كسانيclothed me ثوبيthe two robes of طعمةTuʿma الموتdeath إنّماnothing but التّـthe inheri-
كساني ثوبي طعمة الموت إنّما التّـ
ـراث-tance وإنand even if عزّis dear الحبيبthe beloved الغنائمthe spoils
ـراث وإن عزّ الحبيب الغنائم
Death clothed me in Tuʿma’s two robes; inheritance is but
My cloak's perfume is the food of death. Inheritance alone endures,
spoils, however dear the beloved.
Though the treasures of the beloved allure.
إذاwhenever نفحتwafted ريّاهماtheir fragrance (the two robes’) الرّيحthe wind نفحةًa breath
إذا نفحت ريّاهما الرّيح نفحةً
أبيتI pass the night كأنّيas though I were غضّةtender الطّرفthe eye; the gaze رائمa doe yearning for her young
أبيت كأنّي غضّة الطّرف رائم
Whenever the wind wafts a breath of their fragrance,
When the wind bears the scent of our land
I pass the night like a tender-eyed doe yearning for her young.
I feign sleep, though tears course down my face.