1. وقالوا ابنة الحصريّ مالت بودّها

    إلى قلب عبد وهو في الود أميل

    And they said: Al-Ḥuṣrī’s daughter inclined her affection

    toward a slave’s heart, and he was more inclined to love.

  2. دجا بك في بحر الخطوب ملالة

    وصار لها عبدا يقول ويفعل

    Weariness cast its gloom over you in the sea of troubles,

    and he became her slave, speaking and acting.

  3. فقلت ولم آسف عليها بمثله

    هنيئا لها ماء البشام وحنظل

    So I said, feeling no sorrow for her with one like him:

    May she enjoy balsam water and colocynth!