آبَ هَذا الهَمُّ فَاِكتَنَعا

آبَ هَذا الهَمُّ فَاِكتَنَعا

وَأَتَرَّ النَومَ فَاِمتَنَعا

وَأَتَرَّ النَومَ فَاِمتَنَعا

This sorrow returned, then closed in,

This anxiety has made me cease to eat,

And drove sleep away, so it would not come.

And disrupted my sleep completely.

جالِساً لِلنَجمِ أَرقُبُها

جالِساً لِلنَجمِ أَرقُبُها

فَإِذا ما كَوكَبٌ طَلَعا

فَإِذا ما كَوكَبٌ طَلَعا

Sitting, I keep watch over the stars;

Sitting watching the stars, waiting for one to rise,

And whenever a star rises,

But when a planet appeared,

صارَ حَتّى أَنَّني لا أَرى

صارَ حَتّى أَنَّني لا أَرى

أَنَّهُ بِالغَورِ قَد وَقَعا

أَنَّهُ بِالغَورِ قَد وَقَعا

It moves on, until I cannot see

I can hardly see,

That it has fallen into the lowland.

That it has set in the west.

وَلَها بِالماطرونَ إِذا

وَلَها بِالماطرونَ إِذا

أَكَلَ النَملُ الَّذي جَمَعا

أَكَلَ النَملُ الَّذي جَمَعا

And she has at al-Matirun, when

It has rained so much,

The ants have eaten what they gathered,

The ants have eaten their stored grains.

خُرفَةٌ حَتّى إِذا رَبَعَت

خُرفَةٌ حَتّى إِذا رَبَعَت

ذَكَرَت مِن جِلَّقٍ بيعا

ذَكَرَت مِن جِلَّقٍ بيعا

Fruit to gather—until, when she spends the spring,

So old its dwellings are decaying,

She recalls churches in Jillaq,

It recalls a long gone sale.

في قِبابٍ حَولَ دَسكَرَةٍ بَينَها

في قِبابٍ حَولَ دَسكَرَةٍ بَينَها

الزَيتونُ قَد يَنَعا

الزَيتونُ قَد يَنَعا

Under domes around a village, among which

In domes around Daskara,

The olives have already ripened.

Olive trees grow in abundance.