ومُعتَذرِ العِذار إلى فُؤادي

ومُعتَذرِ العِذار إلى فُؤادي

لجرمٍ سابقٍ من مُقلَتَيهِ

لجرمٍ سابقٍ من مُقلَتَيهِ

And one whose cheek-down begged my heart's pardon

The one who apologizes for his misdeeds to my heart

For an earlier offense committed by his two eyes.

For an earlier sin from his two eyelids

وكَم أعرَضتُ عَنه فأعرضَت بي

وكَم أعرَضتُ عَنه فأعرضَت بي

عن الإعراضِ خُضرةُ عارِضَيهِ

عن الإعراضِ خُضرةُ عارِضَيهِ

And how often I turned away from him, yet I was turned

And how often have I turned away from him, yet the greenness of his tender cheeks

From turning away by the green down on his cheeks.

Turned away from my turning away from him

ولَمَّا قُلتُ إنَّ الشعر يَسعَى

ولَمَّا قُلتُ إنَّ الشعر يَسعَى

لقَلبي في الخَلاصِ سَعَى عَليهِ

لقَلبي في الخَلاصِ سَعَى عَليهِ

And when I said that the hair was striving

And when I said poetry seeks

To free my heart, it strove against it.

My heart for deliverance, he sought it for me