إذا ما رأت عيناي لابس حمرةٍ

تقطع قلبي حسرةً وتفطرا

When my eyes see him wearing red,

Whenever my eyes behold one dressed in red,

My heart is torn with sorrow and grief.

My heart tears apart in anguish and breaks in two.

غدا لدماء الناس باللحظ سافكاً

وضرج منها ثوبه فتعطرا

Tomorrow he will spill people's blood,

He goes forth shedding the blood of lovers with his glance,

His garment will be drenched and fragrant with it.

Staining his garments with it, and perfuming himself thereby.