رِقَابَ العَقلِ لو تدرينَ ما بي

بَكَيتش مهن اغترابي لاقترَابي

If reason's necks could know what's inside me

You'd weep at my estrangement, not nearness to me

فإني ما أبيتُ الليلَ إلاَّ

وقلبي من غَرَامِكِ في اضطرابِ

For I've not slept a night except

With my heart crazed with love of you

يُذَكِّرُنِيكِ تَهتَافُ القَمَارِى

ويذكرنيكِ تَشحاجُ الغُرَاب

The shouting of gamblers reminds me of you

And cawing of crows reminds me of you

وإن ذَكَرتكِ نَفسِى في شَرَابٍ

اكَادُ أغُصُّ مِن ذاك الشرابِ

And if my soul remembers you in drink

I almost choke on that drink

وإن رَفَعَ السَّرابُ على تَنَاءِ

بَلاَدكِ ظَلتُ مُرتَقِبَ السَّرَابِ

And if the mirage raised over

Your countries, I awaited the mirage

ولَم أكُ قَد نَأيتُكِ باختِيَارِى

ولم يَكُ عن قِلاَىَ لَكِ إغتَرَابي

And I had not distanced you by my choice

Nor was my heart estranged from you

لَعَمرُكِ ما نَأيتُكِ عن مَلاَلٍ

ولَكِن مَنجَنُونُ قَضاً جَرَى بي

By your life, I did not distance you out of boredom

But fate's course drove me mad

وما قاَمَت مقَامَكِ لى تُرابٌ

وكيف وأنتِ فائقةُ التراب

And no dust took your place for me

How could it, when you transcend dust?

وأترَابي لَدَيكِ وفيكِ أنسِى

ورُوحِى واحتِرَامِى واحتِرَابي

And my companionship, in you and through you, is my intimacy

My spirit, my reverence, my turmoil

سَقضاكِ من الحَيَا الدَّلوي غَيَّثٌ

غزيرُ خَوالِفِ الأسرَابِ رَابِ

An abundant rain of changeable clouds

Poured over you from the dewy life

فَتُضحِى في الرَّوابشى والتَناهِى

تناويرُ الأزاهرِ كالزرابي

So you become in the meadows and slopes

Like flowers' embroideries, like needles' eyes

وتُحسَبُ من تَلِوِّنِها مساءاً

اعارَتهَا تُلوَّنَها الحِرَابي

And from their changing hues in the evening

You'd think the heat lent them its changes