وشى واشياً ليلى فقلت صدقتما

وأقبلت في إعراضِ ليلى أعيبُها

A slanderer slandered Layla, so I said "You speak true,"

Then turned from Layla in displeasure to rebuke her.

ليغترَّ واشٍ أو ليحسبَ كاشحٌ

مُوِدٌّ لليلى قد تولىّ نشوبّها

Let some deluded fool think me,

Or some spy believe, a loving friend has left her.