إني بليت بشادن غنجٍ

حسن الشمائل وافر الكفلِ

I have suffered much with an ignorant woman,

Beautiful in form, but unwise.

يبغى الدراهم وهي معوزةٌ

عندي فحبلي غير متصل

She seeks money while in poverty,

Yet my rope to her is not intact.

مستعجم الألفاظ أجهل ما

يبدي ويجهل فهمه غزلي

Her words are foreign to me. I do not know

What she expresses. My love is lost on her.

وإذا مدحت فليس يفهمه

والفارسية ليس من عملي

And when I praise her, she does not understand,

For Farsi is not my domain.

فبحق ما بيني وبينك من

ود بلا زيغ ولا ميل

So by the bond between you and I, free of

Deviance or leaning,

امنن علي بقربه فعسى

أحيا بزورته ويسمح لي

Grant me nearness to him, that perhaps

I may live by his sight and he may be kind to me.

الجود منك سجيةٌ أبداً

والمدح والتقريظ من قبلي

Generosity is forever your nature.

Praise and compliment are from me.