1. Do not think blaming helps,
Rather it increases hardship and pain.
١. لا تَحسَبنَّ اللومَ أجدى
بل زادهُ كَلَفاً وَوَجْدا
2. It revealed his youthfulness,
And for declaring what was hidden and revealed.
٢. أبْدَى صَبابَتَهُ
وللإعلانِ ما أخْفَى وأبْدَى
3. With it grew the sighs of passionate love,
What it could not bear as a response.
٣. نَمَّتْ بهِ زَفَراتُ شَو
قٍ ما أطاقَ لهنَّ رَدَّا
4. Do not repeat, for what is seen,
From whom you rebuke in it openly.
٤. لا تُكثِرَنَّ فما يَرَى
ممَّن تُعنِّفُ فيهِ بُدّا
5. A moon that lent the gazelle glances,
And the branch of acacia, a precedent.
٥. قمرٌ أَعار الظبيَ أَل
حاظاً وغُصنَ البانِ قَدّا
6. Passion for beauty possessed him, so he
Did not set a limit for what he gave.
٦. شُغُفَ الجمالُ به فلم
يَجعلْ لما أعطاهُ حَدّا