وَلَمّا أَقلَعَت سُفُنُ المَطايا

وَلَمّا أَقلَعَت سُفُنُ المَطايا

بِريحِ الوَجدِ في لُجَجِ السَرابِ

بِريحِ الوَجدِ في لُجَجِ السَرابِ

And when the ships of the mounts set sail

When the ships of desire set sail

On the wind of longing through the deep waters of the mirage,

On the winds of passion into mirages of illusion,

جَرى نَظَري وَراءَهُم إِلى أَن

جَرى نَظَري وَراءَهُم إِلى أَن

تَكسَّرَ بَينَ أَمواجِ الهِضابِ

تَكسَّرَ بَينَ أَمواجِ الهِضابِ

My gaze ran after them until

My gaze followed after them until

It shattered amid the waves of the hills.

They were wrecked among the waves of yearning.

فَرُحتُ أَخوضُ بِحراً مِن دُموعي

فَرُحتُ أَخوضُ بِحراً مِن دُموعي

زِيادَتُهُ عَصَفَ اِنتِحابي

زِيادَتُهُ عَصَفَ اِنتِحابي

So I began to wade through a sea of my tears,

Then I rejoiced to cross a sea of my tears

Swelled by the tempest of my sobbing.

Whose surging increased my bewilderment.