ولمّا بدا لي منك ميلٌ مع العِدا

سواي ولم يحدث سواك بديلُ

When you began to incline towards hostility along with enmity

You became my sole preoccupation, and none could replace you

صددتُ كما صدَّ الرَّذيُّ تطاولت

به مدة الأيام وهو قتيلُ

I was resolute as one who wards off the growth

Of a creeping plant, and slays it after the passage of time