قالتْ لقدْ أحزنني عقدُهُ

وحلُّهُ عن ذلكَ الشغلِ

She said, "His tying me up distressed me,

And his untying me from that occupation,

فقلتُ يا طولَ سروري به

قدْ صارَ أهلَ العقدِ والحلِّ

So I said, O the length of my happiness with him

Has become the people of tying up and untying.