جاءتْكَ في طيفِ خيالٍ حكَتْ

طيفَ خيالٍ هزَّ أَعطافَهْ

She came to you in a dream of fantasy

A dream of fantasy that shook its sides

مصريةٌ في نورِ شاميةٍ

يا حينَ ذي الشمعةِ طوَّافَهْ

An Egyptian in the light of a Levantine

O time of the candle and its orbit