1. We passed some gazelles at evening
Before they spied and fled us through the glen.
١. مَرَرنا عَلى سِربِ الظّباءِ عَشيّةً
فَلَم يَعدُنا حَتّى تَقنّصنا السِّربُ
2. We thought our nearness might assuage our pain;
But nearness to them only hurt again.
٢. وَكُنّا نَظنُّ القربُ يَشفي سَقامنا
فَلم يَكُ إِلّا كلُّ أَدوائنا القُربُ
3. "Does not your heart now cease its passion?" they cried.
I said "My heart? Nay, while they live, it will not."
٣. وَقالوا أَلَمّا تَنْهَ قلبك عَن هوىً
فَقلتُ وَهَل لي بَعدِ بَينِهِمُ قلبُ