دَعَا صُرَدٌ يَوماً عَلَى عُودِ شَوحَطٍ

دَعَا صُرَدٌ يَوماً عَلَى عُودِ شَوحَطٍ

وصاحَ بِذاتِ البَينِ مِنها غُرابُها

وصاحَ بِذاتِ البَينِ مِنها غُرابُها

A shrike called one day upon a shawḥaṭ bough;

A sparrow called out one day on shoots of artemisia

And her raven cried out, heralding parting from her.

And shouted to her who was separated from him, to his raven

فَقُلتُ أَتَصريدٌ وشَحطٌ وغُربَةٌ

فَقُلتُ أَتَصريدٌ وشَحطٌ وغُربَةٌ

فَهَذا لَعَمري نَأيُها واغترِابها

فَهَذا لَعَمري نَأيُها واغترِابها

So I said, “Is this deprivation, distance, and exile?”

So I said, a sparrow and artemisia and separation -

So this, by my life, is her remoteness and exile.

By my life, this is indeed her remoteness and estrangement