قل لها .. إنه تأمَّل في دنياه

حيناً فعاد يحضنُ دمعه

Tell her.. That he contemplated his life

For a while, then went back to embracing his tears

راعه أنَّ عمره يتلاشى

مثل ما تُخمد الأعاصير شمعةْ

He was wary that his life is fading away

Like storms extinguishing a candle

وصباه يضيع منه .. كما ضاع

نداء.. تطوي المتاهات رجعه

And his youth is lost from him.. Like a call

That the labyrinths fold away its return

قل لها .. إنّه يفيق على جرح

وتغفو سنينه فوق لوعهْ

Tell her.. That he wakes up to a wound

And his years sleep on top of his agony

سكب الدهر من أساه رحيقا

فتحساه جُرعة إِثْر جُرعهْ

Life poured from his misfortune a draught

So he gulps it down one drink after another

قل لها .. إنه يهيم .. وأخشى

أن تواريه رحلة دون رجعهْ

Tell her.. That he wanders.. And I fear

That a journey without return will conceal him