فَدَيتُ مَن حَمَّلتُهُ حاجَةً

فَرَدَّني مِنهُ بِفَضلِ الحَياءِ

May I be the ransom for one to whom I entrusted a desire,

Yet who turned me away out of sheer modesty,

وَقالَ ما شِئتَ فَسَل غَيرَنا

فَفي الَّذي تَطلُبُ جازَ الإِباءِ

Saying, "Whatever you wish, ask it of anyone but me,

For in what you request, refusal is justified."

فَقُلتُ ما لي حاجَةٌ غَيرَها

فَقالَ ها مِنكَ لَقيتُ البَلاءِ

I replied, "I have no desire other than this."

He exclaimed, "Ah! What affliction I suffer because of you!"

ثُمَّ ثَنى ثَوباً عَلى وَجهِهِ

فَبَلَّهُ مِن خَجَلٍ بِالبُكاء

Then he drew a fold of his garment over his face,

And drenched it with weeping from his shame.