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A longing for the memories of love called him,

دعاه لذكر الحمى مذهب

1. A longing for the memories of love called him,
And my passion remained, it does not fade,

١. دعاهُ لذكر الحمى مذهبٌ
وشوقٌ أقامَ فما يذهب

2. I insist on pouring you the valleys of joy,
And your generosity overflowed from its horizons.

٢. أمصرُ سقتكِ غوادِي السرور
وجادَكِ من أفقها صيب

3. I remembered the time of union with you,
Where youth was good, so good.

٣. ذكرتُ زمانك حيث الوِصال
وحيث الصبا طيّب طيّب

4. The faces whitened with it brought me salvation,
And the black hair with it withdrew.

٤. وبيضُ الوجوهِ بها نجْتلي
وسودُ الشعورِ بها تسحب

5. How many moons with you did I travel away from,
And their scorpion forelocks disappeared.

٥. وكم قمرٍ فيكِ سافرتُ عنهُ
وعقرب أصداغه غيهب

6. Traveling was not in vain,
When the moon rose, the scorpion did.

٦. فما كانَ بالسفرِ المستجاد
وقد أطلعَ القمرَ العقرب

7. If ruin threatens me with its intent,
How often my request was fulfilled by the meeting.

٧. وإن حفَّ بي للنوى مهلكٌ
فكم صحَّ لي باللقا مطلب

8. If I hoped for nights of memories,
My wishes overflowed in many ways.

٨. وإن طمعت في ليالي الحمى
منايَ فكم قد فشا أشعب

9. One may account for what escapes him,
Yet multiples of that may come to him.

٩. وقد يحسب المرءُ ما فاته
فيأتيه أضعافُ ما يحسب

10. By your life, the dawn is not illuminated,
For I have missed that sunset.

١٠. لعمركَ ما الصبحِ بالمستنير
وقد فاتني ذلكَ المغرب

11. Hopefully news from the book of meteors,
Will tell me what I await.

١١. عسى خبرٌ من كتاب الشهاب
يخبرُ عنها بما أرقب