بالحزن هاجت للفتى أحزانه

وجفت لذيذ رقادها أجفانه

The youth's sorrows have stirred within him,

His eyelids dry although his sleep was sweet.

يا جارة الحي الذين ترحلوا

سحرا فأوحش ربعهم غزلانه

O neighbors of the district who have departed,

Leaving it lonely without your gazelles at dawn.

تعلمين لداء قلبي أسيا

فاليوم حين ترحلوا بحرانه

You know the malady within my heart is chronic,

For today when you left you took its remedy.

كتم الهوى فوق العذول ولومه

حتى أضر بجسمه كتمانه

Love held back blame above patience,

Until hiding it harmed his body.