1. Is this avoidance due to anxiety or patience
Out of fear of a slanderer or a reward for estrangement

2. So from where loyalty was not hoped for, you hoped for it
And from where betrayal was feared, you were quick to betray

3. You are indeed of those who love, of those who grieve
Of the people forbidden in love and matters

4. And whoever turns away to alleviate, his turning away
Becomes for those who find no excuse for rejection, an excuse