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My heart is stirred by the traces

قد هاج قلبي محضر

1. My heart is stirred by the traces
Of a campsite now laid to waste

١. قَد هاجَ قَلبي مَحضَرُ
أَقوى وَرَبعٌ مُقفِرُ

2. A campsite once lived in by a beloved
Though now it lies empty and defaced

٢. رَبعٌ لِهِندٍ قَد عَفا
قَد كانَ حيناً يُعمَرُ

3. There came to me a messenger kind
Who told me news of their fate

٣. وَجاءَني بِبَينِهِم
ثَقفٌ لَطيفٌ مُخبِرُ

4. The campsite of a beloved now lost
Like a tender gazelle brought to its death

٤. تِربٌ لِهِندٍ غادَةٌ
تِلكَ غَزالٌ مُعصِرُ

5. The scent of them lingers still
Before the dawn makes its way

٥. إِنَّ الخَليطَ رائِحٌ
قَبلَ الصَباحِ يُبكِرُ

6. They were the fairest of all mankind
None could match their grace and beauty

٦. بانوا بِأَمثالِ الدُمى
بَل دونَهُنَّ الصُوَرُ

7. Would that I had lived when they did
And fate allowed us to be together

٧. فيهِنَّ هِندٌ لَيتَني
ما عُمِّرَت أُعَمَّرُ

8. But alas, when death came for them
Destiny tore us apart forever

٨. حَتّى إِذا ما جاءَها
حَتفٌ أَتاني القَدَرُ