سَمعي أَبى أَن يَكونَ الرّوحُ في بَدَني

فَاِعتاضَ قَلبي مِنهُ لَوعَةَ الحزَنِ

My hearing refused that my soul be in my body

So my heart was seized by the agony of sorrow

أعطيت جيجانَ روحي عَن تَذَكُّرِها

هَذا وَلَم أَرَها يَوماً وَلَم تَرَني

I gave my soul to Gigi without remembering it

And I've never seen her, nor has she seen me

فَقُل لِجيجانَ يا سولي وَيا أَمَلي

اِستَوصِ خَيراً بِروحٍ زالَ عَن بَدَنِ

So say to Gigi, O my comfort and my hope

Take good care of a soul that left its body

كَأَنَّني وَاِسمُها وَالدَّمعُ مُنسَكِبٌ

مِن مُقلَتي راهِبٌ صَلّى إِلى وَثَنِ

As if I and her name and the pouring tears

Were a monk praying to an idol from my eyelids