حَيِّيا أَثلَةَ إِذ جَدَّ رَواح
وَسَلاها هَل لِعانٍ مِن سَراح
Greetings to Athalah when she hurried at dawn
And bid it farewell, "Is there no respite for grief?"
هَل لِمَتبولٍ بِها مُستَقبَلٌ
دَنَفِ القَلبِ عَميدٍ غَيرِ صاح
"Is there no future for the lovesick one in it?"
The heart throbs except for the cry of agony.
كانَ وَالوُدَّ الَّذي يَشكو بِها
كَمَريقِ الماءِ في الأَرضِ الشَحاح
It was the love that laments through her
Like the flow of water in arid land.
أَيُّها السائِلُنا عَن حُبِّها
تُكثِرُ المَنطِقَ في غَيرِ اِتِّضاح
O you who asked about our love for her
You speak much without clarification.
خُلِقَت ذِكرَتُها مِن شيمَتي
ما أَضاءَ الأَرضَ تَبليجُ الصَباح
The memory of her was created from my nature
Not since the dawn illuminated the earth.
ما لَها عِندِيَ مِن هَجرٍ وَلا
سِرُّها عِندِيَ بِالفاشي المُباح
She has no estrangement or secrecy with me
Her secret is open with me.
تَسأَلُ الوُدَّ وَوَدَّت أَنَّني
بَينَ أَسيافِ الأَعادي وَالرِماح
You ask of love while I loved that
I am between the swords of enemies and spears.
قادَتِ العَينُ إِلَيها قَلبَهُ
عَقِبَ التَشريقِ مِن يَومِ الأَضاح
My heart followed my eyes leading to her
After sunrise from the day of sacrifice.
نَظرَةٌ بِالعَينِ أَدَّت سَقَماً
نَظرَةٌ يَوماً وَصَحبي بِالصِفاح
A glance of the eye caused sickness
A glance one day while my friend looked on.
أَحدَثَت رَدعاً وَرَجعاً بَعدَما
طَمِعَ العائِدُ مِنّا بِالسَراح
It caused refusal and return after
The returning one hoped to be released from me.
وَشَكَوتُ الحُبَّ مِنها صادِقاً
لَيلَةَ المَأزِمِ في قَولٍ صُراح
I complained of love sincerely from her
The night of affliction in candid words.
واقِفَ البِرذَونِ أُخفي مَنطِقي
مُظهِراً عُذرِيَ في غَيرِ نَجاح
Standing, I hid my speech in the cloak
Pretending unsuccessfully to excuse myself.
لَن تَقودينِيَ بِالهَجرِ وَلَن
تُدرِكي وُدّي بِجَدٍّ وَاِطِّراح
You will not lead me to abandonment, and you will not
Attain my love with effort and exertion.
