يَقولونَ نَصرانيَّةٌ أُمُّ خالِدٍ
فَقُلتُ ذَروها كُلُّ نَفسٍ وَدينُها
They say, “Umm Khalid is a Christian.”
So I said, “Leave her be; to each soul its own faith.”
فَإِن تَكُ نَصرانيَّةً أُمُّ خالِدٍ
فَإِنَّ لَها وَجهاً جَميلاً يزَينُها
For if Umm Khalid is a Christian,
then indeed she has a beautiful face that adorns her.
وَلا عَيبَ فيها غَيرَ زُرقَةِ عَينِها
كَذاكَ عِتاقُ الطَيرِ زُرقٌ عيونُها
And she has no flaw save the blueness of her eye;
so too the noble-bred birds have blue eyes.
Sol 6.1