حمراءُ صرفاً ألبسوها أحمرا

قد أنصفوه فخلتهُ ملآنا

They dressed her in crimson from head to toe

They did right by her, and so she was appeased

فحسبتهم جاروا عليَّ ولم يكن

جاروا ولكني خُلِقت جبانا

I thought they had conspired against me

But no conspiracy there was, I was just a coward made