1. O excuse adorned with your name, excuse,
Though time did you wrong and acted not right,
١. يا عُذرُ زُيِّنَ بِاِسمِكَ العُذرُ
وَأَساءَ وَلَم يُحسِن بِكَ الدَّهرُ
2. And she who said, making,
Embers slip out of her cheeks,
٢. وَهيَ الَّتي قالَت وَقَد جَعَلَت
تنسلُّ من وجناتِها الجَمرُ
3. Restrain your affliction, did you ever see
A full moon shining with its cheeks, the full moon?
٣. اكمد بِدائِكَ هَل رَأَيتَ كَذا
بَدراً يَلوحُ بِخَدِّهِ البَدرُ