لم أنسَ شمسَ الضُحى تُطالِعُني

لم أنسَ شمسَ الضُحى تُطالِعُني

ونحنُ من رقبَةٍ على فَرَقِ

ونحنُ من رقبَةٍ على فَرَقِ

I have not forgotten the midmorning sun gazing at me,

I have not forgotten the morning sun shining upon me

While we were fearful of being watched,

While we were being led by the neck in chains

وجفنُ عيني بدمعه شَرِقٌ

وجفنُ عيني بدمعه شَرِقٌ

لمّا بَدَت في مُعَصفَرٍ شَرَقِ

لمّا بَدَت في مُعَصفَرٍ شَرَقِ

And my eyelid was choked with its tears,

And my eyelids flooding with tears

When she appeared in a vivid red, safflower-dyed robe,

When it rose in the yellowish horizon

كأنّه أدمعي ووجنَتُها

كأنّه أدمعي ووجنَتُها

لمّا رَمَتنا الوشاةُ بالحَدَقِ

لمّا رَمَتنا الوشاةُ بالحَدَقِ

As though it were my tears and her cheek,

As if my tears and its cheeks

When the slanderers assailed us with their eyes.

When the slanderers stared at us with enmity

ثُمَّ تَغَطَّت بُكُمِّها خَجَلاً

ثُمَّ تَغَطَّت بُكُمِّها خَجَلاً

كالشمس غابت في حُمرةِ الشَفَقِ

كالشمس غابت في حُمرةِ الشَفَقِ

Then she covered herself with her sleeve, bashfully,

Then it hid its tearful face in shame

Like the sun vanishing in the red of twilight.

Like the sun sets in the redness of sunset