يا نازحاً عني ولو

أسطيع ما فارقتُهُ

O you who left me, even if

I could, I would not have left you

ومؤلّفاً مني هوى

لسواهُ قد فرَّقته

And one who is made of my love

I have parted from all but him

ومعلقاً أملي به

من بعد ما عُلِّقتُه

And my hopes hung on him

After I had hung them on you

الله يعلم أنني

فتُّ الغرام وفقته

God knows that I

Was passionate in love and devoted to it

وجهلتُ ما فعَل الهوى

في النأي حتى ذقته

And I was ignorant of what love would do

In separation, until I tasted it

وظننت أني شيّق

فالآن قد حققته

And thought I was enduring

But now I have realized it

وملكت أنسي بعدكم

لكنني أعتقته

And I possessed my intimacy after you

But I have freed it

كم أورق جاريته

شأو الأسى فسبقته

How the branches of his affection flourished

The affliction of longing preceded it

ما زلتُ أسكب مدمعي

حتى لقد أنطقته

I continue to shed my tears

Until I have made them speak

لم ادرِ إذ غَنَّى ونُحتُ

أشاقني أم شقته

I did not know, when he sang and was sculpted

Whether he made me suffer or split me

إن كان صبري بائداً

يوماً فهذا وقته

If my patience was lost

One day, this would be its time

فالقلب قد أحرقته

والجفن قد أغرقته

For I have burnt the heart

And drowned the eyelids

وبليت غير صبابة

من مدمع رقرقته

And been troubled without any youthfulness

From the flowing tears I have shed

لولا رجاءُ لقائكم

من بعدها لأرقته

If not for hoping to meet you

After it, I would have kept it sleepless