أتعرفُ رَسماً بالسويّين قد دَثر

عَفتْهُ أهاضيبُ السَّحائِب المّطرْ

Do you know a drawing made by the righteous

Veiled by showers of pouring clouds?

وجرَّت به الأذيالَ رِيحان خِلفةً

صَباً ودَبورٌ بالعشيّاتِ والبُكَرْ

Breezes dragged its train behind as replacements

Of youth and the setting sun at dusk and dawn

منازلُ قد كانت تكونُ بجوِّها

هَضيمُ الحشا ريّا الشَّوى سحرُها النَّظرْ

Dwellings that were in its essence

Dim landscapes, its charm captivated the sight

قطوفُ الخُطا خمصانةٌ بَختريّةٌ

كأنّ مُحيّاها سَنا دارةِ القمرْ

Bunches of flowers like gems

As if their blossoms were the crescent's orbit

رَمتني ببعدٍ بعد قربٍ بها النّوى

فبانَت ولّما أقضِ من عبدةَ الوَطَرْ

She cast me far, after being near

So she appeared when I finished serving the homeland

ولمّا رأتني خشيةَ البينِ موجعاً

أُكَفكِف منّي أدمعاً فيضُها دُرَرْ

And when she saw the pain of separation hurting me

She suppressed her flowing tears for me

أشارت بأطرافٍ إليَّ ودمعُها

كَنَظْمِ جُمان خانه السِّلكُ فانْتَثَرْ

She gestured to me with her fingertips, her tears

Like a threaded pearl necklace that scattered

وقد كنتُ ممّا أحدث البينُ حاذراً

فلم يُغنِ عنّي منه خوفيَ والحذرْ

And I had been wary of what caused the separation

But neither my fear nor caution helped me