1. وَكُنتُ علَى وَعْدٍ من الطَّيْفِ بُرْهَةً

    فَلَّما بَدا لي بَعْدَ مَطْلٍ بَدا لَهُ

    And for a while I had a promise from the dream-phantom;

    but when he appeared to me after delay, he changed his mind.

  2. وَأَعْرََضَ إعْراضَ الحَبِيبِ كأَنّني

    أَرَى مِِثلَهُ في طَيفِهِ ومَلالَهُ

    And he turned away as the beloved turns away, as though I

    see his likeness and his boredom in his phantom.

  3. وَوَلّى وَدَمعي خَلفَهُ وَهْوَ لا يَرَى

    كَعَادَتهِ في الحبِّ لالي ولالَهُ

    And he departed, my tears behind him, showing no regard—

    as is his way in love—for me or for himself.