1. وأغيد فيه عُذر مُصطبر

    أصبحتُ من وجده على خطر

    And a graceful youth, in whom the steadfast finds an excuse:

    My longing for him has brought me into peril.

  2. هو ابن عشر وأربع كملت

    وهكذا البدرُ أوسط الشّهر

    He is fully fourteen years of age;

    And so is the full moon at mid-month.

  3. قال العذُولُ ترى غلائلهُ

    بها بلى قلتُ غير منتظر

    The reproacher said, “You see his tunics—

    They show wear.” I replied without delay:

  4. لا تعجبوا من بلى غلالته

    قد زرّ أزراره على القمر

    “Do not marvel at the wear of his tunic:

    He has fastened his buttons over the moon.”