1. لم أنسَ خفقَ القلبِ في موقفٍ

    أعرَضنَ عني مائسات القدود

    I have not forgotten the heart's flutter at an encounter,

    when those with swaying figures turned away from me.

  2. فقلتُ يا مسكين ماذا جرَى

    من أين هذي النار بعد الخمود

    So I said, O poor one, what has happened?

    Whence this fire after it had died down?

  3. عاهدتني يا قلبُ تسلو الهوى

    يا كارهَ السلوانِ أين العهود

    You promised me, O heart, you would forget love.

    O you who hate forgetting, where are your vows?

  4. قلبي زمانُ المعجزات انقضى

    ونحن في الدّنيَا قطعنَا الحدود

    My heart, the age of miracles has passed,

    and in this world we have crossed the bounds.

  5. ماذا ترجّى اليومَ يا خافقاً

    أفي حِمى السبعين غير الصّدود

    What do you hope for today, O throbbing heart?

    Is there anything in the precincts of seventy but rejection?