1. وَعَذولٍ كانَ مِن قَولي لَهُ

    لَستُ أَستَحسِنُ أَجفو الحَسَنا

    And a reproacher, to whom I had said,

    “I do not think it right to shun the fair one,”

  2. قالَ لَو كُنتُ أَنا أَنتَ لَما

    رَضِيَت نَفسي لِجِسمي بِالضَنى

    Said, “If I were you, never

    Would my soul consent to my body's wasting away.”

  3. قُلتُ دَعني عَنكَ وَاِصنَع ما تَشا

    ما أَنتَ وَلا أَنتَ أَنا

    I said, “Leave me alone, and do as you wish;

    [I am] not you, nor are you me.”