1. وذي عدلٍ فيمى سباني حسنه

    يطيل ملامي في الهوى ويقول

    And a fair-minded man, concerning the one whose beauty took me captive,

    keeps reproaching me for my love, and says:

  2. أمن أجل وجه لاح لم تر غيره

    ولم تدر كيف الجسم أنت عليل

    Is it for a face that shone, though you saw nothing else,

    and did not know what the body was like, that you are lovesick?

  3. فقلت له أسرفت في اللوم فاتند

    فعندي رد لو أشا طويل

    So I told him: You have gone too far in blame; be measured.

    For I have a lengthy reply, if I choose to give it.

  4. ألم تر أني ظاهري وانني

    على ما أرى حتى يقوم دليل

    Do you not see that I am a Zahiri, and that I

    stand by what I see until proof is established?