لهفي على القمر الذي

لهفي على القمر الذي

لما أبان لنا أفل

لما أبان لنا أفل

Alas for the moon that

My longing for the moon that

no sooner appeared to us than it set!

When it appeared to us, it waned

ما كان أسرع ما انقضت

ما كان أسرع ما انقضت

أيام بهجته الأول

أيام بهجته الأول

How swiftly there passed

How swiftly passed

the first days of his beauty—

The days of its first splendor

أيام يخفي اللحظ من

أيام يخفي اللحظ من

وجناته ورد الخجل

وجناته ورد الخجل

days when a glance drew forth from

Days when a glance would hide

his cheeks the roses of bashfulness;

From its cheeks the blush of bashfulness

ويميل من لين الصبا

ويميل من لين الصبا

في حلتي صلف ودل

في حلتي صلف ودل

and he swayed with the suppleness of youth,

And it would lean gently in the breeze

in twin robes of haughtiness and coquetry;

Clad in smoothness and languor

ويكاد ماء بهائه

ويكاد ماء بهائه

في وجنتيه ينهمل

في وجنتيه ينهمل

and the water of his splendor would almost

And the sheen of its waters

flow over his cheeks.

Would almost melt into its cheeks

عباس جانبك المحب

عباس جانبك المحب

وأعرضت عنك المقل

وأعرضت عنك المقل

Abbas, the lover has shunned you,

Alas, you turned from your fervent lover

and eyes have turned away from you.

And gave your favor to the cold-hearted

وأحلك الشعر الحضيض

وأحلك الشعر الحضيض

وكنت في أعلى محل

وكنت في أعلى محل

And hair has cast you into the depths,

You sank down to the lowest place

though you once held the highest place.

Though once you were in the highest station

فكأن حسنك لم يكن

فكأن حسنك لم يكن

وكأن قبحك لم يزل

وكأن قبحك لم يزل

So it is as if your beauty had never been,

So it seems your beauty never was

and as if your ugliness had always been.

And your ugliness never ceased