1. لَقَد ذَكرتكَ وَالبحرُ الخِضمُّ طغت

    أَمواجُه وَالوَرى مِنهُ عَلى سَفَرِ

    Indeed I remembered you as the vast sea surged

    With its waves, while people were voyaging upon it.

  2. في لَيلَةٍ أَسدَلت جلبابَ ظلمتها

    وَغابَ كَوكَبُها عَن أَعينِ البَشَرِ

    On a night that drew down the cloak of its darkness,

    And its star disappeared from human eyes.

  3. وَالماءُ تَحت وَفَوق المُزن وَاكفهُ

    وَالبَرقُ يَستَلُّ أَسيافاً مِن الشَرَرِ

    Water lay below; above, the rain clouds poured it down,

    And lightning unsheathed swords of sparks.

  4. وَالفُلكُ في وَسَط الماءين تحسبُها

    عَيناً وَقَد أَطبَقَت شفراً عَلى شَفَرِ

    And the ship between the two waters—you would think it

    An eye that had closed one lid upon the other.

  5. وَالروح مِن حَزَنٍ راحَت وَقَد وَردت

    صَدري فَيا لكَ مِن ورد بلا صَدَرِ

    And my soul departed from grief, having entered

    My breast—oh, what an arrival without departure!

  6. هَذا وَشَخصُكَ لا يَنفك في خَلَدي

    وَفي فُؤادي وَفي سَمعي وَفي بَصَري

    All this, while your form remains ever in my mind,

    And in my heart, and in my hearing, and in my sight.