تَعَرَّفتُ بِالعَدلِ في مَذهَبي

وَدانَ بِحُسنِ جِدالي العراق

I became acquainted with justice in my creed

And Iraq was impressed by my good disputation

فَكُلِّفتُ في الحُبِ ما لَم أُطِق

فَقُلتُ بِتَكليف ما لا يُطاق

So I was assigned in love what I could not endure

And I said, "To assign what cannot be endured is unjust"