وريَّانَ من ماءِ الشَّبابِ تَهافَتَتْ

وريَّانَ من ماءِ الشَّبابِ تَهافَتَتْ

به نَشَواتٌ مِن صِباً ودَلالِ

به نَشَواتٌ مِن صِباً ودَلالِ

And one brimming with the water of youth—there surged

Springs of youth once bubbled and scattered,

Within him raptures of youth and coyness,

With saplings of early life and charm.

كما اهتزَّ بانٌ من أَكاليلِ رَوضةٍ

كما اهتزَّ بانٌ من أَكاليلِ رَوضةٍ

تُلاعبهُ ريحا صَباً وشمالِ

تُلاعبهُ ريحا صَباً وشمالِ

As a bān tree swayed among a garden’s garlands,

Like a branch in a garden of garlands

The east and north winds playing with it.

Swayed gently by zephyr and storm.

تَعلَّمَ منهُ الهَجرَ طَيفُ خَيالهِ

تَعلَّمَ منهُ الهَجرَ طَيفُ خَيالهِ

هُدُوّاً فما يَلقاهُ طَيفُ خيالِي

هُدُوّاً فما يَلقاهُ طَيفُ خيالِي

The phantom of his image learned estrangement from him,

From it estrangement my phantom learned,

In the still of night, so the phantom of my image never meets it.

So it shuns me, and shuns my phantom's call.

وأَعرضَ حتى عادَ يُعرضُ في المُنَى

وأَعرضَ حتى عادَ يُعرضُ في المُنَى

ويَمنَعُ ذِكراهُ الخُطورَ ببالي

ويَمنَعُ ذِكراهُ الخُطورَ ببالي

And he turned away, till he turned away even in my wishes,

And it turned away, till in death it spurned,

And keeps the memory of him from crossing my mind.

Denying my heart its memory's thrall.