نَبَذَ العهود مُغاضبي فألمَّ بي

في صورة الإِشفاق طَيفُ النابذِ

He broke his pledges in anger, bringing pain upon me

In the guise of compassion, the specter of the breaker

فسألتُه أن لا يفوه بما جى

فَيحيله عني بقولٍ نَافذِ

So I asked him not to utter what has passed

Lest he turn it against me in decisive speech

فمضى ونمَّ عليَّ فيما قلتهُ

فأتى يهددني بسيف شاحذ

Yet he went on, and threw in my face what I had said

Then came to threaten me with a sharpened sword

رحماك قد صدق الخيال وإِنما

هذا مقامُ المستجير العائذ

Have mercy, for imagination told the truth

This is the place of one seeking refuge