1. وَعاتَبتُها بِاللّطفِ في طولِ هَجرِها

    وَقَد أَنعَمت بَعدَ البعادِ بِزَورَتي

    And I gently reproached her for her long estrangement,

    When, after separation, she had graced me with a visit.

  2. وَجَبهَتها الغرّا عَلَيها

    كَواكِبُ بَينَ السالفين تَبَدَّتِ

    And upon her radiant forehead

    Stars appeared between her two sidelocks.

  3. فَمرَّت عَليها بِالهلالِ فَشمتها

    عَنِ الشّمسِ تَحتَ اللّيلِ غابَت وَخرَّتِ

    Then she passed the crescent over it, and I beheld her,

    Away from the sun; beneath the night, she vanished and fell.