اِهاجَ هَواكَ المَنزل المُتَقادِم

نِعم وَبِهِ مِمّا شَجاكَ مَعالِم

The winds of your love have stirred the ancient abode -

Yes, and thereby landmarks from what pained you.

مضارِب اوتاد وَاشعَث دائِر

مُقيم وَسُفع في المحل جَواثم

Tents of tent-pegs and a wandering retreat -

Settled yet with disheveled interior.

لَقَد راعَني لِلبَينِ نَوح حمامَة

عَلى غُصن بان جاوَبتُها حَمائِم

The cooing of a dove mourning separation has startled me -

I answered it on a branch with sighs.

هَواتِف اما من بكين فَعهَدهُ

قَديم وَاما شجوهُن فَدائِم

Whether the voices crying are from those who are leaving, their pact is old -

Or whether it is their endless laments.