قد أخذ الأُفق في البكاءِ

قد أخذ الأُفق في البكاءِ

واغروقت مُقلة السماء

واغروقت مُقلة السماء

The horizon has begun to weep,

The horizon has begun to weep,

And the eye of the sky has brimmed with tears.

And the eyelid of the sky has sunk down.

فالأرض إن اظهرت جفاءً

فالأرض إن اظهرت جفاءً

ارسل عينيه بالبكاء

ارسل عينيه بالبكاء

For if the earth shows coldness,

If the earth shows harshness,

He lets both his eyes stream with tears,

He sends his eyes weeping,

كأنه عاشق مَشُوقٌ

كأنه عاشق مَشُوقٌ

يشكو هواه الى الهواء

يشكو هواه الى الهواء

As though he were a lover filled with longing,

As if he were a longing lover

Lamenting his passion to the air,

Complaining of his love to the air,

مُرجّيا أن يُلينَ منها

مُرجّيا أن يُلينَ منها

ما اظهرته من الجفاءِ

ما اظهرته من الجفاءِ

Hoping to soften in her

Hoping that it would soften

The coldness she has shown,

The harshness it had shown.

حتى اذا راضها سَفيراً

حتى اذا راضها سَفيراً

حدَّت بوجهٍ من الحياءِ

حدَّت بوجهٍ من الحياءِ

Until, when he had won her over as an envoy,

Until, when she sent a messenger to please him,

She grew stern [sense uncertain], with a bashful face,

She smiled shyly,

وانتقبت بالنبات عنه

وانتقبت بالنبات عنه

والتحفت منه في رداءِ

والتحفت منه في رداءِ

And veiled herself from him with vegetation,

And was covered from him in vegetation,

And wrapped herself in a cloak from him.

And drew around herself a cloak.