نبتْ عينها عن عاشقٍ قَبَّحتْ لها

محاسنَهُ المسكينَ آثارُ حبِّهِ

Her eyes turned away from a lover, she denounced

His charms, the traces of his love made the poor soul less fair

فقالت لها أترابها حين أعرضت

بذنبكِ عاقبتِ الفتى لا بذنبِهِ

Her friends said to her when she turned away

You have punished the youth not for his sins but for yours

هواكِ الذي أبلاهُ حتى شنِئْتِهِ

وحتى رأيتِ الموتَ عِدْلاً لقربِهِ

It was your love that afflicted him until you came to despise him

And until you saw death as justice for being close to him

وقد تُسلميهِ للمنيّةِ بعدما

ذهبتِ بحلو العيش منه وعذبِهِ

And now you would deliver him to death after

You have taken the sweetness and joy of life from him