أَلا هَل هاجَكَ الأَظعا

نُ إِذ جاوَزنَ مُطَّلَحا

Alas! Have the departing companions agitated you

When they passed by the sloping valley?

نَعَم وَلِوَشكِ بَينِهِمِ

جَرى لَكَ طائِرٌ سَنَحا

Yes, and if not for the nearness between us

A bird would have flown for you in longing.

سَلَكنَ الخَبتَ مِن رَكَكٍ

وَضَوءُ الفَجرِ قَد وَضَحا

They treaded the rugged path from Raqqah

As the light of dawn shone clearly.

فَمَن يَفرَحُ بِبينِهِمِ

فَغَيري إِذ غَدَوا فَرِحا

So who but me rejoices at their separation?

For when they departed I was delighted.

فَهَزَّت رَأسَها عَجَباً

وَقالَت مازِحٌ مَزَحا

She shook her head in wonderment

And jokingly said in jest:

فَيا عَجَباً لِموقِفِنا

وَغَيَّبَ ثَمَّ مَن كَشَحا

"How strange is our stance!

He then hid, the one with curled hair."

تَبِعتُهُمُ بِطَرفِ العَي

نِ حَتّى قِيلَ لي اِفتُضِحا

I followed them with my eyes

Until I was told: Do not expose yourself!

فَوَدَّعَ بَعضُنا بَعضاً

وَكُلٌّ بِالهَوى صَرَحا

Thus we bade farewell to each other

And each of us straightforwardly declared their love.