يا مَن يُوَجِّهُ أَلفاظي لِأَقبَحِها

لِأَنَّهُ ساحِرُ العَينَينِ مَعشوقُ

O you who direct my words to their ugliest

O you who twists my words to their ugliest intent,

Because he who is beloved is a sorcerer of eyes

Simply because he is an enchanter of eyes, the beloved,

لَو كانَ مَن قالَ ناراً أَحرَقَت فَمَهُ

لَما تَفَوَّهَ بِاِسمِ النارِ مَخلوقُ

If it were true that one who said "fire" burnt their mouth

If the one who said "fire" had his mouth burned by it,

No being would utter the name of fire

No creature would ever have uttered the name of fire.