1. مُذْ كَفَر العَذولُ حسن الرَّشا

    بِجهْلهِ المركَّبِ الوافِرِ

    Since the reproacher denied the young gazelle’s beauty,

    through his abundant, compounded ignorance,

  2. راشَ لهُ سَهْماً أصابَ الحَشا

    تعمُّداً منْ لحظِهِ السّاحِرِ

    he fletched an arrow for him that struck the heart,

    deliberately, from his bewitching glance.

  3. لا تقتُلنَّهُ ففي مَذْهَبي

    لا يُقتَل المُؤمِنُ بالكافِرِ

    Do not kill him, for in my school of thought

    a believer is not put to death for killing an unbeliever.