من كان يبغيني وأبغيه

ما زلت للإحسان أنعيه

Whoever desired me and I desired

I continued to treat with kindness

حتى بدا للذوق ما قد بدا

منه إلى قلبي فألغيه

Until it became clear to my taste what had become

Clear of him to my heart, so I rejected him

خوفاً على قلبي أن الردى

يلحقه إذ كان يطغيه

Out of fear for my heart that ruin

Would befall it, since he had come to dominate it