أنا لا أجزم لكني أظن

قولهم للإثم إثم فيه غبن

I do not assert but I think

Their saying sin is sin has loss

وليالي الصيف في وادي الشتا

لليالي شهر كانون تحن

And summer nights in Wadi Shita

For nights of January yearn

أين من أيام جلعاد وما

برحت زي لذكراه تجن

Where are days of Gilead and whatever

Did not cease like its memory picks

قولهم شاب وما تاب وما

برحت عيناه للأعين ترنو

Their saying a youth who did not repent and whatever

His eyes did not cease to eyes they glance

تارة شزراً وطوراً علناً

فاتقوا اللّه بمن يرويه مين

Sometimes openly, sometimes stealthily

So fear Allah for who gives him affection