ولقد ذكرتك والنجوم كأنها

ولقد ذكرتك والنجوم كأنها

درٌ على أرض من الفيروزجِ

درٌ على أرض من الفيروزجِ

And indeed I remembered you, while the stars were like

I recalled you as the stars appeared

pearls upon a ground of turquoise.

Like pearls strewn on turquoise earth

يلمعن من خلل السحاب كأنها

يلمعن من خلل السحاب كأنها

شررٌ تطاير في دخان العرفج

شررٌ تطاير في دخان العرفج

They shone through gaps in the clouds, as though they were

Gleaming through the clouds as if they were

sparks flying in the smoke of the arfaj shrub.

Sparks flying up from aloesmoke

والأفق أهلك من خواطر كاسبٍ

والأفق أهلك من خواطر كاسبٍ

بالشعر يستجدي اللئام ويرتجي

بالشعر يستجدي اللئام ويرتجي

And the horizon was more desolate than the thoughts of someone earning a living

The horizon robbed a poetry merchant

through poetry, begging the ignoble and hoping.

Of his thoughts, begging, hoping for crumbs

فمزجت دمعي بالدماء ولم أكن

فمزجت دمعي بالدماء ولم أكن

صِرفَ الهوى والعهد إن لم أمزِجِ

صِرفَ الهوى والعهد إن لم أمزِجِ

So I mingled my tears with blood, and I would not be

So I mixed my tears with blood, though I hadn't

pure in love and fidelity if I did not mingle them.

Twisted love and loyalty if I didn't mix them