أأنت حلمٌ أتى من سالف الحقبِ
جادت به ذكرياتٌ دونما سببِ
أم أنت من عالم للجنّ فيه رؤى
ألقوا بها في فؤادي ساعة اللغبِ
لعلّ عينيّ من سحرٍ غدا بهما
قد شافتاك وراء الأفق والسحبِ (1)
لعلني واهمٌ فيما أخيّله
لعلني لم أطف بالثغر والهدُبِ
لعلني لم أر العينين عاكِستَيْ
أبهى جمال سماءٍ حفّ بالشهبِ
لعل أحلى شفاهٍ لم أذق لهما
طعمَ النعيمِ مشوبا روعةَ اللهبِ
فلا الزمان ولا هذا المكان هما
من جمّعانا بظل التين والعنَبِ
لعلّ حلماً أتى من سالف الحقبِ
جادت به ذكرياتٌ دونما سببِ
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It seems perhaps I dreamed you,
From some time so long ago;
Some ancient wisp of memory,
Did the land of mists bestow
Perhaps it was to the otherworld,
Kidnapped by the faerie kind;
They must have played some enchantment,
Some spell upon my mind
Perhaps it was some magic,
That to my seeking eyes did betray;
The illusion of some sweet vision of you,
That led me somehow astray
Perhaps my senses misled me,
And never was I in your space;
Never did I hold your hand,
Nor touch your gentle face
Perhaps I saw not the image,
Of kind and lively skies;
Reflected in your aspect,
And mirrored in your eyes
Perhaps my lips never touched yours,
And felt the softness of your kiss;
To feel as spring flowers do,
Under the sun's bright warm bliss
Perhaps, it just seems so long ago,
That I beheld you in my sight;
A space in another time,
Beyond the shadows of darkest night
It seems perhaps I dreamed you,
From some time so long ago;
Some ancient wisp of memory,
Did the land of mists bestow