قالتْ وقدْ قلتُ اعْبَثي بهِ

يوماً وقد قامَتْ وقدْ نامَا

She said, and I had said, “Sport with him,”

One day when we had risen or had slept,

لوْ كان إسرافيلُ في رَاحَتي

ينفخُ في أَيركَ ما قامَا

If Israfil had been within my grasp

To blow upon thy brow when ye had slept!