وَهَاتِفَةٍ نَبَّهتُها بَعْدَ مَا وَنَتْ

مِن النوحِ واكتنَّتْ أَراكَ الحِمى وَكْرا

And a caller I alerted after she despaired

From anguish, and you hid from the fever, an enclosure

بَكَتْ لَوْ بَكتْ مِثلي بِدَمْعَةِ عَاشِقٍ

وَهَيْهاتَ فَيْضُ الدَّمْعِ مَرْتَبةٌ أُخرَى

She wept - if only she wept like me with a lover's tear

Yet far away is the outpouring of tears, another station

وَقَد ضَمَّنا إذْ ذَاكَ ضِيقُ عِنَاقِنا

وَكَمْ ضَمَّ غُصْنٌ ذَابِلٌ غُصُناً نَضْرا

And we embraced then, so tight was our embrace

As many a withered branch embraces one still green

يَظنونَ أَنَّ الخِدْر يَحْجُبُ وَجْهَهَا

وَضَوْءُ مُحَيَّاهَا الذي يَحجُبُ الخِدْرا

They think the veil conceals her face

Yet the glow of her cheek outshines any veil