1. لديّ لَك العُتبى تُزاحُ عَن العتبِ

    وَسَعيُك عِندي لا يُضاف إِلى ذَنبِ

    I offer you amends, and you are spared reproach;

    and I do not count your endeavor as a fault.

  2. واِعزِزْ عَلَينا أَن تُصيبَكَ وِحشَةٌ

    وَأنسُك ما تدريه فيكَ مِنَ الحُبِّ

    And how grievous to us that loneliness should befall you,

    when your solace is the love you know I bear you.

  3. فَدَع عَنكَ سُوءَ الظَنّ بي وَتَعدَّهُ

    إِلى غَيره فَهوَ المُمَكّن في القَلبِ

    So put aside your ill opinion of me, and pass beyond it

    to its opposite, for that is firmly lodged in my heart.

  4. قَريضُك قَد أَبدى تَوَحَّشَ جانِبٍ

    فَراجَعتُ تأنيساً وَعِلمُكَ بي حَسبي

    Your verse revealed estrangement on your part;

    so I replied to reassure you; your knowledge of me suffices.

  5. تكلفته أَبغي بِهِ لَكَ سَلوَةً

    وَكَيفَ يُعاني الشعرُ مُشترك اللبِّ

    I took pains over it, seeking through it to bring you solace;

    yet how can one whose mind is divided labor over verse?