وَعَذارٍ ثَنى عَذا

ري خَليعاً جَديدُهُ

With promises he bent a supple bough

only to fashion it into a new betrayal

لِمَليحٍ قَد خَصَّ بِال

فَتحِ حالي صُدودُهُ

To a beauty he showed unique favor

then shut to me were all his doors

يُخلِفُ الوَعدَ بِاللِقا

لِلمُعَنّى وَعيدُهُ

He would cancel trysts with cruel ease

only to make new dates he'd not keep

وَلَهُ القَلبُ مَشهَدٌ

وَفُؤادي شِهيدُهُ

My heart became a stage for his antics

and my soul his hapless audience