1. مَن شاء ان يعذُلني في الهوى

    فلستُ بالمصغي إلى عذلِهِ

    Whoever wishes to reproach me for love—

    I will not heed his reproach.

  2. يعذلني في ذا الهوى فارغٌ

    وطافحٌ قلبِيَ من شُغلهِ

    One free of care reproaches me for this love,

    while my heart overflows with its cares.

  3. قد لامَنِي في عِشْقِ مَن حُبُّهُ

    أبلى فؤادِي وهو لم يُبْلِهِ

    He has blamed me for loving one whose love

    has worn my heart away, though it has not worn him down.

  4. وقاتلي سحرٌ بأجفانِه

    وليس لي طَرفٌ إلى قتلهِ

    And my slayer is magic in his eyelids,

    yet I have no glance with which to slay him.