1. Reproachfully Rabab wrote and said:
What you described in verse has come to pass―

2. Openly naming me so loose tongues might
Betray our secrets and speak out at last.

3.
Shun us! Our friendship will not be renewed

4. While night's bright stars their wonted courses run.

5. I said: “Don't break with me because some lout
Spreads lies and gossip for his selfish fun.

6.
Not at his side did we reveal our hearts,