بهتَ العذولُ وقد رأى ألحاظها

تركيَّة تدع الحليم سفيها

The chaste one was bewildered when she saw his gaze,

Turkish, leaving even the wisest foolish.

فثنَى الملام وقال دونكَ والأسى

هذي مضايق لست أدخلُ فيها

So he folded up his blame, and said: Woe to me,

These straits I will not enter into!