سأرسلI shall send بيتاًa verse يجمعُunites الصدقَtruth والحُسناand beauty
سأرسل بيتاً يجمعُ الصدقَ والحُسنا
علىamid لوعةٍburning anguish تستغرِقُengulfs اللبَّreason والذهناand the mind
على لوعةٍ تستغرِقُ اللبَّ والذهنا
I shall send a verse that unites truth and beauty,
I will send a verse that brings together truth and beauty
Amid burning anguish that engulfs reason and mind.
Over a grief that occupies the mind and heart
غدوتُI have become نحولاًthinness واصفراراًand yellowness كتبنةٍlike a piece of straw
غدوتُ نحولاً واصفراراً كتبنةٍ
وفوكَand your mouth بجاديُّa garnet غداhas become يجذِبُattracts التبناthe straw
وفوكَ بجاديُّ غدا يجذِبُ التبنا
I have become as thin and yellow as a piece of straw,
I have become thin and sallow like parchment
And your mouth is a garnet that now attracts straw.
And spring tomorrow will pull the hay