أبكى على ظلي الذي

أبكى على ظلي الذي

لم ينبسط حتى انطوى

لم ينبسط حتى انطوى

I weep over my shadow, which

I weep for my shadow that

had not yet spread out when it folded away.

Did not unfold before it was folded away

أبكي على الوجه المحلى

أبكي على الوجه المحلى

بالجميل من الحلى

بالجميل من الحلى

I weep over the face adorned

I weep for the face adorned

with beautiful ornaments.

With beauty and jewelry

أبكي أنا لشبيهه

أبكي أنا لشبيهه

في وقت ما امتلأ الكفى

في وقت ما امتلأ الكفى

I myself weep for his likeness,

I weep for one like me

at a time when the palms were not yet full.

When once hands were full

أبكي قضيباً ما اكتسى

أبكي قضيباً ما اكتسى

أوراقه حتى ذوى

أوراقه حتى ذوى

I weep for a slender branch that had not put on

I weep for a rod never clothed

its leaves before it withered.

In leaves before it faded away