إِذا الفَتى مَرَّةً كَساني

مِنهُ هَناءً إِلى مَكانِ

When a youth once passed by me

With a greeting to a place, I thanked him

خَلَعتُ مِنّي عَلَيهِ شُكراً

حاشيتاهُ رَقيقَتانِ

My bracelets slipped from me to him.

If he is harsh to me without a crime,

فَإِن جَفاني لِغَيرِ جُرمِ

جَفوَتَهُ مِثلَ ما جَفاني

I will be as harsh to him as he was.

I will guard it as long as I guard

أَحفَظُهُ ما وَجَدتُ حِفظاً

مِنهُ وَأَرميهِ إِن رَماني

Anything of him and fling it if he flings at me.