1. ومصاحب تلقاه عند عيوبه

    خلداً بلا بصرٍ به يتبينُ

    And a companion you find, when it comes to his own faults,

    a mole, with no sight by which to discern;

  2. فإذا بدا عيب الصديق وجدته

    فهداً جميع الجسم منه أعينُ

    but when a friend's fault appears, you find him

    a cheetah, his whole body made of eyes.

  3. يا رُبَّ لصٍّ ناهبٍ

    وهو من الحسن ملء عيني

    Ah, many a plundering thief,

    whose beauty fills my eyes!

  4. يرنو إلى سرب الظبا لحظه

    فيسرق الكحل من العين

    His gaze turns toward a herd of gazelles,

    and steals the kohl from the eye.