لاdo not تَحسَبconsider زَورَةَa visit الكَرىslumber أَجفانيmy eyelids
لا تَحسَب زَورَةَ الكَرى أَجفاني
مِنfrom بَعدِكَafter you مِنamong شَواهِدِsigns السُلوانِforgetting
مِن بَعدِكَ مِن شَواهِدِ السُلوانِ
Do not count slumber’s visit to my eyelids
Do not think the fawn's visit has made me drowsy,
After your departure among the signs of forgetting.
After you, among the gazelles on the hills.
ماnot أَرسَلَتِthey sent forth الرُقادَsleep إِلّاexcept شَرَكاًa snare
ما أَرسَلَتِ الرُقادَ إِلّا شَرَكاً
تَصطادُthey catch بِهِwith it شَوارِدَwandering ones الغِزلانِthe gazelles
تَصطادُ بِهِ شَوارِدَ الغِزلانِ
They sent forth sleep only as a snare
Sleep has sent me only a partner
With which they catch the wandering gazelles.
To catch with it the stray thoughts of the gazelles.