أخرسُ يُنبيكَ بإطراقِهِ
عن كلِّ ما شِئتَ من الأمرِ
Silence hints to you with its stare
Of all that you wished for in the matter
يُذري على قُرطاسِي دمعةً
نَمَّت عليه عَبرةٌ تَجري
It sheds a tear on my paper
On which a flowing sadness has grown
كعاشِقٍ أخفَى هواه وقد
نَمَّت عليه عَبرةٌ تَجري
Like a lover who hid his love yet
On him a flowing sadness has grown
تُبصِرُهُ في كلِّ أحوالِه
عُريانَ يكسو الناسَ أو يُعري
You see him in all his states
Naked clothing people or stripping them bare
يُرى أسيراً في دواةٍ وقد
أطلَقَ أقواماً من الأَسرِ
He is seen captive in an inkwell yet
He freed peoples from captivity
