إِنَّه مال ومَلاَّ

إِنَّه مال ومَلاَّ

وأَتى الطيف وسَلاَّ

وأَتى الطيف وسَلاَّ

Indeed, he swayed and swayed.

Indeed, he turned aside and grew weary;

and the apparition came, bearing a greeting,

And the apparition came and brought solace,

عاطلاً حتى لقد عا

عاطلاً حتى لقد عا

د من اللَّثم مُحلَّى

د من اللَّثم مُحلَّى

unadorned, until indeed it re—

Unadorned, until indeed it re-

—turned adorned by kissing.

turned from kisses, adorned.

كنت في تَقْبِيلِيَ الطَّيْـ

كنت في تَقْبِيلِيَ الطَّيْـ

ـفَ كَمنْ قبَّل ظِلاَّ

ـفَ كَمنْ قبَّل ظِلاَّ

I was, in kissing the phan—

I was, in my kissing the appari-

—tom, like one who kissed a shadow.

tion, like one who kissed a shadow.