1. وأتْهَمنِي مولايَ أنِّي اتَّهمتُه

    بِغَدْرٍ وماذا يُتْهم العرف بالنُكْرِ

    And my lord accused me of having accused him

    Of treachery—and why should kindness be accused of evil?

  2. إذاً فلبِستُ البخلَ لُبْسَ محسِّنٍ

    له ومَنَعت المنعِمِين من الشكرِ

    Then I would have donned miserliness, lending beauty

    To it, and withheld gratitude from benefactors.

  3. وما ارتبتُ منه غير أنّ صدودَه

    شجاني ومن يرتابُ بالقمرِ البدرِ

    And I never doubted him; only his turning away

    Grieved me—and who would doubt the full moon?

  4. وهل تُتْهِم الشمسَ الظُنُونُ بأنها

    سَرَتْ لمحبٍّ في خفاء وفي سِترِ

    And could suspicions accuse the sun of having

    Journeyed by night to a lover, in secrecy and concealment?

  5. فلا تتهِمْني باتِّهامِك ظالماً

    فإنّي لم أَعْتِبك إلا على الهجرِ

    So do not unjustly accuse me of accusing you;

    For I reproached you only for forsaking me.

  6. فحاشاك من أن تعتريك خواطري

    بظنٍّ وهل ألقِي صفاءك مِن صدري

    So far be it from you to be assailed by my thoughts

    With suspicion; would I cast your purity from my breast?

  7. فكيف ومالي فكرةٌ أَهتدِي بها

    لأنك قد أَخْلَيْت قلبِي من الفكرِ

    How could I, when I have no thought to guide me,

    Since you have emptied my heart of thought?

  8. وما زلتَ عندي مِلْءَ قلبي وناظري

    ومِلءَ الحشا والأرضِ والأُفْقِ والدّهرِ

    And to me you still fill my heart and my eye,

    And fill my breast, the earth, the horizon, and all time.

  9. فجُدْ بقبولٍ منك يُطْفِئُ برْدُه

    عن القلب ما أصلاه شخصك من جمر

    So grant your acceptance, whose coolness quenches

    The embers with which your person has scorched the heart.

  10. فلم أر عِزّاً مثل عِزَّةِ صافح

    ولم أر ذُلاّ مثلَ ذِلَّةِ ذِي عُذْرِ

    For I have seen no dignity like that of one who pardons,

    And no abasement like that of one with an excuse.

  11. فإن يكُ لي عن عُظْمِ شأنِك قِلة

    فأَنْفَعُ شيءٍ فيك لي قِلَّةُ الكِبْرِ

    So if I am small beside the greatness of your station,

    Then what serves me best with you is a lack of pride.