1. A friend within whom uncouthness crept, to mine eye
Grew loathly after beauty's sheen.
١. وَصاحِبٍ داخَلَتهُ نَخوَةٌ فَغَدا
في عَينِ وُدّي قَبيحاً بَعدَ ما حَسُنا
2. Still chiding him, I bent him double and outspread
Till he from harshness softened into grace.
٢. ما زِلتَ بِالعَتبِ أَطويهِ وَأَنشُرَهُ
حَتّى غَدا لَيِّناً مِنهُ الَّذي خَشِنا