قالَ العذولُ إلامَ تَعْشقُهُ

وكم تَصْبو إليْهِ

The reproacher said, "Why do you love him so much?

How much do you yearn for him?"

فأجبتُه دعْني أُخَادِعُه

فقلبي في يديْهِ

I answered him, "Let me deceive him,

For my heart is in his hands."