بدتْ ليَ في ثوبٍ كَوَجْهِي أَصفرٍ

علته بمديل كقلبيَ أَسْوَدِ

She appeared to me in a dress as yellow as my face,

I veiled her with a kerchief as black as my heart,

فأَبْصَرَ منها الطرفُ مرود عَسْجَد

على طَرَفٍ منهُ بقيةُ إِثْمِد

So the pleat revealed an agitated glance,

On an edge of it the remainder of a frown.