قد ذكرناكُم على بُعد المزار

فانتَشينا بمُدام الادّكار

We have mentioned you from afar,

So we were revived by the wine of memories,

وتعاطينا حُميّا ذكركم

فَغنينا عن معاطاة العقار

And we took to passionately remembering you,

Making us forget sober thought.

وتجاذَبنا أحاديثَ النوى

وزمانَ الوَصلِ في قرب الديار

We exchanged intimate conversations,

And times of togetherness in the nearby homes.

فكثيراً ما تمنّى قربكم

ذائبُ الدَّمع قليل الاصطبار

Often I longed for your nearness,

My tears flowing, my patience little.

فكأنَّ الوَجْدَ في أحشائه

لِسَنا أوجُهِكم جذوة نار

It was as if the passion in his heart

Was for your faces, embers of fire.

ربَّ صَحْبٍ نظمت شملهم

ليلةٌ أحسن من نظم الدراري

What blessed company whose bond

One night was better than necklaces of pearls.

فكأنّي بينهم في روضة

من شقيق وأقاحٍ وبهار

It was as if I were among them in a garden

Of lavender, hawthorn, and spring flowers.

ينثر اللؤلؤ من ألفاظهم

فتراني في نظام ونثار

They scattered pearls in their speech,

So I found myself in harmony and scattering.

أنا ما زِلت أُداري بينَهم

غير أنّي في الهوى ممن يداري

I still socialize among them,

Yet in passion I am of those who pine.

فاذكرونا بكتاب منكم

أنا ما زِلتُ له بالانتظار

So mention us in a letter from you,

As I still wait for it.