أُبادِرُها بِالشُكرِ قَبلَ وِصالِها

وَإِن هَجَرَت يَوماً طَلَبتُ لَها عُذرا

I thank her before she arrives

And if she is absent one day, I seek an excuse for her

وَأَجعَلُها في الغَدرِ عِندي وَفِيَّةً

وَإِن زَعَمَت أَنّي لَها مُضمِرٌ غَدرا

And I consider her, despite betrayal, faithful

Even if she claims I harbor betrayal

أَتاها بِطيبٍ أَهلُها فَتَضاحَكَت

وَقالَت أَيَبغي العِطرُ وَيَحَكُمُ العِطرا

Her family brought her perfume, and she smiled

And said, "Does fragrance seek fragrance and unite with fragrance?"

أَحاديثُها دُرٌّ وَدُرٌّ كَلامُها

وَلَم أَرَ دُرّاً قَبلَهُ يَنظِمُ الدُرا

Her words are pearls and her speech is pearls

And I have not seen pearls before that string pearls