1. قدْ أتاك يعتذرُ

    لاتسَلْهُ ما الخبرُ

    He has come to you to apologize.

    Do not ask him what the news is.

  2. كلما أطلتَ له في الحديث يختصرُ

    في عيونه الخبرُ

    Whenever you speak to him at length, he cuts it short.

    The news is in his eyes.

  3. ليس يكذبُ النظرُ

    ***

    The gaze does not lie.

    ***

  4. قدْ وهبتهُ عُمُري… ضاعَ عنده العمرُ

    حبنا الذي نشروا

    I gave him my life... that life was wasted with him.

    Our love, of which they spread

  5. من شذاه ما نشروا

    صوّحتُ أزاهرهُ قبلَ يعقد الثمرُ

    what they spread of its fragrance—

    I made its blossoms wither before the fruit could set.

  6. ***

    عدْ

    ***

    Return!

  7. فعنكَ يؤنسني في سمائه القمرُ

    قدْ وفى بموعده

    For the moon in its sky keeps me company in your stead.

    It has kept its appointment

  8. حين خانتِ البشرُ

    وأتاك يعتذرُ

    when people broke faith.

    And he has come to you to apologize.

  9. لا تسلُه

    ما الخبرُ!

    Do not ask him

    what the news is!