رأيتُ ظبياً كُسرَتْ

رأيتُ ظبياً كُسرَتْ

منهُ يدٌ لما نَفَرْ

منهُ يدٌ لما نَفَرْ

I saw a gazelle whose foreleg was broken

I saw a gazelle whose

when it took fright and bounded away.

hand was broken when he fled.

إنْ كُسرَتْ منهُ يدٌ

إنْ كُسرَتْ منهُ يدٌ

يوماً فكمْ قلبٍ كسرْ

يوماً فكمْ قلبٍ كسرْ

If one of its forelegs was broken

If his hand was broken

one day—how many hearts had it broken?

one day, how many hearts has he broken!