1. As if Nizar, clad in gloom, one dawn
Became, through ignorance, my foe and drew his sword,
١. كَأَنَّ نِزاراً وَالخُمولُ رِداؤُهُ
غَداةَ بَغى جَهلاً عَلَيَّ وَأَجلَبا
2. Then, with eyes streaming tears, she threw herself
Upon the water, arms outstretched, defeated.
٢. مُشَبَّجَةٌ مِن خُذَّلِ العينِ واقَعَت
عَلى الماءِ مَفتولَ الذِراعَينِ أَغلَبا