يَا أَيُّها المَشْغُوفُ بِالحُبِّ التَّعِبْ

كمْ أَنْتَ في تَقْريبِ مَا لا يَقْترِبْ

O you who are obsessed with unattainable love

How close you are to what cannot be attained

دَعْ وُدَّ مْنْ لا يَرْعَوي إذا غضِبْ

وَمَنْ إِذَا عَاتَبْتَهُ يَوْماً عَتبْ

Leave those who do not care when angered

And those who, when reproached, reproach back

إِنَّكَ لا تَجني مِنَ الْشَّوكِ العِنَبْ

Surely you will not reap grapes from thorns