1. The breeze softly caressed the swaying branches,
While I stood bewildered by the all-encompassing wine.
١. ودَنَت في هبُوبها مِشيَةَ النش
وانِ حَيرانَ بالمدامِ الشّمولِ
2. I clung to the ground like the suppliant does,
Crawling humbly to the beloved's embrace.
٢. لصَقت بالثّرى كما يخضعُ العا
شقُ ذُلاًّ إلى الحبيبِ المًطولِ
3. I imagined that between them lived passion,
Becoming an object of holding and kissing.
٣. ولقد خلتُ أن بينهما عِش
قا فصارا للضمِّ والتّقبيلِ
4. I disappeared from people's hearts until
They compared me to something slender and frail.
٤. واختفت عن فواطِنِ الخَلقِ حتّى
شبّهوها ضآلةً بنحولِ