عنْدَما لاحَتْ بعَيْني بَرَدَهْ

عنْدَما لاحَتْ بعَيْني بَرَدَهْ

قصَدَ الوقْتُ بِها ما قَصَدَهْ

قصَدَ الوقْتُ بِها ما قَصَدَهْ

When a hailstone appeared in my eye,

When her coldness caught my eye,

Time intended by it what it intended.

Time meant by it what it meant.

قلْتُ يا قوْمُ حَصاةٌ قُذِفَتْ

قلْتُ يا قوْمُ حَصاةٌ قُذِفَتْ

شَرَدَ النّوْمُ بِها مَنْ شَرَدَهْ

شَرَدَ النّوْمُ بِها مَنْ شَرَدَهْ

I said: O people, a pebble has been hurled;

I said, "O people, a pebble was cast,

whoever drove sleep away drove it away with it.

By it sleep was disturbed, whoever it disturbed."

حامَ سِرْبُ النّوْمِ للوِرْدِ بهِ

حامَ سِرْبُ النّوْمِ للوِرْدِ بهِ

ثَمّ لمّا طُرِحَتْ ما وَرَدَهْ

ثَمّ لمّا طُرِحَتْ ما وَرَدَهْ

The flock of sleep circled about it, seeking a drink;

The flock of sleep hovered over the roses,

there, when the pebble was thrown, the flock did not come to drink at it.

Then when it was cast off, it missed what it sought.