ومالي إنْ لفظْتُ لكمْ بمدحٍ

يحرِّفُهُ العدوُّ بضدِّ لفظي

What care I though to you in praise I speak

Which the foe perverts with words opposed to mine

نَعَمْ هذا وأعظمُ منهُ يجري

إذا كانَ المحبُّ قليلَ حظِّ

Yea, this and greater than it comes to pass

When lovers' fortune scanty is, I ween