لم أنسَ شمسَ الضُحى تُطالِعُني

ونحنُ من رقبَةٍ على فَرَقِ

I have not forgotten the morning sun shining upon me

While we were being led by the neck in chains

وجفنُ عيني بدمعه شَرِقٌ

لمّا بَدَت في مُعَصفَرٍ شَرَقِ

And my eyelids flooding with tears

When it rose in the yellowish horizon

كأنّه أدمعي ووجنَتُها

لمّا رَمَتنا الوشاةُ بالحَدَقِ

As if my tears and its cheeks

When the slanderers stared at us with enmity

ثُمَّ تَغَطَّت بُكُمِّها خَجَلاً

كالشمس غابت في حُمرةِ الشَفَقِ

Then it hid its tearful face in shame

Like the sun sets in the redness of sunset