سيقوا إليك فلو سُقت قلوبُهُمُ

سيقوا إليك فلو سُقت قلوبُهُمُ

لا سود ظنُّك من إفراط ما ستروا

لا سود ظنُّك من إفراط ما ستروا

They were driven to you; had you driven their hearts,

Even if their hearts are brought to you, do not think ill of them for hiding too much,

Your opinion would have blackened at the excess of what they concealed.

For they intend to please you with a single utterance,

يرومُ اخطبهُم تأليفَ واحدة

يرومُ اخطبهُم تأليفَ واحدة

كأنّما بين فكّي نُطقِهِ حجرُ

كأنّما بين فكّي نُطقِهِ حجرُ

Their most eloquent speaker strives to compose a single utterance,

As if between my jaws were a stone when I speak.

As though a stone lay between the jaws of his speech.