أَبْدَى الأَصِيلُ شَمَائِلَ الْعُشَّاقِ

شَدْواً وَرَقْصاً وَالْتِزَامَ عِنَاقِ

The noble lover expressed the attributes of lovers

The late afternoon revealed the traits of lovers,

Passionately dancing, clinging to embrace

In singing, dancing, and a clinging embrace;

لَمْ يَبْتَسِمْ بَيْنَ الْبِطَاحِ مُسَلِّماً

حَتَّى بَكَى فَوْقَ الْرُّبَى لِفِرَاقِ

He did not smile in resignation amongst the dunes

It did not smile among the wide plains in greeting,

Until he wept, atop the hill, for separation

Until it wept above the hills for the parting.