1. His tears flowed from the ducts of agony,
Pearls collided with the kohl of his eyelids.

2. When he sensed our farewell,
He found solace in a friend’s embrace and a lover’s kiss.

3. Once he shone like the sunrise,
Now he seems like the sunset glow.

4. I stood on embers to bid farewell,
Facing embers that harbored anguish.

5. I roamed the haunts of my beloved,
Stumbling on the train of a long tear.

6. My heart no longer hopes for comfort,
Seeking only the impossible.

7. I who once feared the day we’d meet—
Imagine how I feel this day we part.

8. May God guard Badr among slanderers!
I lost my way on his account.

9. Through him I gained humiliation
Along with glory. Ah, pity

10. The glorious man so disgraced!
It is but torment of the soul,

11. Captive hearts, trapped minds.
Beauty vaunted itself through him

12. Or visited us in a fair face.
He adorned his lids with coolness

13. And lined his pillows with withering.
That beauty had me as its guide,

14. That charm as proof I’d been beguiled,
When his specter brought me tidings:

15. “When shall we meet again?” “Very soon.”
Greetings to the specter of my beloved,

16. But no welcome to the naysayer’s words!
God bless the plot of land

17. Where I dragged my skirts.
A north wind pleated my cloak