أَباO father of خَالِدٍKhalid كَمْhow often تَدَّعِيyou profess لِيfor me مَودَّةًaffection
أَبا خَالِدٍ كَمْ تَدَّعِي لِي مَودَّةً
أَرىI see النَّظَراتِthe glances الشُّوسَhostile تُبْديreveal نَقيضَهاits opposite
أَرى النَّظَراتِ الشُّوسَ تُبْدي نَقيضَها
Abu Khalid, how often you profess affection for me!
I see hostile glances revealing its opposite.
إِذَاwhen اضْطَرَمَتْblazes فيin القَلْبِthe heart نارُa fire of عَداوَةٍenmity
إِذَا اضْطَرَمَتْ في القَلْبِ نارُ عَداوَةٍ
لَمحْتُI glimpse بِعَيْنَيْin the two eyes of مُصْطَلِيهاone warming himself at it وَمِيضَهاits flash
لَمحْتُ بِعَيْنَيْ مُصْطَلِيها وَمِيضَها
When the fire of enmity blazes in the heart,
I glimpse its flash in the eyes of the one who warms himself at it.
Translation model: Sol 6.1