1. They said you are infatuated with one advanced in years
An obvious excuse, yet that is an absurdity
١. قالوا عَلِقْتَ بهِ كبيراً سِنُّهُ
بادي العِذارِ وإنَّ ذا لنكيرُ
2. I answered them while my heart is in the thrall of nightingales
And my breast's steed is neighing and whinnying
٢. فأجَبْتُهمْ والقَلْبُ رَهْنُ بَلابلٍ
ومطيُّ صَدري لوْعَةٌ وزَفيرُ
3. Indeed hearts are molds for affection
Unless the small should recoil from small
٣. إنَّ القُلوبَ على المِلاحِ قوالبٌ
ما لَمْ يَضِقْ عنهُ الصّغير صغيرُ