1. بَذلتُ له نَفسي وما كنتُ كالَّذي

    يَعضُّ على التَّفريطِ فيه يدَيهِ

    I offered him myself, and was not like one

    who bites both his hands in regret for neglecting him.

  2. وحبلُ وصالٍ بَيننا بِتُّ آخِذاً

    على رَغم حُسَّادي به طَرفَيهِ

    And I spent the night holding a cord of union between us,

    despite my enviers, by both its ends.