وَمِمَّا شَجانِي أَنَّهُ حِينَ جاءَنِي

يَزِفُّ عُقاراً فِي غِلالَةِ نُورِ

Among what has saddened me is when he came to me

Bearing affection in the darkness of light

تَحاشَ باسْمِيَ كَيْ يُرِينِي مَوَدَّةً

فَخادَعْتُ نَفْسِي قائِلاً بِسُرُورٍ

He avoided my name, wanting to show me affection

So I deceived myself, saying with delight

وفاضَتْ عَلَى خَدَّيْهِ حُمْرَةُ خَجْلَةٍ

وَرَصَّفَ لَفْظاً مِنْ صِنَاعَةِ زُورِ

The blush of shyness overflowed on his cheeks

And he strung together words of false composition

أَلَمْ تَرَني أَرْغَمْتُ بِالْفَتْكِ عاذِلِي

وَأَسْبَلْتُ مِنْ دُونِ الْحَيَاءِ سُتُوري

Did you not see me, I forced my critic into deceit

And I let down my veil without modesty

وعاقَرْتُ رِيقَ الرِّيمِ مُرْوِي غُلَّةٍ

وَرَقَّصْتُ كاساتِي لِمَاءِ غَدِيرٍ

And I sipped the saliva of slander quenching animosity

And I swung my cups to the water of a bountiful stream

فَيا لَيْتَ لِي كَانَتْ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ خُلْسَةٌ

أَبُثُّ لَها بالرَّغْمِ كُلَّ غَيُورِ

Oh, if only I had from fate a hidden corner

Where I could vent to it, despite all the jealous ones, my woes