1. أَلا يا لَقَومي قَد أَشَطَّت عَواذِلي

    وَيَزعُمنَ أَن أَودى بِحَقِّيَ باطِلي

    Ah, my people! My reproachers have gone too far.

    And they claim my falsehood has undone my truth.

  2. وَيَلحَينَني في اللَهوِ أَلا أُحِبَّهُ

    وَلِلَّهوِ داعٍ ذائِبٌ غَيرُ غافِلِ

    And they chide me over pleasure, urging me not to love it,

    Yet pleasure has a pining caller, never heedless.