وشى العاذلونَ بأني سلوت

وأنَّ الجفونَ ألفنَ الرقادْ

The talebearers whispered that I was sleeping,

That my eyelids were used to slumber.

فلما رأتني من خدرها

أشارتْ لقلبي بالابتعادْ

But when she saw me numb from it,

She gestured to my heart to distance itself.

وهزتَ ستارتها باليدينِ

تعلمني كيفَ خفقُ الفؤادْ

And she shook her veil with both hands -

Teaching me how a heart flutters and pounds.