ما كان أحسن ما يصدّ

ما كان أحسن ما يصدّ

ولا يحسّ بذاكَ قلبُه

ولا يحسّ بذاكَ قلبُه

How lovely he was when he turned away,

He had not known how to turn away,

and his heart felt nothing of it.

Nor did his heart know anything of it.

علَّمتُه من وقتِ ما

علَّمتُه من وقتِ ما

أعلمتُهُ أنِّي أحِبُّه

أعلمتُهُ أنِّي أحِبُّه

It was I who taught him, from the moment

I taught him from the moment

I told him that I loved him,

I told him that I loved him,

حتى تعرَّضَ بالصُدو

حتى تعرَّضَ بالصُدو

دِ وخانني اللَهُ حسبُه

دِ وخانني اللَهُ حسبُه

until he took to shun—

Until he took to turning

—ning me and betrayed me—God is enough to deal with him.

Away and betrayed me—God is sufficient for him.