قُل للمُغَيَّرِ لَونهُ
حتَّى كأنَّ بِه سَقامي
Say to him whose color has changed,
until it seems he suffers my sickness:
ما بينَ جُودِكَ بالوصا
لِ وبَينَ بُخلِكَ بالسَّلامِ
Between your generosity in granting union
and your stinginess even with a greeting,
إلا قَليلٌ قلَّ فيه
عَزاءُ صَبٍّ مُستَهامِ
there is but a little space, wherein scant
is the solace of a love-struck, impassioned lover.
Sol 5.6