تمارضت كي أشجى وما بك علة

تريدين قتلي قد رضيت بذلكِ

You feigned illness though you were hale

You wanted me dead, I acquiesced

وقولك للعوّاد كيف ترونه

فقالوا قتيلاً قلت أهون هالكِ

When asked how I fared, to callers you said

"He's dying," less grievous than my death

لئن ساءني أنْ نلتني بمساءة

لقد سرَّني أنّي خطرت ببالك

Though pained that with evil you came at me

I was glad you gave thought to me