كَأَنَّني رَأسُ حَضَن

كَأَنَّني رَأسُ حَضَن

في يَومِ غَيمٍ وَدُجَن

في يَومِ غَيمٍ وَدُجَن

As though I were the summit of Ḥaḍan

on a day of cloud and gloom.

يا لَيتَني عَهدَ زَمَن

يا لَيتَني عَهدَ زَمَن

اِنفَضَّ رَأسي وَذَقَن

اِنفَضَّ رَأسي وَذَقَن

If only I were back in days gone by,

tossing my head and chin.

كَأَنَّني فَحلُ حُصُن

كَأَنَّني فَحلُ حُصُن

أُرسِلَ في حَبلِ عُنُن

أُرسِلَ في حَبلِ عُنُن

As though I were a stallion among horses,

let loose on a bridle-rope,

أُرسِلَ كَالظِبيِ الأَرِن

أُرسِلَ كَالظِبيِ الأَرِن

أَلصَقَ أُذناً بِأُذُن

أَلصَقَ أُذناً بِأُذُن

let loose like the frisky gazelle

that pressed one ear against the other.