فَأَظهَرَ وُدّاً وَالعَداوَةُ سِرُّهُ

فَأَظهَرَ وُدّاً وَالعَداوَةُ سِرُّهُ

لِحاجَتِهِ كانَت إِلَيَّ فَأَسرَفا

لِحاجَتِهِ كانَت إِلَيَّ فَأَسرَفا

So he showed affection, while enmity was his secret,

He showed affection while enmity was his secret

Because he had need of me, and so he went to excess.

For he was in need of me, so he went too far

فَكُنتُ لَهُ بِالإِحتِراسِ وَغَيرِهِ

فَكُنتُ لَهُ بِالإِحتِراسِ وَغَيرِهِ

لَدُن ظَهَرَت مِنهُ المَودَّةُ مُضعِفا

لَدُن ظَهَرَت مِنهُ المَودَّةُ مُضعِفا

So I guarded against him with vigilance and other measures,

So I was on my guard with him and otherwise

Doubling them from the moment his affection appeared,

Since the time he showed me friendship, I redoubled

لِعِلمي بِهِ أَن سَوفَ يَرجِعُ بِالَّتي

لِعِلمي بِهِ أَن سَوفَ يَرجِعُ بِالَّتي

تَكونُ عَلَينا مِنهُ بِالعَودِ أَخوَفا

تَكونُ عَلَينا مِنهُ بِالعَودِ أَخوَفا

For I knew him: he would return with that which

Because I knew about him that he would eventually return to that

Would be more fearsome to us, coming from him again.

Which from him in recurrence would be more fearful for us