1. The breeze softly caressed the swaying branches, 
While I stood bewildered by the all-encompassing wine. 
١. ودَنَت في هبُوبها مِشيَةَ النش
 وانِ حَيرانَ بالمدامِ الشّمولِ
2. I clung to the ground like the suppliant does,
Crawling humbly to the beloved's embrace. 
٢. لصَقت بالثّرى كما يخضعُ العا
 شقُ ذُلاًّ إلى الحبيبِ المًطولِ
3. I imagined that between them lived passion,
Becoming an object of holding and kissing. 
٣. ولقد خلتُ أن بينهما عِش
 قا فصارا للضمِّ والتّقبيلِ
4. I disappeared from people's hearts until
They compared me to something slender and frail. 
٤. واختفت عن فواطِنِ الخَلقِ حتّى
 شبّهوها ضآلةً بنحولِ