1. أَنا أَهْوى والعذلُ عنديَ أَهوَنْ

    والتِّصابِي على الصَبابَةِ أَعْوَنْ

    I am in love, and reproach means little to me;

    and youthful dalliance is a greater aid to passion.

  2. أَنت يا عاذِلي تُجادِلُ في الحقِّ

    عناداً من بعد ما قد تبينْ

    You, my reproacher, dispute the truth

    out of stubbornness, after it has already become clear.

  3. كيف لا تحسن الصَّبَابةُ فيمن

    أَقسم الحُسْنُ أَنه منه أَحْسَنْ

    How could ardent love not be lovely for one

    who Beauty swore was fairer than Beauty itself?