يا من أمال قوامه

يا من أمال قوامه

مر النسيم وقد سرى

مر النسيم وقد سرى

O you whose figure was swayed

O you whose hopes are erect

by the passing breeze as it wafted by,

The breeze passed by and flowed

ورنا بطرفٍ أسودٍ

ورنا بطرفٍ أسودٍ

فرايتُ موتا أحمرا

فرايتُ موتا أحمرا

and who gazed with a dark eye,

And sang to me with a black eyelid

so I saw a red death—

So I saw a red death

أشكو إليك محاجراً

أشكو إليك محاجراً

قد قاطعت سنة الكرى

قد قاطعت سنة الكرى

I complain to you of eyes

I complain to you of eyelids

that have forsaken sleep's drowsiness,

That have interrupted the years of fate

ومدامعاً أطلقتها

ومدامعاً أطلقتها

وغفلت عما قد جرى

وغفلت عما قد جرى

and tear ducts you have set flowing,

And tears I let loose

while you were heedless of what had come to pass.

And forgot what has happened