أَلا يا لَيالي الخَيفِ هَل يَرجِعُ الهَوى

إِلَيكُنَّ لي لا جازَكُنَّ نَدى القَطرِ

O nights of separation, will love return

To you, after the dew has passed you by?

فَيا دينَ قَلبي مِن ثَلاثٍ عَلى مِنىً

مَضَينَ وَلَم يُبقينَ غَبرَ جَوى الذِكرِ

My heart is lost between three who went to Mina,

They left without a trace or memory.

وَرامينَ وَهناً بِالجِمارِ وَإِنَّما

رَموا بَينَ أَحشاءِ المُحِبّينَ بِالجَمرِ

They threw with pebbles, though they threw

Among the hearts of lovers with embers.

رَموا لا يُبالونَ الحَشى وَتَرَوَّحوا

خَليينَ وَالرامي يُصيبُ وَلا يَدري

They threw, not caring where they hit,

And left freely, as the thrower strikes yet knows not.

وَقالو غَداً ميعادُنا النَفرُ عَن مِنىً

وَما سَرَّني أَنَّ اللِقاءَ مَعَ النَفرِ

They said tomorrow we’ll all leave Mina,

I wasn’t pleased that I’d leave with the group.

وَيا بُؤسَ لِلقُربِ الَّذي لا نَذوقُهُ

سِوى ساعَةٍ ثُمَّ البِعادُ مَدى الدَهرِ

Woe to the nearness that we never taste

Save an hour, before parting for ages.

فَيا صاحِبي إِن تُعطِ صَبراً فَإِنَّني

نَزَعتُ يَديَّ اليَومَ مِن طاعَةِ الصَبرِ

My friend, if you can be patient then I

Have today withdrawn my hand from patience.

وَإِن كُنتَ لَم تَدرِ البُكا قَبلَ هَذِهِ

فَميعادُ دَمعِ العَينِ مُنقَلَبُ السَفرِ

If you never knew crying before this,

The eye’s tear is refunded by travels.