1. صَدّ عَنّي وأعرَضَا

    وتَناسى الذي مَضَى

    He shunned me and turned away,

    and feigned forgetting what had passed.

  2. واستَمَرَّ الصّدودُ واِن

    قَطعَ الوصلُ وانْقَضَى

    His shunning persisted, and

    the bond was severed and came to an end.

  3. صرَّحَ الانَ هجرُهُ

    لِي بما كان عَرَّضَا

    His estrangement has now made plain

    to me what it had only hinted at.

  4. وإذا استُعْطِفَ المُلو

    لُ تجنَّى وأَعرضَا

    And whenever the fickle one is entreated,

    he finds fault without cause and turns away.