بهتَ العذولُ وقد رأى ألحاظها

بهتَ العذولُ وقد رأى ألحاظها

تركيَّة تدع الحليم سفيها

تركيَّة تدع الحليم سفيها

The reproacher was dumbfounded when he saw her glances—

The chaste one was bewildered when she saw his gaze,

Turkish, leaving the forbearing man a fool.

Turkish, leaving even the wisest foolish.

فثنَى الملام وقال دونكَ والأسى

فثنَى الملام وقال دونكَ والأسى

هذي مضايق لست أدخلُ فيها

هذي مضايق لست أدخلُ فيها

So he set reproach aside and said, “You are on your own with sorrow;

So he folded up his blame, and said: Woe to me,

These are narrow straits I will not enter.”

These straits I will not enter into!