أَنَسٌ قادَني إِلى الحَينِ حَتّى

صادَفَتنا عَشِيَّةً بِالجِمارِ

A friend led me to the moment when

We met one evening at the glowing embers

قالَ لي اِنظُر وَلَيتَني لَم أُطِعهُ

وَبَلى لَستُ سابِقاً مِقداري

He said to me "Look!" - Oh, would that I'd not obeyed! -

Alas, my fate is not for me to race before.

فَبَدا لي تَحتَ السُجوفِ شُعاعٌ

كادَ يُعشي شُعاعَ شَمسِ النَهارِ

Beneath the canopy there shone a gleam

That almost matched the daytime's brilliant beam.