أَصبَحَ الخَيفُ بَعدَ نُعمٍ خَواءً

فَثَبيرٌ فَبَلدَحٌ فَحِراءُ

The abode has become desolate after bounties,

Barren, desolate, empty.

أَصبَحَت دارُها مَسيرةَ شَهرٍ

ذاكَ لِلقَلبِ فِتنَةٌ وَعَناءُ

Her home has become a month's journey,

That is an affliction and grief for the heart.

وَأَستَحَبُّوا دُوني البِلاط فَسَلعاً

فَقُباءً وَأَينَ مِنّي قُباءُ

They have preferred others over me as merchandise,

So they sold me. Where is loyalty to me?

لَيتَ نُعماً دَنَت بِها اليَومَ دارٌ

لَيتَ شِعري أَكلُّ هذا جَفاءُ

If only bounties had brought today a home close by,

I wonder, is this total estrangement?

فَلَقَد قُلتُ إِذ تَوَلَّت وَصَدَّت

ذاكَ وَاللَهِ لِلفُؤادِ شَقاءُ

When she turned away and was aloof,

By God, that was misery for the heart.

أَنتِ يا نُعمُ شَقوَةٌ عَرَضَت لِي

بِئسَ حَظّاً مِنَ الكَريمِ الشَقاءُ

O bounties, you have brought me misery,

Wretched is the fate of estrangement from the generous one.