وَأَسوَدَ في كَفِّ مَجدولَةٍ

لَطيفٍ لَهُ خِلقَةٌ مُنكَرَه

A black lion in the palm of a gentle one

Who has a strange nature

إِذا اِستَودَعَت سِرَّها عِندَه

فَأَحسَنُ ما فيهِ أَن يُظهِرَه

When she entrusts her secret to him

The best in him is to reveal it