1. هَواك بِفاتر الأَجفان زِنهُ

    وَسَمعك عَن سَماع العذل صنهُ

    Adorn your love with the languid-eyed one;

    And guard your ears from hearing reproach.

  2. بِنَفسي مَن شَكا الواشون مِنهُ

    وَقالوا بع حَبيبك واِبغِ عَنهُ

    My soul be ransom for him of whom the slanderers complained,

    And said, “Sell your beloved, and seek in his stead

  3. حَبيباً آخراً تَحيا سَعيدا

    فَقُلت لَهُم مَقالة ذي اِعتراف

    Another beloved, and you will live happily.”

    So I answered them with words of acknowledgment,

  4. وَلَكنّي جَنحت إِلى الخلافِ

    ألا يا صائِغين حُلى القَوافي

    Yet I inclined toward disagreement:

    “Hear me, O fashioners of the ornaments of rhyme:

  5. إِذا كانَ القَديم هُوَ المُصافي

    وَخانَ فَكَيف أَأتمن الجَديدا

    If the old beloved was the devoted friend,

    And betrayed me, how can I trust the new one?”