لَقَدْ بَدا يَنثَني في أخْضَرِ الحلَلِ

لَقَدْ بَدا يَنثَني في أخْضَرِ الحلَلِ

كَأغْصُنٍ عَطَفَتْها الرّيحُ بالمَيلِ

كَأغْصُنٍ عَطَفَتْها الرّيحُ بالمَيلِ

Indeed, he appeared swaying in green robes,

He seemed to bend as branches in verdant adornment

Like branches bent sideways by the wind.

Swayed gently by the breeze to inclination's bent.

وَعَجَّلَ الفَتْكَ في أَحشاءِ مُغرمِهِ

وَعَجَّلَ الفَتْكَ في أَحشاءِ مُغرمِهِ

إنسانُ ناظِرِهِ ذي الكُحْلِ والكحَلِ

إنسانُ ناظِرِهِ ذي الكُحْلِ والكحَلِ

And the slaying within his lover’s entrails was hastened by

And hastened slaughter in his lover's vitals -

The pupil of his eye, with kohl and naturally dark lids.

The human owned by eyes of kohl and collyrium.

لا تَعتبوهُ على تَعجيلهِ أبَداً

لا تَعتبوهُ على تَعجيلهِ أبَداً

لِأَنّهُ خَلقَ الإِنسانَ منْ عجَلِ

لِأَنّهُ خَلقَ الإِنسانَ منْ عجَلِ

Never reproach him for his haste,

Reproach him not forever for his haste,

For he created man from haste.

Since he created man for haste and agitation.