اِذا البيض لا يَأتين في الحُب رقَة

اِذا البيض لا يَأتين في الحُب رقَة

تُعاب وَلا يَأخُذن في الحُب دِرهما

تُعاب وَلا يَأخُذن في الحُب دِرهما

If the fair women show no weakness in love

If white eggs fail to come with tenderness of love,

that draws reproach, nor take a dirham in love,

They're found faulty, and love asks no payment for them.

وَاِذ هُنَّ يُدنين الكَريم بودِّه

وَاِذ هُنَّ يُدنين الكَريم بودِّه

لَهن وَيرفُضن الدَقيق المُلّوما

لَهن وَيرفُضن الدَقيق المُلّوما

and when they draw the noble man close because of his affection

And when they draw a generous man close with affection,

for them, and reject the petty, blameworthy man.

To them he's precious, though to others he seems rotten.