accepted, as precaution, to contend with it

That they wrong me at times, and I submit to being wronged.

Lest they wrong me sometimes, so I wrong them