1. هي النفس تجزي الودّ بالودِّ أهله

    وإن سِمتها الهجران فالهجر دينها

    Such is the soul: it repays those who offer love with love.

    And if you subject it to estrangement, estrangement is its way.

  2. إذا ما قرينٌ بَتَّ منها حباله

    فأهون مفقود عليها قرينها

    If ever a companion severs the cords binding him to it,

    Then its companion is the loss that matters least to it.

  3. لبئس معار الودِّ من لا يرُّبهُ

    ومستودع الأسرار مَنْ لا يصونها

    Wretched indeed is the borrower of love who does not nurture it,

    And so is the keeper of secrets who does not safeguard them.