أَلا يا أَقبَحَ الثَقَلَينِ فِعلاً

أَلا يا أَقبَحَ الثَقَلَينِ فِعلاً

وَأَحسَنَ ما تَأَمَّلَتِ العُيونُ

وَأَحسَنَ ما تَأَمَّلَتِ العُيونُ

Ah, you, ugliest in conduct among humans and jinn,

Alas, O the ugliest of both beings in deed,

Yet the fairest that eyes have beheld!

And the best that eyes have beheld,

يَرى حُسناً فَلا يَجزي عَلَيهِ

يَرى حُسناً فَلا يَجزي عَلَيهِ

وَيُنزِلُ بي عُقوبَتَهُ الظُنونُ

وَيُنزِلُ بي عُقوبَتَهُ الظُنونُ

He sees kindness, yet does not reward it,

He sees beauty, yet does not reward it,

And suspicions bring his punishment down upon me.

And inflicts on me the punishment of suspicions.

وَلَكِنّي أُكَذِّبُ فيهِ ظَنّي

وَلَكِنّي أُكَذِّبُ فيهِ ظَنّي

وَعِندي مِن شَواهِدِهِ يَقينُ

وَعِندي مِن شَواهِدِهِ يَقينُ

But I disbelieve my suspicion about him,

Yet I belie in him my suspicion,

And I have certainty from his telltale signs.

And with me there is certainty from its testimonies.