طَرَقَ الخَيالُ المُعتَري

وَهناً فُؤادَ العاشِقِ

The imagination knocked

And weakened the lover's heart

طَيفٌ أَلَمَّ فَهاجَني

لِلبَينِ أُمَّ مُساحِقِ

An apparition pained me, agitating me

For the estranged, mother of pulverizers

الآنَ أَبصَرتُ الهُدى

وَعَلا المَشيبُ مَفارِقي

Now I have seen the right way

And old age parted from me

وَتَرَكتُ أَمرَ غوايَتي

وَسَلَكتُ قَصدَ طَرائِقي

And I left the matter of my temptation

And took the purpose of my ways

وَلَقَد رَضيتُ بِعَيشِنا

إِذ نَحنُ بَينَ حَدائِقِ

And I was content with our life

When we were between gardens

وَرَكائِبٌ تَهوي بِنا

بِينَ الدُروبِ فَدابِقِ

And mounts that plunge us

Between the paths, competing