1. أفديه من هاجر وما هجرا

    صدّ حذار الوشاة واعتذرا

    I would ransom him—a forsaker who has not forsaken.

    He turned away for fear of slanderers, and offered an excuse.

  2. تعلم الصد والوصال من الشم

    س وحاكى في حسنه القمرا

    He learned estrangement and union from the sun,

    And in his beauty he resembled the moon.

  3. فوصله نعمة وجفوته

    أبيت فيها للوصل منتظرا

    So union with him is a blessing; as for his estrangement,

    I spend the night in it, awaiting union.

  4. كذلك الشمس في تصرّفها

    تغيب ليلا وتبتدي بكرا

    So too the sun, in its changing course:

    It vanishes at night and appears early in the morning.