قَالَ الوُشَاةُ وكنتُ نَكَّرْتُ اسْمَ مَن

أَهوَى لآمنَ مؤْلَمَ التَّعْنِيفِ

The slanderers said, though I refused to name whom I love

To spare him the pain of their reproach.

ألِفُ القِوامِ ولامُ خطِّ عِذارِهِ

دَلا عليهِ بِآلةِ التّعْرِيفِ

The first letter of "his standing firm" and the "l" of the line of his excuse

Point to him through the tool of specification.