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We did not expect companions to become thus,

ما عهدنا كذا تكون الرفاق

1. We did not expect companions to become thus,
Each day, avoidance and separation.

١. مَا عَهِدْنَا كَذَا تَكُونُ الرِّفاقُ
كُلَّ يَوْمٍ تَجَنُّبٌ وَفِرَاقُ

2. O rod shaken by passions!
Visit a lover shaken by longing.

٢. يا قَضِيباً تَهزُّهُ نَشواتٌ
زُرْ مُحبّاً تَهزُّهُ الأَشْواقُ

3. They do not pour to anyone but you. How
Utterly absorbed in love for you he is!

٣. لَيْسَ يَصْبُوا إلى سِواكَ وَأَنَّى
وَلَهُ في الهَوى بِكَ اسْتِغْراقُ

4. For you, O seduction of minds, forbearance
And avoidance, while lovers show patience.

٤. لَكَ يا فِتْنَةَ العُقولِ التَّجَنِّي
وَالتَّجَافي وَتَصْبِرُ العُشَّاقُ

5. Yet I see from you unwonted disdain—
While your glances remain gentle and kind.

٥. غَيْرَ أَنّي أَرى الجَفَا مِنْكَ بِدْعاً
حَيْثُ تِلْكَ الأَعْطافُ مِنْكَ رِقاقُ

6. O prince, a banner of hair over him,
And every heart has for him its pledge.

٦. يا أَميراً لَهُ لِواءٌ مِنَ الشَّع
رِ عَلَيْهِ وكُلّ قَلْبٍ وِطَاقُ