1. أَخرِج حَديثَكَ مِن سَمعي وَما دَخَلا

    لا تَرمِ بِالقَولِ سَهماً رُبَّما قَتَلا

    Take your talk out of my hearing, though it never entered.

    Do not shoot an arrow with words—it may kill.

  2. أينَ الصَديقُ وَلَكِنَّ الصَديقَ إِذا

    ما لَم يُحِط بِالهَوى عادَى الَّذي جَهِلا

    Where is a friend? Yet a friend, if

    he does not understand love, turns against what he does not know.

  3. وَلا تَقُل لِم أَحَبَّ المَرءُ مَظلَمَةً

    بَل لا تَلُمهُ إِذا ما قالَ لِم عَدَلا

    And do not ask, 'Why did the man love being wronged?'

    Rather, do not blame him if he says, 'Why did he act justly?'

  4. وَما يَخِفُّ عَلى قَلبي حَديثُكَ لي

    لا وَالَّذي خَلَقَ الإِنسانَ وَالجَبَلا

    And your talk to me lies heavy on my heart—

    No, by Him who created man and the mountain!

  5. لَأَجلُوَنَّ عَلَيكَ الحُسنَ مِن قَمَري

    حَتّى يَتمَّ لِحِبّي أَنَّهُ اِبنُ جَلا

    I shall surely unveil to you the beauty of my moon,

    until my beloved is truly Ibn Jala—plain for all to see.

  6. تَسخو بِعَذلي وَعُذّالي عَلى عَذلي

    هُمُ الكِرامُ وَأَحبابي هُمُ البُخَلا

    You lavish blame on me; and my reproachers, in blaming me,

    are the generous ones, while my beloveds are the misers.