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No matter how beautiful the bow-maker's bow is,

مهما يكن للقيان زينا

1. No matter how beautiful the bow-maker's bow is,
A crooked bow returns to crookedness.

١. مهما يكن للقيان زيناً
فصبوةٌ عودةُ القيانِ

2. A white-feathered arrow weeps for the time of departure,
Whose striking and singing were good.

٢. تبكي لوقتِ انصرافِ بيضٍ
يحسُنُ في الضرب والأغاني

3. If it were to sing to us we would love it,
If only it would leave its place.

٣. فإن تغنَّتْ لنا وَدِدْنا
لو هي قامتْ عن المكانِ

4. I said to her - and words are something
That seem of great meaning to their maker -

٤. قلتُ لها والكلامُ شيءٌ
يبدو لمستخرج المعاني

5. "There is nothing of fire in you,
Only two eternities of tenderness.

٥. ليستْ من النار فيك شيءٌ
لكن من الخلد خلَّتان