أعاب محبوبي عذولي كونه

بياضه ممتزج بصفرة

My beloved reproached my fickleness, saying

his fairness was mixed with saffron.

فقلت للعاذل هذا ذهب

مسهم لحسنه بفضة

So I said to the reproacher, “This is gold

touched by his beauty with silver.”