ودَنَت في هبُوبها مِشيَةَ النش

ودَنَت في هبُوبها مِشيَةَ النش

وانِ حَيرانَ بالمدامِ الشّمولِ

وانِ حَيرانَ بالمدامِ الشّمولِ

And in her stirring she drew near with the gait of a drunkard,

The breeze softly caressed the swaying branches,

bewildered by the heady wine.

While I stood bewildered by the all-encompassing wine.

لصَقت بالثّرى كما يخضعُ العا

لصَقت بالثّرى كما يخضعُ العا

شقُ ذُلاًّ إلى الحبيبِ المًطولِ

شقُ ذُلاًّ إلى الحبيبِ المًطولِ

She clung to the earth, as a lover submits

I clung to the ground like the suppliant does,

in abasement to the beloved who keeps him waiting.

Crawling humbly to the beloved's embrace.

ولقد خلتُ أن بينهما عِش

ولقد خلتُ أن بينهما عِش

قا فصارا للضمِّ والتّقبيلِ

قا فصارا للضمِّ والتّقبيلِ

And indeed I thought there was love between them,

I imagined that between them lived passion,

so the two turned to embracing and kissing.

Becoming an object of holding and kissing.

واختفت عن فواطِنِ الخَلقِ حتّى

واختفت عن فواطِنِ الخَلقِ حتّى

شبّهوها ضآلةً بنحولِ

شبّهوها ضآلةً بنحولِ

And she eluded the keen-witted among humankind, until

I disappeared from people's hearts until

they likened her, in her slightness, to emaciation.

They compared me to something slender and frail.