انزلت عَن رمس من حنت له

انزلت عَن رمس من حنت له

جانبا من دمعها المنسكب

جانبا من دمعها المنسكب

She let fall, from the grave of the one she yearned for,

I descended from sketching one for whom I yearned

a portion of her streaming tears.

A side of her spilled tears

وضهيض في مقبرة تَشكو له

وضهيض في مقبرة تَشكو له

ما تقاسي بعده من تعب

ما تقاسي بعده من تعب

And [unclear word], in a cemetery, she complained to him

And murmuring in a graveyard complaining to him

of the hardship she endured after his passing.

What she suffers after him of fatigue

ثم لَم تَلبِث وَقَد غازلها

ثم لَم تَلبِث وَقَد غازلها

ان رات ذا قطعة من ذهب

ان رات ذا قطعة من ذهب

Then it was not long—he having wooed her—

Then she did not wait when she was beckoned

before she saw a man with a piece of gold.

If she saw a piece of gold

فاِستَشارَت قَلبها ثُمَّ أَشا

فاِستَشارَت قَلبها ثُمَّ أَشا

رَت له إِذ كانَ تحت الطلب

رَت له إِذ كانَ تحت الطلب

So she consulted her heart, then signaled

So she consulted her heart then gestured

to him, since he was there for the asking.

To him when he was seeking