أقول مرّت ظبيتان فصدّتا

أقول مرّت ظبيتان فصدّتا

وراعتهما مني مفارق شيب

وراعتهما مني مفارق شيب

I say: two gazelles passed by, then turned away;

I say, two does crossed my path,

and the gray at my hair’s partings startled them both.

And an old man herded them away from me.

أأطيش ما كانت سهامي عنكما

أأطيش ما كانت سهامي عنكما

تصدان عني إنّ ذا لعجيب

تصدان عني إنّ ذا لعجيب

Is it when my arrows stray farthest from you both

Would my arrows go astray, were they aimed at you?

that you turn away from me? This is strange indeed.

That you should turn them away from me is strange indeed.