1. I gifted her a single earring,
And threw for her a sister, but it did not coincide,
١. مرفقة أعطيتها فردةً
رُمتُ لها أختاً فلم يَتَّفقْ
2. Whoever saw it with us says,
"It is nothing but theft!"
٢. يقولُ مَنْ أبصرها عندنا
موضوعةً ما هي إلا سَرقْ
3. She said, and she introduced my poem with it,
A speech full of resentment and suppressed anger,
٣. قالت وقد صدّرتُ بيتي بها
مقالَ موتور مغيظ حنَقْ
4. And she rejected what should be rejected,
Of the loss of the crimson among the rags,
٤. واستنكرْت ما هو مُستنكرٌ
من ضيعة القرمز بين الخرقْ
5. And she mentioned a sister she had with you,
Who was with her together in a pair,
٥. وذكرتْ أختاً لها عندكم
كانت وإياها معاً في نسق
6. Woe to those who separated us,
And it was not right that we be parted.
٦. تعساً لمن فرَّق ما بيننا
ولم يكن في الحق أن نفترقْ