1. أعِن محبك واعصِ من عذلا

    ليسَ الصدودُ جزاءَ من وَصلا

    Help your lover, and defy whoever censures him.

    Turning away is no reward for one who has kept the bond.

  2. لا نالَ منكَ منىً يُسرُّ بها

    إن لم تكن لفؤادهِ شُغلا

    May he attain no wish from you that delights him,

    If you are not his heart’s preoccupation.

  3. يا غايةً في حسنهِ مثلا

    صِل مُدنفاً صَيرتهُ مثلا

    O supreme exemplar of beauty,

    Show affection to a lovesick man whom you have made a byword.

  4. فوعزةٍ سكَنت جوانحَهُ

    ما إن سَلاكَ ولا ابتَغى بدلا

    So, by the honor lodged within his ribs,

    He has not ceased loving you, nor sought another.