قَالَتْ أَراكَ قَد انحني

قَالَتْ أَراكَ قَد انحني

تَ فقلتُ مِن غِيَرَ اللَّيالي

تَ فقلتُ مِن غِيَرَ اللَّيالي

She said, “I see you have bent

She said, "I see you have bent low."

over.” I said, “From the vicissitudes of the nights.

So I said, "It's not from the nights."

قَدْ كنْتُ سَهْماً في اليمي

قَدْ كنْتُ سَهْماً في اليمي

نِ فَصِرْتُ سَهْماً في الشِّمالِ

نِ فَصِرْتُ سَهْماً في الشِّمالِ

I once was an arrow in the right

I used to be an arrow in the right hand,

hand; now I have become an arrow in the left hand.”

Then I became an arrow in the left.