1. أَبَداً أُناضل فيكَ أَفراس النَوى

    وَأَصون أَوقاتي عَن التَفريق

    Forever, for your sake, I battle the steeds of separation,

    And safeguard my hours against parting.

  2. وَأَظن أَن الدَهر لَيسَ بِموحشي

    وَبِأَنَّهُ بِبَنيهِ غَير رَفيق

    And I think that Time will not leave me desolate,

    And that it is not gentle with its sons.

  3. لَكنَّ لِلأَيام حكماً جائِراً

    أَمضى شَبناً مِن صارم مَطروق

    But the days have an unjust decree,

    Keener in edge than a hammer-forged sword.

  4. يا صَيقل الفكر الكَليل وَرَونَق ال

    عُمر القَصير وَزورة المَعشوق

    O burnisher of the blunted mind, and radiance of the

    Brief life, and the beloved's visit,

  5. أَنشَأتَني مِن بَعد عَدمي في الوَرى

    وَنَقلَتني وَالنار دونَ حَريقي

    You brought me into being among mortals after my nothingness,

    And carried me away, while fire falls short of my burning.

  6. أُمسي كَما أَمسى السَليم مسهداً

    لا بِالطَليق أَرى وَلا المَوثوق

    I pass the evening sleepless, like one bitten by a snake,

    Seeing myself as neither free nor bound.

  7. شَوقي إِلَيك وَإِن تَقارب عَهدَنا

    شَوقي إِلى عَهد الشَباب الروق

    My longing for you, though our last meeting was recent,

    Is my longing for the days of radiant youth.