1. The day we parted, it rendered groups asunder,
And anguish scatters carnelian in carnelian.
١. يَومَ الفِراقِ لَقَد أَمَتَّ فَريقا
وَالجزعُ يَنثُرُ في العَقيقِ عَقيقا
2. You took my tears when you came to say farewell,
And left my eyelids to shed them copiously.
٢. أَذهَبتَ دَمعي إِذ أَتاكَ مُفَضَّضاً
وَتَرَكتَ مِنهُ الأُقحُوانَ شَقيقا
3. And though the camphor of patience is your nature,
Camphor itself could not help being dissolved.
٣. وَبِرُغمِ مَن أَخلقتَ جِدَّةَ صَبرِهِ
لَن يَغتَدي الكافورُ مِنهُ خَلوقا