اِذا البيض لا يَأتين في الحُب رقَة

تُعاب وَلا يَأخُذن في الحُب دِرهما

If white eggs fail to come with tenderness of love,

They're found faulty, and love asks no payment for them.

وَاِذ هُنَّ يُدنين الكَريم بودِّه

لَهن وَيرفُضن الدَقيق المُلّوما

And when they draw a generous man close with affection,

To them he's precious, though to others he seems rotten.