1. A flash shone with the lightning and here
The heart was saddened by yearning and weakness

2. It made a lover sleepless and shed tears
It burned him and delighted his eyelids

3. It reminded us of passed pleasant nights
With those who were and we were

4. Nights when the branch of life was fresh
And the rod of union waved gently

5. There where we don't fear a watcher
And don't cry for a departed beloved

6. And I have a strange love in a strange gazelle
I became in it like Qays for Lubna

7. Time was peaceful with us but turned
To fight us and turned the cups over

8. And we surrendered to a grudging time
Gloomy so the envious rejoiced over us