لا تَحسَبنَّ اللومَ أجدى

لا تَحسَبنَّ اللومَ أجدى

بل زادهُ كَلَفاً وَوَجْدا

بل زادهُ كَلَفاً وَوَجْدا

Do not think that blame has helped;

Do not think blaming helps,

rather, it increased his infatuation and longing.

Rather it increases hardship and pain.

أبْدَى صَبابَتَهُ

أبْدَى صَبابَتَهُ

وللإعلانِ ما أخْفَى وأبْدَى

وللإعلانِ ما أخْفَى وأبْدَى

He revealed his ardent love,

It revealed his youthfulness,

and what he concealed and revealed was for all to see.

And for declaring what was hidden and revealed.

نَمَّتْ بهِ زَفَراتُ شَو

نَمَّتْ بهِ زَفَراتُ شَو

قٍ ما أطاقَ لهنَّ رَدَّا

قٍ ما أطاقَ لهنَّ رَدَّا

He was betrayed by sighs of long-

With it grew the sighs of passionate love,

ing that he could not hold back.

What it could not bear as a response.

لا تُكثِرَنَّ فما يَرَى

لا تُكثِرَنَّ فما يَرَى

ممَّن تُعنِّفُ فيهِ بُدّا

ممَّن تُعنِّفُ فيهِ بُدّا

Do not reproach him so much, for he sees

Do not repeat, for what is seen,

no way to do without the one you chide him for loving.

From whom you rebuke in it openly.

قمرٌ أَعار الظبيَ أَل

قمرٌ أَعار الظبيَ أَل

حاظاً وغُصنَ البانِ قَدّا

حاظاً وغُصنَ البانِ قَدّا

A moon who lent the gazelle his glan-

A moon that lent the gazelle glances,

ces, and the bān bough his stature.

And the branch of acacia, a precedent.

شُغُفَ الجمالُ به فلم

شُغُفَ الجمالُ به فلم

يَجعلْ لما أعطاهُ حَدّا

يَجعلْ لما أعطاهُ حَدّا

Beauty was enamored of him, so it did not

Passion for beauty possessed him, so he

set a limit to what it bestowed on him.

Did not set a limit for what he gave.