تَنفَّسَ في وجهي فكدتُ أموتُ

وأعرَضَ عنّي ساعةً فحييتُ

He breathed in my face and I almost died

And he turned away from me for an hour, so I lived

وأنتَنني حتى ظننتُ بأنني

وحقِّكما يا صاحبيَّ خَريتُ

And you reproached me until I thought that I

By your right, my friend, I have fallen

فإن لم أكن فتشتُ حقاً غُلالتي

لأغسل عنها سَلْحَها فعميتُ

If I were not, I would have searched for my real crime

To wash away its traces, so I went blind