ليت الغراب يعيد اليوم لي فعسى

ليت الغراب يعيد اليوم لي فعسى

يبين بينهم عني فقد وقفا

يبين بينهم عني فقد وقفا

Would that the raven would cry again for me today—then perhaps

Would that the raven today might bring back to me

their parting might depart from me, for it has lingered.

It may be between us my eyes have reconciled

أقول والليل قد أرخى أجلته

أقول والليل قد أرخى أجلته

وقد تألى بألا ينقضي فوفى

وقد تألى بألا ينقضي فوفى

I say, while the night has lowered its veils,

I say and the night spreads out its hair

and has sworn not to end—and kept its oath.

Though resolved it be not to end, so has it fulfilled

والنجم قد حاز في أفق السماء فما

والنجم قد حاز في أفق السماء فما

يمضي ولا هو للتغوير منصرفا

يمضي ولا هو للتغوير منصرفا

And the star has taken its place on the sky's horizon, so it does not

The stars grasped the horizons of heaven but neither

move on, nor is it turning toward setting.

Pass on nor from revolution turn they away

تخاله مخطئاً أو خائفاً وجلا

تخاله مخطئاً أو خائفاً وجلا

أو راقباً موعداً أو عاشقاً دنفا

أو راقباً موعداً أو عاشقاً دنفا

You would think it mistaken, or frightened and trembling,

Deem it mistaken or fearful, distraught

or awaiting a tryst, or a lover wasting away.

Or keeping tryst or enamoured and tenderly bowed