1. This is my beloved in passion
Where is the reproach in blame?
١. هَذا غَريمِيَ في الغَرامِ
أَينَ التَعاطي في المَلامِ
2. O you who armored yourself with injustice
What made you confident in arrows?
٢. يا مَن تَدَرَّعَ بِالَقا
تِلِ ما أَغَرَّكَ بِالسِهامِ
3. Courage is in strength
Not courage in talk
٣. إِنَّ الشَجاعَةَ في العَزا
ئِمِ لا الشَجاعَةُ في الكَلامِ
4. This one walks to the perfect
And that one stays on completion
٤. هَذا يَسيرُ إِلى السِرا
رِ وَذا يُقيمُ عَلى التَمامِ
5. Beauty contends with me in him
And aids me in dispute
٥. الحُسنُ فيهِ مُخاصِمي
وَيَعَزُّني عِندَ الخِصامِ
6. I swore I wouldn’t please one
Who resembles my youth
٦. أَقسَمتُ ما أَرضى بِمَن
قَد قُلتُ يُشبِهُهُ غُلامي
7. So let the moon be defeated that
Bears marks of blemish on its face
٧. فَليُرغَم القَمَرُ الَّذي
في وَجهِهِ أَثَرُ الرَغامِ
8. If you say the beauty of face attained
Then it didn’t attain the beauty of physique
٨. إِن قُلتَ حُسنَ الوَجهِ نا
لَ فَلَم يَنَل حُسنَ القَوامِ
9. One with a veil across his face
Isn't like one with a scarf across
٩. ما كانَ مَضروبُ الغَما
مِ نَظيرَ مَضروبِ اللِثامِ