أتاني كتابٌ فيه أن محبتي

تلاشت كما قد قيل أي تلاش

A letter came to me, it said that my love

Has faded, as they say - what fading is this!

فيا قبح ما قد ضم جانب طرسه

فضائح واشٍ في فضاء حواشِ

How ugly are the sides of its envelope

Scandals of a gossip in the void of margins