أَصغى لهَيْثَمَة الواشي فَقالَ سَلا

أَصغى لهَيْثَمَة الواشي فَقالَ سَلا

وَكاذِبٌ في الهوى مَن يَحتوي الفَلا

وَكاذِبٌ في الهوى مَن يَحتوي الفَلا

He heeded the slanderer's murmuring [reading uncertain] and said, “He has forgotten.”

He listened to Haytham's longing and said, "Lies

And false in love is whoever encompasses the desert wastes.

In passion those who claim they're sated."

كَأَنَّ الصِبَى مُزْنَةٌ هبَّت عليه صَباً

كَأَنَّ الصِبَى مُزْنَةٌ هبَّت عليه صَباً

هزّ الصّلا مُرّها ثمَّ اِستَحالَ صِيلا

هزّ الصّلا مُرّها ثمَّ اِستَحالَ صِيلا

As though youth were a raincloud over which an east wind blew.

Like a bundle the zephyrs dropped their rain upon,

Its bitterness shook the loins; then it turned into ṣīlā [unclear in the supplied text].

The myrrh branch swayed, then turned to streaming myrrh.