1. عذّاليَ لِم رأوا غَرامي عَيبا

    أَستَنكِرُهُم وَلا الغَواني الشَيبا

    Why did my reproachers deem my passion a fault?

    I disapprove of them, but not of beauties for disdaining gray hair.

  2. فاهو فَتَقَمَّصتُ مَلالاً منهم

    لَو ذُيِّلَ ما قيلَ شَقَقتُ الجَيبا

    They spoke, and I clothed myself in weariness of them;

    Had what was said been prolonged, I would have torn my collar.