قَد هاجَ قَلبي مَحضَرُ

أَقوى وَرَبعٌ مُقفِرُ

My heart is stirred by the traces

Of a campsite now laid to waste

رَبعٌ لِهِندٍ قَد عَفا

قَد كانَ حيناً يُعمَرُ

A campsite once lived in by a beloved

Though now it lies empty and defaced

وَجاءَني بِبَينِهِم

ثَقفٌ لَطيفٌ مُخبِرُ

There came to me a messenger kind

Who told me news of their fate

تِربٌ لِهِندٍ غادَةٌ

تِلكَ غَزالٌ مُعصِرُ

The campsite of a beloved now lost

Like a tender gazelle brought to its death

إِنَّ الخَليطَ رائِحٌ

قَبلَ الصَباحِ يُبكِرُ

The scent of them lingers still

Before the dawn makes its way

بانوا بِأَمثالِ الدُمى

بَل دونَهُنَّ الصُوَرُ

They were the fairest of all mankind

None could match their grace and beauty

فيهِنَّ هِندٌ لَيتَني

ما عُمِّرَت أُعَمَّرُ

Would that I had lived when they did

And fate allowed us to be together

حَتّى إِذا ما جاءَها

حَتفٌ أَتاني القَدَرُ

But alas, when death came for them

Destiny tore us apart forever