غَمِّضْ عن العَوراءِ تَأْمَنْ عارَها

واجْزِ اللَّئِيمَ جَزاءَ ذِي كَرَمِ

Turn a blind eye to the blemished one, to spare her shame

And reward the ignoble one with a noble recompense

وَاحذَرْ لِقاحَ قَبيحةٍ بِمثالِها

إنَّ الكُلُومَ نَتائِجُ الكَلِمِ

And beware the contagion of an ugly one made in her image

For wounds are the fruits of words