قُلتُ له والرقيبُ يُعجِلُه

قُلتُ له والرقيبُ يُعجِلُه

مستعجلا للفراقِ أَينَ أَنَا

مستعجلا للفراقِ أَينَ أَنَا

I said to him, while the watchful chaperone hurried him away,

pressing for our parting: “Where am I?”

فمَدَّ كفّاً إِلى ترائبه

فمَدَّ كفّاً إِلى ترائبه

وقال سِر آمنا فأنتَ هُنَا

وقال سِر آمنا فأنتَ هُنَا

He stretched his hands toward his breast

and said, “Go safely—for you are here.”