يَا هِنْدُ لاَ تُنْكِرِي فِي الأَرْضِ مُضْطَرَبِي

فَإِنَّمَا أَبْتَغِي العَلْيَاءَ لِي وَلَكِ

O Hind, do not deny on earth my restless desire,

For I only seek the exalted for me and you,

قَالَتْ أَرَاكَ حَثِيْثَ السَّيْر قُلْتُ لَهَا

وَالْبَدْرُ أَيْضَاً حَثِيْثُ السَّيْرِ فِي الفَلَكِ

She said, "I see you travel hastily," I said to her,

"The moon also travels hastily in its orbit."

وَقَدْ مُنِيْتُ بِدَهْرٍ لَيْسَ يُنْصِفُنِي

وَمَا عَلِمْتُ لَهُ فِي ذَاكَ مِنْ دَرَكِ

I have been afflicted with a time that does not do me justice,

And I have not known it to have any flaw in that.