ما كان أحسن ما يصدّ

ولا يحسّ بذاكَ قلبُه

How lovely he was when he turned away,

and his heart felt nothing of it.

علَّمتُه من وقتِ ما

أعلمتُهُ أنِّي أحِبُّه

It was I who taught him, from the moment

I told him that I loved him,

حتى تعرَّضَ بالصُدو

دِ وخانني اللَهُ حسبُه

until he took to shun—

—ning me and betrayed me—God is enough to deal with him.