1. عاضَتْ بِوَصْلٍ صَدَّا

    تُريدُ قَتْلي عَمْدا

    She replaced union with rejection.

    She wants to kill me deliberately.

  2. لمّا رَأَتْني فَرْدا

    أَبْكي وَألقى جَهْدا

    When she saw me alone,

    Weeping and enduring hardship,

  3. قالتْ وَأَبْدَتْ دُرّاً

    وَيْلُمِّ سَعْدٍ سَعْدا

    She said, revealing pearls:

    “Woe to Saʿd’s mother—Saʿd!”