إذا اختفت في الهوى عني إساءته

إذا اختفت في الهوى عني إساءته

أبدى تجنبه ذنبي قبل أجنيه

أبدى تجنبه ذنبي قبل أجنيه

When, in love, his wrongdoing is hidden from me,

If my beloved's harshness should disappear

his avoidance reveals my sin before I commit it.

I'd still avoid him lest he punish me again

كذاك إنسان عيني لا يزال يرى

كذاك إنسان عيني لا يزال يرى

عيبي ولست أرى العيب الذي فيه

عيبي ولست أرى العيب الذي فيه

Likewise, the pupil of my eye never ceases to see

So it is with my critic, whose eyes ever see

my fault, while I do not see the fault within it.

My faults, but never his own deficiencies