رُبَّ أحْوَى أحْوَر الجفن

رشي القدّ أهيفْ

Many a night my eyelids reddened and swelled,

My cheeks grew lean and my hair turned white,

كلَّما حَنَّ تَمادى

وإِذا أوْعَدَ أخلفْ

The more he promised, the more he failed,

And the more he professed his love, the more he lied.