أعف عنه وقلبي نهب ناظره

أعف عنه وقلبي نهب ناظره

فما حصلت على وزر ولا وزر

فما حصلت على وزر ولا وزر

I abstain from him, though my heart is prey to his gaze.

Forgive him though his glances plundered my heart

So I have gained neither sin nor refuge.

I gained no blame, no blame from loving eyes apart

والسمع والقلب من لومي ومن ألمي

والسمع والقلب من لومي ومن ألمي

قد أصبحا فيه رهن الشر والشرر

قد أصبحا فيه رهن الشر والشرر

And my hearing and my heart, from the reproach I bear and my pain,

My hearing and my heart are pledged, because of blame

Have both become, because of him, hostages to evil and sparks.

And pain, to evil and to evil's fiery dart