قَد أَصابَ القَلبَ مِن نُعمِ

سُقمُ داءٍ لَيسَ كَالسُقمِ

A sickness with no match to sickness

Has stricken my heart midst bounties,

إِنَّ نُعماً أَقصَدَت رَجُلاً

آمِناً بِالخَيفِ إِذ تَرمي

Bounties that led a confident man

To roam freely and shoot arrows.

بِشَتيتٍ نَبتُهُ رَتِلِ

طَيِّبِ الأَنيابِ وَالطَعمِ

With supple twigs, sweet-toothed,

And leaning graceful as vine bunches,

وَبِوَحفٍ مائِلٍ رَجَلٍ

كَعَناقيدِ مِنَ الكَرمِ

One day it exposed to her neighbor,

But would not disclose my name to her.

عَرَّضَت يَوماً لِجارَتِها

وَهيَ لا تَبوحُ لي بِاِسمِ

"Ask him, then listen closely -

Who of us deserves more blame?"

إِسأَليهِ ثُمَّتَ اِستَمِعي

أَيُّنا أَحَقُّ بِالظُلَمِ

"Grasp our conversation and judge between us -

I will accept the judgment."

وَاِفهَمي عَنّا تَحاوُرَنا

وَاِحكُمي رَضيتُ بِالحُكمِ

"Recite to him - did I approach him

Angrily, knowingly causing offense?

وَاِنشُديهِ هَل أَتَيتُ لَهُ

سَخَطاً مِنّي عَلى عِلمِ

He comes to you with his argument -

So blame rests on him, I do not defend."

يَأتِكُم مِنّي بِهُجَّتِهِ

فَلَهُ العُتبى وَلا أَحمي