أعاب محبوبي عذولي كونه

أعاب محبوبي عذولي كونه

بياضه ممتزج بصفرة

بياضه ممتزج بصفرة

My reproacher found fault with my beloved because

My beloved reproached my fickleness, saying

His whiteness was mingled with yellow.

his fairness was mixed with saffron.

فقلت للعاذل هذا ذهب

فقلت للعاذل هذا ذهب

مسهم لحسنه بفضة

مسهم لحسنه بفضة

So I said to the reproacher, “This is gold,

So I said to the reproacher, “This is gold

Striped with silver to enhance its beauty.”

touched by his beauty with silver.”