1. يَقولونَ نَصرانيَّةٌ أُمُّ خالِدٍ

    فَقُلتُ ذَروها كُلُّ نَفسٍ وَدينُها

    They say, “Umm Khalid is a Christian.”

    So I said, “Leave her be; to each soul its own faith.”

  2. فَإِن تَكُ نَصرانيَّةً أُمُّ خالِدٍ

    فَإِنَّ لَها وَجهاً جَميلاً يزَينُها

    For if Umm Khalid is a Christian,

    then indeed she has a beautiful face that adorns her.

  3. وَلا عَيبَ فيها غَيرَ زُرقَةِ عَينِها

    كَذاكَ عِتاقُ الطَيرِ زُرقٌ عيونُها

    And she has no flaw save the blueness of her eye;

    so too the noble-bred birds have blue eyes.