وماand not عشقيmy love لهfor him وحشاًugly لأنيbecause I
وما عشقي له وحشاً لأني
كرهتI hated الحسنbeauty واخترتand I chose القبيحاthe ugly
كرهت الحسن واخترت القبيحا
My love for him, ugly as he is, is not because
My love for him is no stranger, for I
I hated beauty and chose the ugly;
Have spurned the fair, and chosen the foul.
ولكنbut غرتI felt jealous أنthat أهوىI love مليحاًa handsome man
ولكن غرت أن أهوى مليحاً
وكلand all الناسpeople يهوونlove المليحاthe handsome
وكل الناس يهوون المليحا
But I was too jealous to love a handsome man
Yet I hoped to fall for one handsome -
When everyone loves the handsome.
While all mankind loves only the beautiful.