قُل لِلمَلُول الذي أَعيا تَلَوُّنُهُ

قُل لِلمَلُول الذي أَعيا تَلَوُّنُهُ

تُرى مَلاَلَك هَذا غيرَ مَمْلُولِ

تُرى مَلاَلَك هَذا غيرَ مَمْلُولِ

Say to the easily bored one whose fickleness has worn me out:

Say to the one wearied by the changes of fortune

Do you suppose this boredom of yours is not itself tiresome?

Do you see that your weariness is not without end?

إذَا تَجاهلتُ عمّا ساءَ مِنهُ أتَى

إذَا تَجاهلتُ عمّا ساءَ مِنهُ أتَى

من الصُّدودِ بذَنبٍ غيرِ مَجهولِ

من الصُّدودِ بذَنبٍ غيرِ مَجهولِ

Whenever I overlook his hurtful conduct, he commits

When I neglect that which saddened me, he comes

An unmistakable offense by turning away.

With a sin other than that which is not unknown

وما جَنَى قطُّ إلاّ جئتُ مُعتَذِراً

وما جَنَى قطُّ إلاّ جئتُ مُعتَذِراً

إِليهِ لكنَّ عُذري غيرُ مقبولِ

إِليهِ لكنَّ عُذري غيرُ مقبولِ

And never has he done wrong but I have come apologizing

And I have never gathered except I came apologizing

To him—yet my apology is not accepted.

To him, but my apology is not accepted