يُكَذِّبُ أَقوالَ الوُشاةِ صُدودُها

وَيَجتازُها عَنّي كَأَن لا أُريدُها

He repels the gossip of slanderers

And overcomes it for me as though I do not want it

وَتَحتَ مَجاري الدَمعِ مِنّا مَوَدَّةٌ

تُلاحِظُ سِرّاً لا يُنادي وَليدُها

And beneath the streams of tears there is affection between us

That secretly observes without calling out to its child

رَفَعتُ عَنِ الدُنيا المُنى غَيرَ وُدِّها

فَما أَسأَلُ الدُنيا وَلا أَستَزيدُها

I have lifted from this life desires other than its own

So I do not ask this life for more nor seek to increase it