1. الدارُ راحِلَةٌ عَلى آثارِهِمْ

    فَلِمَن أُسائِلُ بَعدُ عَن أَخبارِهِمْ

    The dwelling is departing in their wake.

    So whom shall I ask hereafter for news of them?

  2. وَالنَفسُ راحِلَةٌ عَلى أَثَرَيهِما

    فَإِذا الرَحيلُ بِهِم وَبي وَبِدارِهِم

    And the soul departs in the tracks of them both.

    So behold: departure carries them, me, and their dwelling away.

  3. يا دَهرُ ما يَشفيكَ ما أَوقَدتَ مِن

    ناري وَما أَخمَدتَهُ مِن نارِهِم

    O Time, you are not sated by what you have kindled of

    my fire, and what you have quenched of theirs.

  4. وَدَمي فَمِن أَوزارِهِم وَوَدِدتُ لَو

    حُمِّلتُ يَومَ الحَشرِ مِن أَوزارِهِم

    And my blood is among their sins; I wished that

    I might be made to bear some of their sins on the Day of Gathering.

  5. يا مُتعَةَ الصَدرِ الَّذي هُم سِرُّهُ

    وَيَسُرُّني التَرويحُ مِن أَسرارِهِم

    O delight of the breast whose secret they are,

    and refreshment from their secrets gladdens me.

  6. اللَهُ جارُهُمُ عَلى الجَورِ الَّذي

    قَسَموهُ وَاِبتَدَءوا بِحِصَّةِ جارِهِم

    God be their protector, despite the injustice that

    they apportioned, beginning with their neighbor's share.

  7. لَو أَنَّ عُمري خالِصٌ مِن شائِبٍ

    أَهَديتُ خالِصَهُ إِلى أَعمارِهِم

    If my lifespan were free of any taint,

    I would offer its pure portion to their lifespans.

  8. مُستَأنِسَ الخَطَراتِ بِتُّ بِذِكرِهِم

    مُستَوحِشَ الظَلماءِ مِن أَقمارِهِم

    Comforted by passing thoughts, I spent the night remembering them,

    desolate in the darkness, bereft of their moons.