1. I made excuses for loving Asma the coy, so what
Almost finished him off whenever he got her
١. عذرتُ في حُبّ أَسماء العَذولَ فَما
أَصابَهُ كادَ أَن يقضي بِهِ كَمدا
2. The blackness of her hair blinded his eyes
And the redness of her cheek became a disease for him
٢. سَواد شامتها أَعمى نَواظرهُ
وَحمرة الخَدّ قَد أَمسَت لَهُ رَمدا