1. رأتني ثريا شاحب اللون ناحلاً

    وقد بت من سقمي ألازم مضجعي

    Thurayya saw me, pale of complexion and gaunt,

    And my sickness had left me confined to my bed.

  2. فظنت بي الداء الوبيل واعرضت

    مخافة ان تبلى بدائي المروع

    So she thought I had a grave illness and turned away,

    Fearing she might be afflicted with my dreadful disease.

  3. وصارت إذا ما اقبلت لعيادتي

    تسائل عني خلسةً اهل مربعي

    And whenever she came to visit me in my sickness,

    She would secretly ask those in my dwelling about me.

  4. ويا عجبي والداءُ منها سرى إلى

    فؤادي يجري في عروقي واضلعي

    And how I marvel! The illness had crept from her into

    My heart, coursing through my veins and ribs.

  5. تناولته من ناهديها وثغرها

    تناولته بالمرشف المترضع

    I took it from her full breasts and her mouth;

    I took it with my sipping, suckling lips.

  6. وما أنا بالشاكي إلى الناس ما به

    ولا أنا بالباكي ولا المتوجع

    And I am not one who complains to people of what ails him,

    Nor am I one to weep or moan in pain.

  7. ولكن عيني تبصر الموت زاحفاً

    على كبدٍ مرضى وقلبٍ مصدع

    Yet my eye sees death creeping

    Over an ailing liver and a shattered heart.

  8. وما هالني أني أموت وإنما

    أرى الهول ان أمضي ولم أتودع

    And my dying has not terrified me; rather,

    I see the horror in departing without having said farewell.