سامَحتُ كُتبَكَ في القَطيعَةِ عالماً

سامَحتُ كُتبَكَ في القَطيعَةِ عالماً

أَنَّ الصَحيفَةَ أَعوَزَت من حامِلِ

أَنَّ الصَحيفَةَ أَعوَزَت من حامِلِ

For a year I forgave your letters for their estrangement,

I forgave your letters for their estrangement, knowing

thinking the written sheet lacked someone to bear it.

that the page was in need of a bearer.

وَعَذَرتُ طَيفَكَ في الجَفاءِ لِأَنَّه

وَعَذَرتُ طَيفَكَ في الجَفاءِ لِأَنَّه

يَسري فَيُصبِحُ دونَنا بِمَراحِلِ

يَسري فَيُصبِحُ دونَنا بِمَراحِلِ

And I excused your phantom for its aloofness, since

And I excused your phantom for its aloofness, because it

it journeys by night, yet at dawn remains many stages short of us.

travels by night, and dawn finds it several stages short of us.