جزاءُ فتىً تَعَرَّضَ للبعادِ

تجافي مُقلَتَيه عن الرُّقادِ

The fate of a young man estranged from his loved ones

Is sleepless eyes heavy with grief

وإن يُغري به شوقٌ مُوالٍ

يغالبُهُ على صَبرٍ مُعادِ

And if longing tempts him

He resists with practiced patience

وأجفانٌ تُرَوِّي كلَّ شيءٍ

سوى قلبٍ إلى الأخبار صادي

While his eyes relay everything

Except a heart calling out for news

بذاك جزيتُ إذ فارَقتُ قوماً

لِبستُ لِبَينهم ثوبَي حِدادِ

Thus I'm punished when I left a people

And donned the robes of sorrow

معادنُ حكمةس وغُيوث جَدبٍ

وأنُجمُ جيرةٍ وَصُدُور نادي

Wellsprings of wisdom, clouds full of rain

And stars of a neighborhood, and breasts of a comrade

نأوا عِّني وعندهم فؤادي

وِغبتُ ولم يَغِب عنهم ودادي

They shunned me though my heart was with them

I was absent yet my love for them remained

ولولا شِقوَتي ما فارقُوني

وكانوا بين جَفني والسَّوَادِ

And had I not been so unlucky they would not have left me

But stayed between my eyelids and pupils

فقُل في حالِ مأسورٍ ضعيفِ

يلوذُ من الأَعَادِ بالأَعَادي

So speak, while in a state of weakness and captivity

Seeking refuge from enemies in friends