1. واللهُ يكفي أن أرُد

    دَ وقد سألتُك في قليلِ

    May God spare me being rebuffed,

    when I have asked you for so little—

  2. إلا لأني قد وصفْ

    تُ يدَيْكَ بالجودِ الجزيلِ

    if only because I have described

    your hands as lavishly generous.

  3. والناسُ أكياسٌ وما

    يرضَوْنَ إلا بالدَليلِ

    And people are shrewd, and will not

    be satisfied with anything but proof;

  4. فتكونُ قد أوجدتَهُمْ

    سبباً الى قالٍ وقيلِ

    you would then have given them

    cause for gossip and hearsay.