أبصرتُ في المرآةِ وجهي أصفرا

أبصرتُ في المرآةِ وجهي أصفرا

فذكرتُ زهراً في الصباح تنثَّرا

فذكرتُ زهراً في الصباح تنثَّرا

I saw my face pale yellow in the mirror,

I saw my face yellow in the mirror

So I recalled flowers scattered in the morning.

And I remembered a flower scattering in the morning

لما مَرَرتُ بدارِ لُبنى أنكرَت

لما مَرَرتُ بدارِ لُبنى أنكرَت

ما كان من عهد الشباب وما جرى

ما كان من عهد الشباب وما جرى

When I passed by Lubna’s house, she did not recognize

When I passed by Lubna's house, she did not recognize me

What had been in youth’s days, and what had passed.

What was from the days of youth and what has passed

وتأمَّلتُ وجهي فلاقت عينُها

وتأمَّلتُ وجهي فلاقت عينُها

عَيني فأصبحَ دمعُها متحدِّرا

عَيني فأصبحَ دمعُها متحدِّرا

And I studied my face; then her eye met

And I looked at my face, and her eyes met

Mine, and her tears began streaming down.

My eyes, so her tears started flowing

وحنت عليَّ تقولُ ما هذا الضَّنى

وحنت عليَّ تقولُ ما هذا الضَّنى

فلقد عَهدتُكَ غُصنَ وردٍ مُزهِرا

فلقد عَهدتُكَ غُصنَ وردٍ مُزهِرا

And she took pity on me, saying, “What is this wasting illness?

She grieved for me, saying "What is this sadness?"

For I once knew you as a rose bough in bloom.

For I knew you as a blossoming rose branch

عيناكَ عرَّفتاكَ في نكري إلى

عيناكَ عرَّفتاكَ في نكري إلى

قلبٍ بنورِهِما استَدَلَّ وأبصرا

قلبٍ بنورِهِما استَدَلَّ وأبصرا

Your eyes made you known, despite my failure to recognize you, to

Your eyes made you known to me in my denial

A heart that took guidance from their light and saw.”

To a heart that saw by their light and perceived

فأجبتُها إنَّ الشعورَ أذابَني

فأجبتُها إنَّ الشعورَ أذابَني

والزهرُ قبلَ أوانهِ قد نوَّرا

والزهرُ قبلَ أوانهِ قد نوَّرا

So I answered her, “Indeed, feeling has melted me,

So I answered her "Feelings melted me away

And the flowers have already bloomed before their time.”

And the flower bloomed early before its time"