ودَنَت في هبُوبها مِشيَةَ النش

وانِ حَيرانَ بالمدامِ الشّمولِ

The breeze softly caressed the swaying branches,

While I stood bewildered by the all-encompassing wine.

لصَقت بالثّرى كما يخضعُ العا

شقُ ذُلاًّ إلى الحبيبِ المًطولِ

I clung to the ground like the suppliant does,

Crawling humbly to the beloved's embrace.

ولقد خلتُ أن بينهما عِش

قا فصارا للضمِّ والتّقبيلِ

I imagined that between them lived passion,

Becoming an object of holding and kissing.

واختفت عن فواطِنِ الخَلقِ حتّى

شبّهوها ضآلةً بنحولِ

I disappeared from people's hearts until

They compared me to something slender and frail.