لمdid not يبكweep حينwhen بكيتI wept منover
لم يبك حين بكيت من
هجرانهhis desertion متحسراgrieving
هجرانه متحسرا
He did not weep when I wept over
his desertion, grieving;
لكنbut حكىmirrored لكfor you خدهhis cheek الthe
لكن حكى لك خده ال
مصقولpolished صورةimage ماwhat جرىflowed
مصقول صورة ما جرى
but his cheek mirrored for you—
polished as it was—the image of what had flowed.