يا لَقَومي لِطُولِ هَذا العِتاب
وَلِصَبري عَلى الهَوى وَاِجتِنابي
O my people, for how long will this estrangement last
And my patience in love and avoiding it
مَن لَو انَّ الفُؤادَ خُيِّرَ يَوماً
بَينَهُ صادِياً وَبَينَ الشَرابِ
Who, if the heart was given a choice one day
Between it longing and drinking alcohol
في سُمُومٍ يَهِمُّ مِن حَرِّها الثَو
بُ عُلى جِلدِ رَبِّهِ بِالتِهابِ
In poisons that cause blisters from their heat
On the skin of its Lord in inflammation
كانَ أَهوى إِلى الفُؤادِ وَأَشهى
مِن جَني النَحلِ شِيبَ صَوبَ السَحابِ
It would prefer to the heart and desire
More than the honeycomb the gray clouds rain
نَسَجَتهُ صَباً وَصَوبُ شَمالٍ
لَيسَ فيهِ قَذىً بِرُوسِ اللِصابِ
Woven in youth and the blowing of north winds
With no motes in it by the heads of twigs
حالَ مِن دُونِ مُلتَقاهُ مُنِيفٌ
عارِمُ المُلتَقى أَزَلُّ الحِجابِ
Before meeting it a desolate exile
Raging at the meeting and clearest of veils
وَلَقَد قُلتُ إِذ وَقَفتُ حَزِيناً
وَدُمُوعي حَثيثَةُ الإِنسِكابِ
And indeed I said when I stood sadly
With my tears copiously pouring down
أَيُّها القَصرُ ذُو الأَواسي وَذُو البُس
تانِ أَعلى القُصُورِ بَينَ الظِرابِ
O palace of terraces and gardens
Highest of palaces between the hills
زانَكَ اللَهُ بِالعِمارَةِ مِنهُ
وَوَقاكَ المَليكُ وَشَكَ الخَرابِ
May God adorn you with buildings
And may the King protect you from ruin
أَعلى العَهدِ أَنتَ أَم حُلتَ بَعدي
كُلُّ شَيءٍ مَصِيرُهُ لِذَهابِ
Are you higher in glory or did you become after me
Everything is destined for loss
قَد نَراهُ وَأَهلَهُ لَم يَحُلُّوا
آهِلاً مِنهُمُ خَصِيبَ الجَنابِ
We see it and its people did not settle
Inhabited plentifully by the fertile of loins
لا وَرَبِّ المُكَبِّرينَ بِجَمعٍ
وَالمُنيخينَ بَعدَهُم بِالحِصابِ
No - by the Lord of those glorifying in throngs
And those wailing after them with gravel
لا يَحُولُ الفُؤادُ عَنكَ بِوُدٍّ
أَبَداً أَو يَحُولَ لَونُ الغُرابِ
The heart does not turn from you in affection
Ever, or the color of the raven changes
ما ثَوى الصالِفُ الجَمُوحُ وَكانَت
بِنِطافِ العَرجَينِ حُمرُ القُبابِ
What the wild untamed horse carried
With the striking of the lame the red domes
