ونائحٍ في غُصونِ الأَيكِ أرَّقني

وما عُنيتُ بشيءٍ ظَلَّ يَعْنيهِ

A mourner in the branches of a Tamarisk tree kept me awake

And I paid no attention to anything that continued to grieve him

مُطَوَّقٍ بعقودٍ ما يُزايلُهُ

حتى تُفارِقهُ إحدى تَراقيهِ

Enchained with necklaces that will not leave him

Until one of his collarbones leaves him

قد باتَ يَبكي لشجوٍ ما دَريتُ بهِ

وبتُّ أبكي بشجوٍ ليس يدريهِ

He spent the night weeping for a grief I did not know of

And I spent the night weeping for a grief he does not know of