يا صاح أَما رَأيت شُهباً ظَهَرَت

قَد أَحرَقَت القُلوب ثُم اِستَتَرَت

O friend, have you not seen the comets that appeared,

Burning hearts, then hiding away?

طِرنا طَرَباً لضوئها حينَ طَرَت

بانَت وَتَوالَت وَأَثارَت وَسَرَت

We were ecstatic at their glow when they darted,

They shone and followed one another, stirred things up, then slipped away.