قُلْتُ اعْشَقُوا عَيْنَ الْبُذُولِ الَّتِي

قُلْتُ اعْشَقُوا عَيْنَ الْبُذُولِ الَّتِي

فِي مِثْلِهَا يُرْفَضُ قَوْلُ الْعَذُولِ

فِي مِثْلِهَا يُرْفَضُ قَوْلُ الْعَذُولِ

I said: Love the spring of al-Badhul,

I said love the eye of the stingy one in whom

for a spring like it, the reproacher's words are rejected.

The word of the chaste one would be rejected

فَقَلَّمَا أَبْصَرْتُمُ مَنْظَراً

فَقَلَّمَا أَبْصَرْتُمُ مَنْظَراً

أَمْلَحَ مِنْ مَنْظَرِ عَيْنِ الْبَذُولِ

أَمْلَحَ مِنْ مَنْظَرِ عَيْنِ الْبَذُولِ

For seldom have you seen a sight

Yet rarely did you see a look

lovelier than the sight of al-Badhul's spring.

More beautiful than the look of the stingy eye