1. يغتابني و أنا ناء و يمدحني

    إذا التقينا كأنا السمْن و العسلُ

    He speaks ill of me while I am far away, yet praises me

    when we meet, as though we were ghee and honey.

  2. و لست أحنق منه إنما حنقي

    من سامع حكمه ضدي به عجلُ

    And I am not angry with him; my anger is only

    at a listener whose judgment against me is hasty.

  3. ***

    كم محب راقه طعم الهوى

    ***

    Many a lover has delighted in the taste of love,

  4. ثم ذاق المر من بعد النوى

    إن للعاشق صبرا عاليا

    then tasted bitterness after separation.

    Indeed, a lover has great patience;

  5. لو لغصن منه قسط ما ذوى

    ***

    if a branch had a share of it, it would not wither.

    ***

  6. ما زانكِ العقد عالي السعر سيدتي

    بل إنه إذ غفا في جيدك ازدانا

    The costly necklace did not beautify you, my lady;

    rather, when it slumbered upon your neck, it grew beautiful.

  7. ْ الحسْنُ ليس متاعا فاشيا ،ولذا

    يشتقه الشيء من ذي الحسن أحيانا​

    Beauty is not a commonplace commodity, and so

    an object sometimes derives it from someone beautiful.