مذ ضل مني القلب في ليل الصبا

مذ ضل مني القلب في ليل الصبا

وظللت انشده ولما اهتد

وظللت انشده ولما اهتد

My heart strayed from me in youth’s night;

Since my heart strayed from me in the night of youth,

I kept seeking it, yet still could not find my way.

And I kept seeking it, but had not yet found my way,

رفع المشيب له شهاباً ثاقباً

رفع المشيب له شهاباً ثاقباً

فوجدته عن الحسان الخرّد

فوجدته عن الحسان الخرّد

Gray hair raised for it a meteor of piercing light,

Gray hair raised a piercing meteor for it,

and I found it apart from the fair, secluded maidens.

So I found it away from the beautiful, bashful maidens.