ودَّعتُه والدَّمعُ في مُقلَتي

في عَبرَتي مُستجعلٌ مُسرعُ

I bid him farewell, with tears in my eyelids

My sorrow manifest, hastening in grief

فظَنَّ إِذ أَبصَرتُها أنَّها

سائِر أَعضائي بِها تَدمعُ

He thought, when he saw them, that they were

All my limbs with them shedding tears

وقالَ هَذا قبلَ يَوم النَّوى

فَما تَرى بَعد النَّوى تَصنَعُ

And said: "This was before the day of parting

So what will you do after parting?"

في غَيرِ وقتِ الدَّمع ضيَّعته

قلتُ فقَلبي عندَكم أضيَعُ

I wasted it at the wrong time for tears

I said: "My heart with you I have lost"