وَشَادنٍ ذِي حَاجِبٍ

وَشَادنٍ ذِي حَاجِبٍ

حَجَّبَ عَنِّي الوَسَنَا

حَجَّبَ عَنِّي الوَسَنَا

And a fawn with an eyebrow

With lids shadowed dark

that has kept slumber from me—

Your long lashes barred me from you

الْمَوْتُ مِنْهُ يَا فَتًى

الْمَوْتُ مِنْهُ يَا فَتًى

بحَاجِبٍ قَدْ قُرِنَا

بحَاجِبٍ قَدْ قُرِنَا

death from him, O young man,

Death parts us, o youth

has been paired with an eyebrow.

Though once intertwined brows