1. The mixture soured with those you love, so they connived
Oppressively, by your life, then felt no shame
١. بَكَرَ الخَليطُ بِمَن تُحِبُّ فَأَدلَجُوا
ظُلماً لَعَمرُكَ ثُمَّ لَم يَتَحَرَّجُوا
2. Like the sun, the stars gleam around it
Yet the sun was not dark before that
٢. كَالشَمسِ تَختَشِعُ الكَواكِبُ حَولَها
وَالشَمسُ لَم تَكُ قَبلَ ذَلِكَ تُدلِجُ
3. She has blocked her ears with steam boiler lids
Woven from living fibers, none like it are woven
٣. سَدَّت مَسامِعَها بِفُرجِ مَراجِلٍ
مِن نَسجِ حَيٍّ مِثلُهُ لا يَنسُجُ
4. She passed by us in the palace walkway, her gaze
Turned, without paying heed to us, askance
٤. مَرَّت عَلَينا بِالبِلاطِ وَطَرفُها
مِن غَيرِ ما حَوَلٍ إِلَينا أَعوَجُ