1. يا من يعادي الهوى جهلاً بموقعه

    ولا يزال يعادي المرء ما جهلا

    O you who oppose love, ignorant of its influence,

    A person never ceases to oppose what he does not know.

  2. أما رأيت الهوى استولى بفتنته

    على النبييين واستغوى بها الرسلا

    Have you not seen love gain mastery through its temptation

    Over the prophets, and through it lead the messengers astray?

  3. فإن شككت فسل زيداً بقصته

    وأورياء يقولا الحق إن سئلا

    So if you doubt, ask Zayd about his story,

    And Uriah; they will tell the truth if asked:

  4. لم بت هذا طلاقاً حبل زوجته

    وذاك في رقعة التابوت لم قتلا

    Why did this one, through divorce, sever the cord joining him to his wife,

    And why was that one slain in the Ark’s precinct?