عفَتْ عني الخطوبُ به ولولا

أياديه لَصِرتُ إلى العَفاءِ

The misfortunes have turned away from me because of him, and were it not for

His hands, I would have fallen into ruin.

أرى الأيامَ تقصِدُني بكيدٍ

يقصِّرُ عنده كيدُ النِّساءِ

I see the days plotting against me with cunning,

Which falls short in their view of women's cunning.

وما لي بالعدوِّ يدٌ إذا ما

رماني بالشجاعةِ والدَّهاءِ

And I have no arms against an enemy when

He assaults me with courage and cunning.

كُفِيتُ من الحوادثِ كلَّ خطبٍ

شديدِ البطشِ مكروهِ اللِّقاءِ

I've had enough of troubles, every severe misfortune

Of fierce aggression and hated encounter.

فما كشفَ القناعَ له قنوعي

ولا ملَّ الحياةَ له حيائي

So my contentment has not uncovered its mask for it,

Nor has my shyness filled life with boredom for it.