أَدِهقانُ حالَ النَأيُ دونَكِ وَالهَجرُ

وَجَمعُ بَني قَلعٍ فَمَوعِدُكِ الحَشرُ

I am stunned by the anguish of separation and estrangement from you

And the gathering of the Banu Qila whose tryst is the Final Gathering

أَلا لَيتَنا مِن غَيرِ شَيءٍ يُصيبُنا

بِتَهلُكَ لا عَينٌ تُحِسُّ وَلا كَرُ

Oh that we were from nothing that befalls us

With annihilation - no eye perceives and no vein pulsates

بَعيداً مِنَ الواشينَ أَن يَمحَلوا بِنا

وَراءَ الثُرَيّا وَالسَماكُ لَنا سِترُ

Far from the slanderers that they bear tales of us

Beyond the Pleiades and Sirius is our veil

أَلا لَيتَنا طارَت عُقابٌ بِنا مَعاً

لَها سَبَبٌ عِندَ المَجَرَّةِ أَو وَكرُ

Oh that an eagle would carry us both away

To its roost by the galaxy or nest

أَلا طَرَقَت دِهقانَةُ الرَكبَ بَعدَما

تَقَوَّضَ نِصفُ اللَيلِ وَاِعتَرَضَ النَسرُ

Oh the anxiety of the night journey has come after

Half the night passed and the eagle crossed

فَقَد كانَتِ الجَوزاءُ وَهناً كَأَنَّها

ظِباءٌ أَمامَ الذِئبِ طَرَّدَها النَقرُ

For there the Gemini though weak were as if

Gazelles before the wolf, scattered by the hooting

فَلَمّا أَلَمَّت وَالرِكابُ مُناخَةٌ

إِذ الأَرضُ مِنها بَعدَ لَمَّتِها قَفرُ

When the riders reined in their mounts

The land after their halt was desolate wilderness