مِن عَكسِ سواد أَعيُن الدَهماءِ

مِن عَكسِ سواد أَعيُن الدَهماءِ

في خَدِّكَ لَطخةٌ مِنَ الظَلماءِ

في خَدِّكَ لَطخةٌ مِنَ الظَلماءِ

From the reflected blackness of the crowd’s eyes,

From the opposite of the blackness of sad eyes

a blot of darkness lies on your cheek.

On your cheek is a smudge of darkness

بَل وَجهُك ذا مَرَّ بِقَلبي قِدماً

بَل وَجهُك ذا مَرَّ بِقَلبي قِدماً

فاِستَصحَبَ مِنهُ أَثَرَ السَوداءِ

فاِستَصحَبَ مِنهُ أَثَرَ السَوداءِ

Rather, this face of yours passed through my heart long ago,

But your face which once passed through my heart

and carried away from it a trace of black bile.

Took with it a trace of blackness