ألا أيّها الطيرُ الموافي

لقد أطلقتَ من فكري سَراحي

O bird circling above

You have released my thoughts to roam free

تذكّرت الزمان وما دهاني

به من حادث القَدَر المُتاح

I remembered times and what has afflicted me

Of the occurrences of accessible fate

فلما غاب في التِّذْكار فهمي

وحسّي حيث تَصْفِق بالجَناحِ

So when my understanding was absent in recollection

And my senses where you clap with your wings

فطيِّر حسّ ريشك سُكْرِ حِسّي

كنَوْمانٍ يُنَبَّه بالصِّياح

Then make your feathers fly, intoxicated by my senses

Like slumber being awakened by shouts

تَروح بروضة أنفُ وتَضْحي

وإلفُك حاضرٌ وهواك صاحي

You wander the meadow of my breath and become sacrificed

While your company is present and your love is awake

ولو لاقيتَ ما ألقى لضاقتْ

عليك مَوارِدُ البِيد الفِساحِ

And if you met what I met, the springs

Of abundant ruin would have narrowed upon you

لعلّ الله يَفْرِج ما ألاقي

ويأخذ للمِراض من الصِّحاح

Perhaps God may relieve what I meet

And take from wellness for the sick