1. O mother of Amr, do not sever our affinity
How can you sever the rope of one who connects?

2. That is ignorance of you, except that we
Were killed by your love, if love itself kills

3. My slanderers have chided me with frivolity
Yet their blame is madness from the deranged

4. They blame me regarding a need I mentioned
In an age of time and fate that has flowed away