ما ساءني إعراضُه

ما ساءني إعراضُه

عني ولكنْ سرني

عني ولكنْ سرني

It did not grieve me that he turned away

His indifference did not pain me,

from me; rather, it pleased me.

Rather, I was pleased by his past friendship

سالفتاه عِوضٌ

سالفتاه عِوضٌ

من كل شيء حَسنِ

من كل شيء حَسنِ

The two sides of his neck are recompense

It compensated everything beautiful

for every beautiful thing.

His beauty compensated me

عوَّضني من حسنه

عوَّضني من حسنه

حسناً فماذا ضرني

حسناً فماذا ضرني

In place of his beauty, he gave me

With more beauty, so what did his rejection harm me?

beauty—so what harm has he done me?

He did not say he had detached from me

ما قال أنْ قد عقني

ما قال أنْ قد عقني

بالصدِّ إلا بَرَّني

بالصدِّ إلا بَرَّني

Whenever he said he had wronged me

Through his aloofness, but it did me good

by turning away, he was only treating me kindly.