آبَ هَذا الهَمُّ فَاِكتَنَعا

وَأَتَرَّ النَومَ فَاِمتَنَعا

This anxiety has made me cease to eat,

And disrupted my sleep completely.

جالِساً لِلنَجمِ أَرقُبُها

فَإِذا ما كَوكَبٌ طَلَعا

Sitting watching the stars, waiting for one to rise,

But when a planet appeared,

صارَ حَتّى أَنَّني لا أَرى

أَنَّهُ بِالغَورِ قَد وَقَعا

I can hardly see,

That it has set in the west.

وَلَها بِالماطرونَ إِذا

أَكَلَ النَملُ الَّذي جَمَعا

It has rained so much,

The ants have eaten their stored grains.

خُرفَةٌ حَتّى إِذا رَبَعَت

ذَكَرَت مِن جِلَّقٍ بيعا

So old its dwellings are decaying,

It recalls a long gone sale.

في قِبابٍ حَولَ دَسكَرَةٍ بَينَها

الزَيتونُ قَد يَنَعا

In domes around Daskara,

Olive trees grow in abundance.