قالَت تَبَدَّلتَ أُخرى قُلتُ أَفديكِ

مِن كُلِّ سوءٍ وَمَكروهٍ وَأَحميكِ

She said you've changed, I said I'd sacrifice

Myself to guard you from all harm and vice

قالَت وَسَمَّيتُها في الشِعرِ قُلتُ لَها

سَمَّيتُ غَيرَكِ لَكِن كُنتُ أَعنيكِ

She said you named another in your verse

I said I named her but meant only you

دَعي العِتابَ لِطَيِّ الكُتبِ وَاِغتَنِمي

يَومَ التَلاقي وَرَوّي فايَ مِن فيكِ

Leave off reproach, enjoy our time, rehearse

What we will say when we our date renew