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He who trades with me is like

من بسلع مطلع لي

1. He who trades with me is like
A moon whose setting is prolonged,

١. مَنْ بِسَلْعٍ مُطْلِعٌ لي
قمرا طال مَغيبُهْ

2. A comrade at the cooking fire whose scent
Is diffused by the gentle wind.

٢. وأصيلا بالحِمَى نُغِّ
صَ بالعاذل طِيبُهْ

3. Everything beautiful seems doubtful
And the eyes alone can discern it.

٣. كلُّ شيءٍ حَسَنْ حا
شاك فالعين تُصيبُهْ

4. Reproach the heart for wilfully
Slaying its beloved!

٤. عنَّفوا القلبَ على قَا
تِلِه وهو حبيبُهْ

5. Every crime on your part I can forgive
Except betrayal, for the heart in its fickleness

٥. كلُّ جُرْمٍ لك إلا ال
غَدْرَ فالقلب وَهُو وَهُوبُهْ

6. Is prone to it.
The one who sins the least

٦. وأقلُّ الناس ذَنْباً
قادرٌ عُدَّتْ ذنوبُهْ