وجنبني حب الكواعب أنني

وجنبني حب الكواعب أنني

أرى المرد إن ترع الوداد لها تشكر

أرى المرد إن ترع الوداد لها تشكر

And what has kept me from loving full-breasted maidens is that I

Spare me the love of fair maidens, for I see

see that beardless youths are grateful if you preserve affection for them.

The fool who drinks of passion's wine will bend the knee.

قل الحق من ربي بوصف وفائهم

قل الحق من ربي بوصف وفائهم

فمن شاء فليؤمن ومن شاء فليكفر

فمن شاء فليؤمن ومن شاء فليكفر

Say, “The truth is from my Lord,” in describing their faithfulness:

Say this truth comes from my Lord in His depiction

So whoever wishes, let him believe; and whoever wishes, let him disbelieve.

Of their devotion. Let belief take root or be uprooted.