1. Though love's ways may tempt me to extremes
I'd contravene each rule that contravenes
١. وَإِنّي لِيُغريني عَلى الوُدِّ شيمَةً
أُخالِفُ فيها كُلَّ خِلٍّ يُخالِفُ
2. My deference refuses mouths that praise it
Yet it is known by men of excellence
٢. خُضوعي يَأبى أَنَّ أَفواهَ بِمَدحِها
وَلَكِنَّها عِندَ الأَفاضِلِ تَعرِفُ