1. I still deny, after knowing love,
My knowing of love to the slanderers.
١. ما زِلتُ أُنكِرُ بَعدَ عِرفانِ الهَوى
عِندَ الوُشاةِ عَلى الهَوى عِرفاني
2. And I clarify my infatuation with it and with her to them
Until I have concealed love from my concealment.
٢. وَأُبَيِّنُ عَن وَلَهي بِهِ وَلَهاً لَهُم
حَتّى كَتَمتُ الحُبَّ عَن كِتماني