يا وَيحَ قَلبي مِن دَواعي الهَوى

إِذ رَحَلَ الجيرانُ عِندَ الغُروب

Oh my aching heart with passion's pain

As the neighbors departed at sunset

أَتبَعتُهُم طَرفي وَقَد أَمعَنوا

وَدَمعُ عَينَيَّ كَفَيضِ الغُروب

I followed them with my eyes as they walked away

And tears from my eyes flowed like the sunset

بانوا وَفيهم طَفلَةٌ حَرَّةٌ

تَفتَرُّ عَن مِثلِ أَقاحي الغُروب

They left, among them a brisk young girl

With teeth like the red spikes of the sunset