1. His seamanship perished, your existence remains
The excuse came saying, whoever lived met
١. ماتَت مَلاحَتُهُ يَكونُ لَكَ البَقا
وَأَتى العِذارُ يَقولُ مَن عاشَ اِلتَقى
2. And blackness appeared on the purity of his cheeks
So its newness for her newness created
٢. وَبَدا السَوادُ عَلى نَقاءِ خُدودِهِ
فَجَديدُهُ لِجَديدِها قَد أَخلَقا
3. And the quality of passion changed so it was not
That passion nor that purity that purity
٣. وَتَنَكَّرَت صِفَةُ الغُوَيرِ فَلَم يَكُن
ذاكَ الغُوَيرَ وَلا النَقا ذاكَ النَقا