1. مَنْ بِسَلْعٍ مُطْلِعٌ لي

    قمرا طال مَغيبُهْ

    Who at Salʿ will bring forth for me

    a moon whose absence has been long,

  2. وأصيلا بالحِمَى نُغِّ

    صَ بالعاذل طِيبُهْ

    and a late afternoon in the protected pasture, whose

    sweetness the reproacher spoiled?

  3. كلُّ شيءٍ حَسَنْ حا

    شاك فالعين تُصيبُهْ

    All that is beautiful—except

    you—is struck by the evil eye.

  4. عنَّفوا القلبَ على قَا

    تِلِه وهو حبيبُهْ

    They reproached the heart for loving its

    slayer, though he is its beloved.

  5. كلُّ جُرْمٍ لك إلا ال

    غَدْرَ فالقلب وَهُو وَهُوبُهْ

    Every offense of yours, save

    treachery, the heart readily forgives.

  6. وأقلُّ الناس ذَنْباً

    قادرٌ عُدَّتْ ذنوبُهْ

    And the least sinful of people

    is one with power whose sins can be counted.