1. قصدتَ بيأْسي منكَ إقذاءَ ناظري

    فأعفيتَنِي من أنْ أذِلّ لمطمعِ

    You meant, by making me despair of you, to put grit in my eye;

    yet you spared me from abasing myself for a hoped-for gain.

  2. فَلم تكُ إلّا نافعاً غيرَ ضائرٍ

    وَكَم ذا أَخذنا النّفعَ من غير مَنْفَعِ

    So you were only helpful, not harmful;

    and how often have we drawn benefit from what offered none!

  3. فحسبُكَ لا تزدَدْ قبيحاً مجدَّداً

    فإنّ الّذي قد بان لِي منك مُقنِعي

    Enough, then; do not add a fresh foul deed,

    for what I have already seen of you is enough for me.