أنم من المرآة في كل ما درى

واقطع بين الناس من قصب الهند

More telltale than a mirror in disclosing all it sees,

and sharper at severing people apart than Indian steel,

أظن المنايا والزمان تعلما

تحيله بالقطع بين ذوي الود

I believe that Fate and Time have learned from him

the art of cleaving bonds between those bound by love.