1. Why does your heart not settle, restless?
I see you shepherd the eagles and deer,
١. ما بالُ قَلبِكَ لا يَقَرُّ خُفوقاً
وَأَراكَ تَرعى النِسرَ وَالعُيّوقا
2. Yet your eyelids have scattered pearls
and rubies over the tears.
٢. وَجُفونُ عَينِكَ قَد نَثَرنَ مِنَ البُكا
فَوقَ المَدامِعِ لُؤلُؤً وَعَقيقا
3. If the human in your eyes were not swimming
in the sea of his tears, he would have drowned.
٣. لَو لَم يَكُن إِنسانُ عَينِكَ سابِحاً
في بَحرِ دَمعَتِهِ لَماتَ غَريقا