غَدَرتَ ولم تُحسِن وَفاءً ولم يكن

ليحتملَ الأَسبابَ إِلَّا المُعَوَّدُ

You betrayed me, never faithful, as if

Misfortune I'd been born to bear, and yet

وكيف لقيسٍ أن يُنَوِّطَ نفسَهُ

إّا ما جرى والمَضرَحِيُّ المُسَوَّدُ

How could Qays subjugate his very self

To what has passed - that mule, his spirit's debt?