طيَّر النومَ عن جُفوني خيالٌ

طيَّر النومَ عن جُفوني خيالٌ

من حبيب فبتُّ أرعى الثُّريّا

من حبيب فبتُّ أرعى الثُّريّا

Sleep was driven from my eyelids by a vision

Sleep was chased from my eyes by a vision

Of a beloved; so I spent the night watching the Pleiades,

Of my beloved, so I stayed up herding the flocks

مُوجباً رَعْيها لكثرةِ تشبي

مُوجباً رَعْيها لكثرةِ تشبي

هِي لها بالذي أحبّ عَليّا

هِي لها بالذي أحبّ عَليّا

Deeming my watch over them, for my frequent likening

Urging them on though they were many

Of them to the one I love, incumbent upon me.

For she was distracted by the one I love

حَجَبوهُ لكي أُرى سالياً عن

حَجَبوهُ لكي أُرى سالياً عن

ه على نأيهِ فأُعقبتُ غَيَّا

ه على نأيهِ فأُعقبتُ غَيَّا

They hid him away so that I might seem to have forgotten

They hid him from me so I would stop

Him because of his distance; yet I was left with infatuation.

Pining for him from afar, but I only grew more lost

لم يَروا أن كلَّما شطَّ عني

لم يَروا أن كلَّما شطَّ عني

زادَهُ بعدُه اقتراباً إليَّا

زادَهُ بعدُه اقتراباً إليَّا

They did not realize that whenever he drew far from me,

They did not see that every time they pulled him

His distance brought him closer to me.

Further away, he only drew nearer to me after