بُثَينَةُ قالَت يا جَميلُ أَرَبتَني

فَقُلتُ كِلانا يا بُثَينَ مُريبُ

Buthainah said, “O Jameel, have you doubted me?”

So I said, “We both doubt, O Buthainah.”

وَأَريَبُنا مَن لا يُؤَدّي أَمانَةً

وَلا يَحفَظُ الأَسرارَ حينَ يَغيبُ

And the one who doubts us is one who does not fulfill a trust,

Nor keeps secrets when absent.

بَعيدٌ عَلى مَن لَيسَ يَطلُبُ حاجَةً

وَأَمّا عَلى ذي حاجَةٍ فَقَريبُ

It is far for one who does not seek a need.

As for one who has a need, it is near.