ومُعتَذرِ العِذار إلى فُؤادي

لجرمٍ سابقٍ من مُقلَتَيهِ

The one who apologizes for his misdeeds to my heart

For an earlier sin from his two eyelids

وكَم أعرَضتُ عَنه فأعرضَت بي

عن الإعراضِ خُضرةُ عارِضَيهِ

And how often have I turned away from him, yet the greenness of his tender cheeks

Turned away from my turning away from him

ولَمَّا قُلتُ إنَّ الشعر يَسعَى

لقَلبي في الخَلاصِ سَعَى عَليهِ

And when I said poetry seeks

My heart for deliverance, he sought it for me