1. أَحَبَّتنا مَهلاً بِصَبٍّ ملكتُمُ

    وَرِفقاً بِقَلبٍ لُبُّه قَد أَذَبتُمُ

    Our beloved ones, go gently with a lover you have taken captive;

    and show tenderness to a heart whose very core you have melted.

  2. وَحَسبُكُم هَذا الصُدود فَإِنَّنا

    نَرى عَظماً بِالصَدّ وَالبينُ أَعظَمُ

    Let this shunning suffice you—for indeed we

    deem rebuff grave, and separation graver still.