1. ويا امرأةً عَرَاني ما عراها

    وأورق في فمي منها نشيدُ

    And O woman, what befell her has befallen me.

    And from her a song put forth leaves in my mouth.

  2. وأزهر في العشايا طيف وعدٍ

    يناجيه، ويكلؤه القصيد

    And in the evenings the phantom of a promise blossomed.

    Poetry whispers to it and watches over it.

  3. تضل خطًا، أغاريد السواقي

    إذا لم يقْفُ وجهك، ما تريد

    The songs of the watercourses stray in their steps

    If what you desire does not follow your face.

  4. وتَنْبَتُّ الدروبُ إذا أضاعت

    مرايانا وتُغتال الوعود

    And the roads are cut off if they lose

    Our mirrors, and promises are slain.

  5. إذا شهق الزمان فَعَنْ أسانا

    وإن غنّى فنحن به النشيد

    If time sobs, it is from our sorrow,

    And if it sings, we are the song within it.