1. لعمري لقد عوَّلتَ يوم تحمّلوا

    على هاطلٍ من دمع عينك ساكبِ

    By my life, when they departed, you indeed relied

    on a downpour of tears streaming from your eye.

  2. فلم تَبْرُدِ العينانِ بالدَّمع حُرقةً

    ولم تُطفئا حرَّ الهوى المتراكبِ

    Yet your eyes did not cool their burning with tears,

    nor did they quench the mounting heat of love.

  3. وأبرح شيءٍ فُرقةٌ بعد أُلفةٍ

    وفقدُكَ من عُلِّقت بعد التقاربِ

    The most agonizing thing is parting after intimacy,

    and losing the one you loved after drawing close.