1. His gentle manner fools me into thinking
He was never once harsh or stern,
١. يوهمني من لين أعطافه
بأنه لم يقس يوماً على
2. Yet the waist-belt proves how he grew up
And now girds himself in things not his own.
٢. ويخدع البند إلى أن غدا
يربطه الخصر على غير شي