أزِفَ الرَّحيلُ فودَّعتْني مُقْلةٌ

أوْحتْ إليَّ جُفونُها بسَلامِ

The time of departure drew near, so a darling bid me farewell,

Her eyelids conveyed to me a message of peace,

وتَطلَّعتْ بينَ الحُدوجِ كأنَّها

شمسٌ تَطلَّعُ في خِلالِ غَمامِ

And she looked between the cheeks as if she were

A sun peering through the clouds' midst.

وشكَتْ تَباريحَ الصَّبابةِ والهَوى

بمدامعٍ نَطقتْ بغَيرِ كلامِ

She complained of the tenderness of youth and passion

With tears that spoke without words,

كمهاةِ رَملٍ قد تَربَّعتِ الحِمَى

بينَ الظُّباءِ العُفر والآرامِ

Like the sands of a dune where the heat mirage

Shimmers between the motley grasses and sands.

حتَّى إذا ضَربَ المصيفُ رُواقَهُ

صافَتْ بظلِّ أراكَةٍ وبشامِ

Until when summer pitched its canopy,

She rested in the shade of an arâkah-tree and perfumed herbs.