1. Alas! Time has driven away from me a beloved one,
Whom fate has hidden from me in what it has hidden from me.
١. ألا طرَدَ الكَرى عنَّي حبيباً
خَباهُ الدَّهرُ لي فيما خبا لي
2. I thought time would make me forget his love,
But I have only increased in my confusion.
٢. ظننْتُ الدَّهرَ يُنسيني هَواهُ
فما أزدادُ إلاّ في خَبالي