1. قل للحبيب الذي عزَّت محبتُه

    عندي وقد خانني في عهده الذممُ

    Tell the beloved whose love is precious

    to me, though pledges have betrayed me in his covenant:

  2. لا تعذلنَّ أخاً شانت حواسدُه

    نَضارةً وأتى يشكو لما يَصِمُ

    Never reproach a brother whose enviers have marred

    his bloom, and who has come complaining of what disgraces him.

  3. إن كان سرَّكم ما قال حاسدُنا

    فما لجرحٍ إذا أرضاكم ألمُ

    If what our envier said has delighted you,

    then a wound has no pain if it pleases you.