1. The chaste one was bewildered when she saw his gaze,
Turkish, leaving even the wisest foolish.
١. بهتَ العذولُ وقد رأى ألحاظها
تركيَّة تدع الحليم سفيها
2. So he folded up his blame, and said: Woe to me,
These straits I will not enter into!
٢. فثنَى الملام وقال دونكَ والأسى
هذي مضايق لست أدخلُ فيها