برئتُ إلى الطنبورِ مما جنيتهُ
عليهِ وان أذنب فمنهُ التعمُّدُ
I declared myself innocent to the lute of the wrong I had done it;
if that was an offense, the very intent behind it came from the lute.
وهل كنت الا كالخليّ من الهوى
أصابَ حمامَ الأيكِ وهو يُغرّدُ
Was I anything but like one untouched by passion,
who struck a dove of the grove while it warbled?
Sol 5.6