1. Show your new face though it be trite,
For your Lord made you for serving slight.
١. عَلَيكَ جَديدَ وَجهِكَ فَاِبتَذِلهُ
فَقَد خَلّاكَ رَبُّكَ لِلسُؤالِ
2. You were like one who climbed in yearning love,
To Umayya on a rope from ardent passion wove,
٢. كَأَنَّكَ إِذ عَلِقتَ بِعَردَمِيٍّ
سَمَوتَ إِلى أُمَيَّةَ بِالحِبالِ
3. Wedlock left Abul-Sulaymi so outworn,
Like back of skillet, of all fat shorn.
٣. لَقَد تَرَكَ النِكاحُ أَبا سُلَيمٍ
كَظَهرِ الطَستِ لَيسَ بِذي قِبالِ