عنْدَما لاحَتْ بعَيْني بَرَدَهْ

قصَدَ الوقْتُ بِها ما قَصَدَهْ

When her coldness caught my eye,

Time meant by it what it meant.

قلْتُ يا قوْمُ حَصاةٌ قُذِفَتْ

شَرَدَ النّوْمُ بِها مَنْ شَرَدَهْ

I said, "O people, a pebble was cast,

By it sleep was disturbed, whoever it disturbed."

حامَ سِرْبُ النّوْمِ للوِرْدِ بهِ

ثَمّ لمّا طُرِحَتْ ما وَرَدَهْ

The flock of sleep hovered over the roses,

Then when it was cast off, it missed what it sought.