’An habeebee yemna’oonee.
Wa-lláh ana má afoot háwáhum
Bi-s-suyoof low katta’oonee.”
The crew of reproachers leagued together
To debar me from my beloved.
By Allah! I will not relinquish the love of them,[[462]]
Though they should cut me in pieces with swords.
“Kum bi-në yá khillë neskar
Tahta dill el-yásameeneh:
Nektuf el-khókh min ’ala ummuh