1. غَداً يا خَيالي تَنتَهي ضَحِكاتُنا

    وَآلامُنا تَفنى وَتَفنى المَشاعِرُ

    Tomorrow, O my imagination, our laughter will end.

    And our pains will perish, and feelings will perish.

  2. وَتُسلِمُنا أَيدي الحَياةِ إِلى البِلى

    وَيَحكُمُ فينا المَوتُ وَالمَوتُ جائِرُ

    And the hands of life will surrender us to decay.

    And death will pass judgment on us—and death is unjust.

  3. جَلَستُ عَلى الصَخرِ الوَحيدِ وَحيداً

    وَأَرسَلتُ طَرفي في الفَضاءِ شَريدا

    I sat alone upon the solitary rock.

    And sent my gaze wandering into the vastness.

  4. وَكَفكَفتُ دَمعاً لا يُكَفكَفُ غَربُهُ

    وَواسَيتُ قَلباً في الضُلوعِ عَميدا

    And wiped away tears whose torrent cannot be checked.

    And consoled a heart stricken within my ribs.

  5. أَرى صَفحَةَ الآمالِ قَد ضاقَ أُفقُها

    وَلاحَ عَلى اليَأسِ البَعيدِ مَديدا

    I see the page of hopes: its horizon has narrowed,

    And it looms, stretching far over distant despair.

  6. لَقَد عِشتُ في دُنيا الخَيالِ مُعَذَّباً

    فَيا لَيتَ شِعري هَل أَموتُ سَعيدا

    Indeed, I have lived tormented in the world of imagination.

    So, would that I knew: shall I die happy?

  7. كَأَنَّ حَياتي غُنوَةٌ بَدَوِيَّةٌ

    شَدَّتها اللَيالي لِلقُرونِ بِلا مَعنى

    It is as though my life were a Bedouin song.

    The nights have bound it to the centuries, without meaning.

  8. كَأَنّي أَنا فيها شَجى نَغَماتِها

    أَقامَت لَها ذِكرى تَحُفُّ بِها الأُذُنا

    As though I myself were, within it, the sorrow of its notes;

    They have given it a memory that ears enfold.

  9. لَئِن فاتَني عَهدُ الشَبابِ وَلَهوُهُ

    فَإِنّي بِعُمري لَستُ آبَهُ أَو أُعنى

    Even if youth's season and its pleasures have passed me by,

    Yet I neither heed my lifespan nor concern myself with it.

  10. فَرُبَّ هَواءٍ طافَ في اللَحنِ وَأَمَحّى

    يُخَلَّدُ عَن ريحٍ مُعمِرَةٍ قَرنا

    For many a breath of air that wandered through the melody and vanished

    Is immortalized, outlasting a wind that endures a century.

  11. لَقَد كُنتُ في الدُنيا جَمالاً يَزينُها

    بِما شادَهُ شِعري عَلى هَذِهِ الدُنيا

    Indeed, I was a beauty in the world, adorning it

    With what my poetry built upon this world.

  12. خَلَقتُ لِروحي سِحرَها لا لِغَيرِها

    وَمِن أَجلِها أَقضي وَمِن أَجلِها أَحيا

    I created my soul's magic for it, not for any other.

    And for its sake I die, and for its sake I live.

  13. إِذا ذَبُلَ النارِنجُ عاشَ عَبيرُهُ

    وَكانَ لَهُ في الوَهمِ مِن نَفحِهِ مَحيا

    When the bitter orange withers, its fragrance lives on,

    And in fancy it has a life through its wafting scent.

  14. وَيَخلُدُ بَعدَ البَدرِ في الفِكرِ رَونَقٌ

    يُغَذّي خَيالي الشِعرَ وَالحُبَّ وَالوَحيا

    And after the full moon, a radiance endures in thought,

    Nourishing my imagination with poetry, love, and inspiration.