فاجتزت في طَريقي

فاجتزت في طَريقي

بِزهرٍ أَنيق

بِزهرٍ أَنيق

So, on my way, I passed

I passed by on my path

By lovely flowers,

A graceful flower,

وَرَوضَة أَريضه

وَرَوضَة أَريضه

طَويلة عَريضه

طَويلة عَريضه

And a lush meadow,

And a meadow, long and wide,

Long and broad.

Its birds chirping,

طُيورها صَوادِح

طُيورها صَوادِح

ظِباؤُها سَوارح

ظِباؤُها سَوارح

Its birds sang out,

Its deer graceful,

Its gazelles grazed freely.

A bird in a tree

وَطائِر في شجره

وَطائِر في شجره

لَيسَ يِمس الثمَره

لَيسَ يِمس الثمَره

And a bird in a tree

Not touching the fruit

Did not touch the fruit,

As if thinking

كَأَنَّهُ مُفكر

كَأَنَّهُ مُفكر

أَو والهٌ محيرُ

أَو والهٌ محيرُ

As though he were pondering,

Or confused

Or distraught and bewildered,

Or a lover or neglected

أَو عاشق أَو ثاكل

أَو عاشق أَو ثاكل

أَو أَبله أَو غافل

أَو أَبله أَو غافل

Or a lover, or a bereaved parent,

Or foolish or heedless

Or foolish, or heedless,

Because it was preoccupied

لأَنَّهُ مَشغول

لأَنَّهُ مَشغول

وَعَقلَهُ مَعقول

وَعَقلَهُ مَعقول

For he was preoccupied,

And its mind preoccupied

And his mind was fettered.

Looking into the horizons

يَنظُر في الآفاق

يَنظُر في الآفاق

تلفت المُشتاق

تلفت المُشتاق

He looked toward the horizons,

Turning the longing

Looking about like one who longs,

As if expecting

كَأَنَّهُ مُنتَظر

كَأَنَّهُ مُنتَظر

زِيارة أَو حذر

زِيارة أَو حذر

As though he were awaiting

A visit or caution

A visit, or were on his guard.

So a Doe came up

فَأقبَلَت غَزاله

فَأقبَلَت غَزاله

في حُسنِها مُحتاله

في حُسنِها مُحتاله

Then a gazelle approached,

Sly in her beauty

Artful in her beauty;

And crouched nearby

فَربضت قَريبا

فَربضت قَريبا

وَاِنتَصَبَت خَطيبا

وَاِنتَصَبَت خَطيبا

Then she lay down nearby

And stood up orating

And stood up to speak.