عانقت خصمك وهو خصمي مرغماً

عانقت خصمك وهو خصمي مرغماً

ولو استطعت خناقَهُ لخنقتُهُ

ولو استطعت خناقَهُ لخنقتُهُ

I embraced your enemy, though he is my enemy, against my will.

And had I been able to choke him, I would have strangled him.

قبلته واللّه يعلم أنني

قبلته واللّه يعلم أنني

لولا مخافة بأسه لعضضتُهُ

لولا مخافة بأسه لعضضتُهُ

I kissed him, and God knows that I,

but for fear of his might, would have bitten him.