1. مُتَبَرِّمٌ بِعِتابِهِ

    مُسْتَعْذِبٌ لِعَذابِهِ

    Weary of his reproaches,

    finding sweetness in his torment,

  2. هَجَرَ العَميدَ تَعَمُّداً

    فَغَدا وراحَ لِما بِهِ

    he deliberately forsook the lovesick man,

    so he went to and fro because of his distress.

  3. وكَسَاهُ ثَوْبَ مَشيبِهِ

    في عِنْفُوانِ شَبابِهِ

    And he clothed him in the robe of grey hair

    in the prime of his youth.

  4. فَتَراهُ يُؤذِنُ في أَوا

    نِ مَجيئِهِ بِذَهابِهِ

    So you see him announcing, at the time

    of his coming, his departure.