جاءتْكَ في طيفِ خيالٍ حكَتْ

خيالَ طيفٍ هزَّْ أعطافَهْ

Came to you in the specter of fantasy

Told the fantasy of a specter that shook its sides

مصريةٌ في نورِ شاميةٍ

يا حينَ ذي الشمعةِ طوَّافَهْ

Egyptian in the light of a Levantine

O time of the candle and its orbit