عانقتُها يومَ النَّوَى ولدمعِها

عانقتُها يومَ النَّوَى ولدمعِها

متحدَّرٌ ولقلِبها خفقانُ

متحدَّرٌ ولقلِبها خفقانُ

I embraced her on the day of parting, while her tears

I embraced her on the day of parting, while her tears

Streamed down and her heart was pounding.

Flowed down, and her heart pounded.

ولِسانُها خَرس ولكن للهوى

ولِسانُها خَرس ولكن للهوى

في دمعِ مقلتها فمٌ ولِسانُ

في دمعِ مقلتها فمٌ ولِسانُ

And her tongue was mute, yet love had

Her tongue was silent, but for love,

A mouth and a tongue in the tears of her eye.

In the tears of her eyelids there was a mouth and tongue.

وحتى إذا احترّ الوَداع وأَحرقتْ

وحتى إذا احترّ الوَداع وأَحرقتْ

أكبادَنا بلهيبها الأشجانُ

أكبادَنا بلهيبها الأشجانُ

And when at last farewell grew hot, and sorrows scorched

Until when the pain of farewell burned

Our hearts with their blaze,

Our livers with its flames,

لاحت بدورُ التِّمّ تحت برَاقِع

لاحت بدورُ التِّمّ تحت برَاقِع

ثم انثنى تحتَ المُروطِ البان

ثم انثنى تحتَ المُروطِ البان

Full moons appeared beneath veils,

The houses of the tribe appeared with their veils.

Then the bān trees bent beneath the mantles.

Then it bent away under the swaying litters.

وأَفضْنَ ماءَ عيونِهنّ فجال في

وأَفضْنَ ماءَ عيونِهنّ فجال في

تلك الخدودِ كأنّه عِقْيان

تلك الخدودِ كأنّه عِقْيان

And they poured forth the water of their eyes, which coursed across

And they poured the water of their eyes, so it flowed on

Those cheeks as though it were pure gold.

Those cheeks, as if it were 'Aqyan.