1. The shade of separation on the day when lovers shed
Blood, without seeking revenge,
١. لحى الله يوم البين كم دم عاشقٍ
أراقوا به لا يطلبون بثاره
2. And the reproacher began to blame love itself
For a brother's agony when he wakes from his drunkenness,
٢. وعاذلة أضحت تلوم على الهوى
أخا لوعةٍ لما يفق من خماره
3. And I ransom myself with an army of beauty
For his waters and his eyes and the line of his neck,
٣. واغيد في جيش من الحسن أفتدى
لماه وعينيه وخط عذاره
4. The wild deer told of the wild deer of the sands and eyelashes
Oh, would that he had not told of it in his aloofness.
٤. حكى الظبي ظبي الرمل جيداً ومقلة
فيا ليته لم يحكه في نفاره