1. When you were well-mannered with me, O ultimate pain of mine
And the best of people in meaning and in form
١. لما تأدبتَ بي يا منتهى ألمي
وأحسنَ الناسِ في المعنى وفي الصورِ
2. And her beauty had possessed my heart
News to be verified that grows upon news
٢. وكان قد ملكت قلبي محاسنُها
خبراً تحققه يربى على الخبرِ
3. I dressed her in the clothes of my years with a garment of piety
Proudly over her kind from the green patch
٣. ألبستُها من سنى الأثوابِ ثوبَ تُقى
فخراً على جنسِها من خِرقةِ الخضر
4. And it is good manners with all manners
With good morals from the verses and suras
٤. وهي التأدُّب بالآدابِ أجمعها
مع التخلُّق بالآياتِ والسُّوَرِ
5. And the covenant between us is that you do not confide in her
Nor introduce her to any person
٥. والعهدُ ما بيننا أنْ لا تبوح بها
ولا تعرّفُها شخصاً من البَشَر
6. So that her sincerity may be her upbringing
And so nothing of others attaches itself to her
٦. لكي تكونَ من الإخلاص نشأتُها
فليس يلحقها شيءٌ من الغَيرِ