ضعفت عَن السَير نَحو الرُبا

ضعفت عَن السَير نَحو الرُبا

وَحَث الكُؤس وَشَمّ الزَهر

وَحَث الكُؤس وَشَمّ الزَهر

I grew too weak to walk toward the hills,

I lost the strength to walk towards ruins

and to drain the cups eagerly and smell the blossoms.

And urge the cups and smell the flowers

وَطالَعتَ بِالفكر لَوح الوُجو

وَطالَعتَ بِالفكر لَوح الوُجو

د فَلم أَرَ لِلبَسط فيهِ أَثَر

د فَلم أَرَ لِلبَسط فيهِ أَثَر

And you contemplated, in thought, the tablet of existence,

And contemplate with my thoughts the tablet of existence

but I saw no trace of joy in it,

But I did not see any trace of extension on it

مَع أَن اِحتِياج تِلكَ الوُجو

مَع أَن اِحتِياج تِلكَ الوُجو

ه إِلى الشَمس مثل اِحتياج القَمَر

ه إِلى الشَمس مثل اِحتياج القَمَر

although those faces’ need

Despite the need of those faces for the sun

for the sun is like the moon’s need.

Like the moon's need for it