1. مدّ الخريف رواقا من مباهجه

    وبينها نثر أطياف وألوان

    Autumn spread a canopy of its delights,

    And among them scattered visions and colors.

  2. وهذه غادتي الحمراء راقصة

    كأنها وحدها خصّت ببستاني

    And here is my crimson maiden, dancing,

    As though she alone had been granted my garden.

  3. أو أنّ أوراقها لاحت تراودني

    بحمرة الشمس قبل المغرب القاني

    Or as though her leaves appeared to entice me

    With the sun's redness before the deep-crimson sunset.

  4. كأنها ما درت ما اشتد من محني

    أو إن درت لم تشاطر بعض أحزاني

    As though she did not know how fierce my afflictions had grown,

    Or, if she knew, did not share any of my sorrows.

  5. شقيقة الزهر في أصباغ فرحته

    أحسنت حتى وإن أحسنت نسياني

    Sister to the blossoms in the hues of their joy,

    You have excelled, even if you excelled at forgetting me.

  6. يثي من الفرحة الألوان زاهية

    لفتنة الطير والإنسان في آن

    Scatter [uncertain reading] radiant colors out of joy,

    To enchant birds and humankind at once.

  7. ولا تبالي عزوفي فهو عن مقة

    كأنما أنا أخشى بث أجشاني

    And do not heed my aloofness, for it springs from love,

    As though I fear pouring out my sorrows [uncertain reading].

  8. وكان أولى بمثلي في تفجّعه

    صبر على الضيق مهما الضيق آذاني

    And more fitting for one like me in his grief was

    Patience with hardship, however much hardship hurt me.

  9. أنا الذي علم المكلوم بهجته

    فصارع الهم جياشا بألحاني

    I am the one who taught the stricken man his joy,

    So he wrestled with grief, brimming with my melodies.

  10. رفي إذن في نضار رائع بهج

    وحمرة من يواقيت ومرجان

    Flutter, then, in splendid, joyous gold,

    And in a redness of rubies and coral—

  11. بل من معان تخيّلنا نفائسها

    وما عرفنا لها كنها بوجدان

    Rather, of meanings whose treasures we imagined,

    Yet we have not grasped their essence through feeling.

  12. كأنها بعض أحلام مجنّحة

    تمثّلت فوق أوراق وأغصان

    As though they were some winged dreams,

    Taking form upon leaves and branches;

  13. كأنها حلو إلهام يداعبنا

    لكنّه فوق إحساس لإنسان

    As though they were sweet inspiration caressing us,

    But it lies beyond a human being's perception.

  14. إلا التفاؤل يبدو من مخائلها

    وإن سما فوق تكييفي وحسباني

    Only optimism shows in their signs,

    Though it soars beyond my conception and reckoning.

  15. ولا تعيبي الذي ما حد من نظري

    إليك مثل غريب جائع عن

    And do not fault what has not checked my gaze

    Toward you, like a hungry stranger—[ending unclear].

  16. فإن فيك من الصوفيّ فلسفة

    وفي من عابد ما بزّ إيماني

    For in you is something of the Sufi's philosophy,

    And in me, something of a worshipper that has surpassed my faith.

  17. وقد قتلت سلوي عنك ساحرة

    فلا تلومي إذن قربي وتحناني

    And you have slain my forgetting of you, enchantress,

    So do not blame, then, my closeness and tender yearning.