1. On the day of parting, a gazelle grazed
whose cheeks were reddened by the pain of separation.
١. رعى اللّه يوم البين ظبياً أذمَّ لي
بما أثرَّ التوديعُ في وجَناتِهِ
2. After he left, I sought only sleep
as if I were sick with yearning for his life.
٢. تعاطيتُ إلا النومَ بعد فِراقِهِ
كأنِّي عليه مُسقَمٌ بحياتِهِ
3. I began to blame fate in the night, ceaselessly weeping,
dazed by him, as the night flaunted his beauties.
٣. وصرتُ أذمُّ الدهرَ في الليل مادجَا
وعهي به والليلُ من حسناتهِ