1. شَرِبَ الوَصلُ دَستَجَ الهَجرِ فَاِستَط

    لَقَ بَطنُ الوِصالِ بِالاسهال

    Union drank a draught of estrangement, and so

    the belly of union was loosened by diarrhea.

  2. وَرَماني حُبّي بَقولَنجِ بَين

    مُذهِلٌ عَن مَلامَةِ العَذال

    And my love struck me with the colic of separation,

    distracting me from the faultfinders’ reproaches.

  3. فَفُؤادُ الحَبيبِ يَنحَلَهُ السَ

    لُ وَقَلبي مُعَذَّبٌ بِالمَلال

    So the beloved’s heart is wasted away by

    consumption, and my heart is tormented by weariness.

  4. وَفُؤادي مُبرسَم ذو سِقام

    يا اِبنَ ماسوه ضَل عَنّي اِحتِيالي

    And my heart is delirious with fever, afflicted with sickness.

    O Ibn Masuh, my resourcefulness has deserted me.

  5. لَو بِقُراطِ كانَ ما بي وَجالي

    نوس باتا بِأَكسَفِ بال

    If Hippocrates had what ails me, and

    Galen too, both would spend the night in the gloomiest spirits.