إِذا لَقَيتكَ تُبدي لي مُكاشَرَةٍ

إِذا لَقَيتكَ تُبدي لي مُكاشَرَةٍ

وَإِن أَغِب فَلأَنتَ الهامِزُ اللُّمزَه

وَإِن أَغِب فَلأَنتَ الهامِزُ اللُّمزَه

When I meet you, you show me a grin;

When I meet you, you show me friendliness

But if I am absent, you are indeed the slanderer, the fault-finder.

And if I'm absent, you backbite and slander me

ما كُنتُ أَخشى وَإِن طالَ الزَّمانُ بِهِ

ما كُنتُ أَخشى وَإِن طالَ الزَّمانُ بِهِ

حَيفٌ عَلى النّاسِ أَن يَغتابَني غُمَزَه

حَيفٌ عَلى النّاسِ أَن يَغتابَني غُمَزَه

I never feared, however long time might drag on for him,

I never feared, though time dragged on endlessly

That a sneering fault-finder would backbite me—an injustice to people.

It's unfair that people would suspect and accuse me