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Why I see the accursed man has disappeared

ما لي أرى المرء اللعين قد اختفى

1. Why I see the accursed man has disappeared
These are the crimes of love upon the skull

١. ما لي أَرى المَرءَ اللَعينَ قَدِ اِختَفى
هذي جِناياتُ الأُيودِ عَلى القَفا

2. And the beloved's marks have marked his forehead
And a slap is better for the lover than indifference

٢. وَسمَت تَواسيمُ الحَبيبِ جَبينَهُ
وَالصَفعُ خَيرٌ لِلمُحِبِّ مِنَ الجَفا

3. His slippers danced on his pride but did not bend
Until he bent from their blow upon his lip

٣. عَبَثَت بِهامَتِهِ النعالُ فَما اِنثَنَت
حَتّى اِنثَنى مِن وَقعِهِنَّ عَلى شَفا

4. So he went to hide his affair and his injury
Hoping it would be hidden but secrecy has fled

٤. فَغَدا يُكَتِّمُ أَمرَهُ وَمُصابَهُ
طَمَعاً بِأَن يَخفى وَقَد بَرِحَ الخَفا

5. Alas, your injury cannot be hidden after
The stylus has etched letters on your brow

٥. هَيهاتَ أَن يَخفى مُصابُكَ بَعدَما
خَطَّ المَداسُ عَلى جَبينِكَ أَحرُفا