وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الشَّمسَ تَأفُلُ بِالنَّوى

دَعوتُ فَلَم أُمنَح إِجابة يوشعِ

When I saw the sun setting behind the bluffs

I called out but was granted no answer, Joshua

كَأَنَّ النَّوى قَد أُوجِعَت باجتماعِنا

فَبنَّا فَنالَت بُرءَها مِن تَوَجُّعي

As if the bluffs had been pained by our gathering

So we built and it found its cure from my ache