1. صدتْ فكانَ سلامُها نزرا

    وغدتْ تضنُّ بذلكَ النزرِ

    She turned away, and her greeting was scant,

    And she came to begrudge even that little.

  2. ومضتْ ليالٍ كنتُ أحسبُها

    قبلَ التفرقِ آخر العمرِ

    And nights passed that I had thought,

    Before we parted, would be life's last.

  3. أيامَ نحنُ وعيشنا رغدٌ

    يجري الزمانُ بنا ولا ندري

    Days when we lived a life of ease,

    Time flowed on with us, and we were unaware.

  4. من عاشقٍ يشكو لعاشقةٍ

    بثَّ الأسيرُ أخاهُ في الأسرِ

    A lover lamenting to a beloved,

    As a captive confides in his brother in captivity.

  5. وتميسُ في أثوابها الحمرِ

    كالغصنِ في أثوابهِ الخضرِ

    And she sways in her red robes,

    Like a branch in its green robes.

  6. وكأن ليلة إذ تقابلني

    بعدَ التمنعِ ليلةُ القدرِ

    And it is as though the night she meets me,

    After her coy resistance, were the Night of Decree.

  7. كانتْ سلاماً لا نحاذرُِ في

    ما كانَ إلا مطلعَ الفجرِ

    It was peace; we feared nothing in

    All that passed but the break of dawn.

  8. وأرى الندى في الوردِ منحدراً

    كالدمعِ فوقَ خدودها يجري

    And I see dew descending amid the roses,

    Like tears flowing over her cheeks.

  9. كلُّ امرئٍ لاق منيتهُ

    والحبُّ جالبُها على الحرِّ

    Every man shall meet his death,

    And love brings it upon the freeborn.