ذكرتت عهدَهنَّ اوتارُ عودٍ

وَحياةً في عالم الحَيَوانِ

Their promise was recalled by lute strings' tone

And life amidst the realm of fauna shone

فَلَها من جَرآءِ ذاك حنينٌ

كَحَنين المتيَّم الوَلهانِ

Hence it was seized by yearning and lament

Like one enamored immersed in rapture prone