وَقالوا الَّذي قَد صِرتَ طَوعَ جَماله

وَنَفسُك لاقَت في هَواه نِزاعها

They said, "You who have become obedient to his beauty,

And your soul has found in his love its contention,

بِهِ وَضَحٌ تَأباه نَفسُ أُولى النُهى

وَأَفظع داء ما يُنافي طِباعها

It is clear he is shunned by the soul of the virtuous,

And the most dreadful disease opposes its nature."

فَقُلتُ لَهُم لا عَيبَ فيهِ يَشينُه

وَلا علة فيهِ يَروم دِفاعها

I said to them, "There is no blemish in him that disgraces,

No fault in him that demands defense.

وَلَكنها شَمسُ الضُحى حينَ قابَلَت

مَحاسِنهُ أَلقَت عَلَيهِ شُعاعَها

Rather, she is the sun of the morning when she met

His beauties and cast upon him her rays."