سالتني ذات يوم عابره

عن غرامي وفتاتي الساحره

One day a fleeting passerby asked me

A passing maiden asked me one day about my passion and my enchanting fay,

About my love and my enchanting beloved

She knew not I was a poet inspired, adoring the charms of the pure and admired,

لم تكن تعلم أني شاعر

ملهم أهوى فتون الطاهره

She didn't know that I was a poet

A lover who desires no chiding refrain, but seeks the eyes that captivate and reign,

An inspired one who loves the chaste

And a slender form that seized my gaze, leaving my spirit lost in a daze,

وحبيب لست أهوى عاتبا

أنما أهوى العيون الآسره

And a lover who does not complain reproachfully

With a loyalty I would never deny; does a branch reject its bird in the sky?

Rather I love captivating eyes

She asked while the hills were adorned in light, at sunrise with wishes blossoming bright,

وقواما أهيفا جلفني

ساهما خلف روحي سادره

And a slender, bending figure that followed

I wish she knew I am standing here; a poet who needs a poetess near,

My soul unswervingly

I said, "O sister, do not ask, do not plead; I am the lovestruck, loving a rare breed."

ووفاء لم أكن أنكره

أترى ينكر غصن طائره

And loyalty that I never denied

Does a bird's branch deny the bird?

سألتني والربى مزدانة

في شروق والأماني زاهره

She asked me while the young woman was adorned

In the rise of hopes and wishes in bloom

ليتها تدرك أني ها هنا

شاعر لابد لي من شاعره

I wish she knew that I'm still here

A poet who definitely needs a poetess

قلت يا أختاه لا لا تسالي

أنا ذاك الصب أهوى نادره

I said, oh sister, no, don't ask

I'm that young man who loves the rare