1. After estrangement and aloofness, you visited me,
So I began relating what I underwent, remembering days gone by.
١. قَد زارَني بَعد التّباعُدِ وَالجَفا
فَطَفِقتُ أَشرَحُ ما لقيت وأذكرُ
2. Thus the stars in the presence of the sun grew dim with shame,
Trickling dewdrops on the crescent moon.
٢. فَغَدت مِنَ الشّمسِ الكَواكبُ عند ذا
خَجلاً تَسيلُ عَلى الهِلال فَتقطرُ