أَلا يا أَقبَحَ الثَقَلَينِ فِعلاً

وَأَحسَنَ ما تَأَمَّلَتِ العُيونُ

Alas, O the ugliest of both beings in deed,

And the best that eyes have beheld,

يَرى حُسناً فَلا يَجزي عَلَيهِ

وَيُنزِلُ بي عُقوبَتَهُ الظُنونُ

He sees beauty, yet does not reward it,

And inflicts on me the punishment of suspicions.

وَلَكِنّي أُكَذِّبُ فيهِ ظَنّي

وَعِندي مِن شَواهِدِهِ يَقينُ

Yet I belie in him my suspicion,

And with me there is certainty from its testimonies.