1. تَهاداني لِذِكرِكُمُ اِرتِياحُ

    فَبِتُّ وَكُلُّ جانِحَةٍ جَناحُ

    Joy swayed me at the remembrance of you,

    So I spent the night with every rib a wing.

  2. وَدَمعي جِريَةً مَطَرٌ تَوالى

    وَجِسمي هِزَّةً غُصنٌ يَراحُ

    And my tears, in their flow, were ceaseless rain,

    And my trembling body was a branch stirred by the breeze.

  3. أَإِخواني وَلا إِخوانَ صِدقٍ

    أُصافي بَعدَكُم إِلا الصِفاحُ

    O my brothers, I have no true brothers

    To befriend after you, save the blades of swords.

  4. لِحُسنِ الصَبرِ دونَكُمُ حِرانٌ

    وَلِلعَبَراتِ بَعدَكُمُ جِماحُ

    Noble patience balks without you,

    And tears run wild after you.

  5. فَدَيتُكُمُ بِنَفسي مِن كِرامٍ

    يَهُزُّ بِهِم مَعاطِفَهُ السَماحُ

    I would ransom you with my life, you noble men,

    For whom Generosity sways its flanks.

  6. أَرى بِهِمِ النُجومَ وَلا ظَلامٌ

    وَأَوضاحَ النَهارِ وَلا صَباحُ

    In them I see the stars, though there is no darkness,

    And the brightness of day, though there is no morning.

  7. تَخايَلُ نَخوَةً بِهِمِ المُذاكي

    وَتَعسِلُ هِزَّةً لَهُمُ الرِماحُ

    Full-grown steeds prance proudly beneath them,

    And spears sway and quiver for them.

  8. لَهُم هِمَمٌ كَما شَمَخَت جِبالٌ

    وَأَخلاقٌ كَما دَمِثَت بِطاحُ

    They have aspirations as lofty as mountains,

    And natures as gentle as the plains are soft.

  9. وَجارِيَةٍ رَكِبتُ بِها ظَلاماً

    يَطيرُ مِنَ الرِياحِ بِها جَناحُ

    And aboard a ship I rode through darkness,

    A wing of the winds bearing her in flight.

  10. إِذا الماءُ اِطمَأَنَّ فَرَقَّ خَصراً

    عَلا مِن مَوجِهِ رِدفٌ رَداحُ

    When the water settles and grows slender at the waist,

    A broad, heavy rump rises from its waves.

  11. وَقَد فَغَرَ الحَمامُ هُناكَ فاهُ

    وَأَتلَعَ جيدَهُ الأَجَلُ المُتاحُ

    And Death had opened its mouth wide there,

    And the destined end had craned its neck.

  12. فَما أَدري أَمَوجٌ أَم قُلوبٌ

    وَأَنفاسٌ تُصَعِّدُ أَم رِياحُ

    So I cannot tell: are these waves or hearts?

    And are these rising breaths or winds?