أفادِني وُدَّكَ بَعْدَ كَدِّ

دَهْرٌ نَحانِي صَرْفُهُ بِقَصْدِ

Your friendship has helped me after hardship

Time's vicissitudes have exhausted me intentionally

يَطْلُبُ نَفْسِي ثائِراً عَنْ عَمْدِ

فَصِرْتُ إذ أَصْفَيْتَنِي بُوِدِّ

My soul turbulent seeks on purpose

So I when you purified me with love

عُذْرُ إساءَاتِ الزَّمانِ عِنْدِي

وَهيَ كَثِيراتٌ تَفُوتُ عَدِّي

The excuse of time's wrongs is valid for me

And they are many, beyond my count

قَدْ يَغْلُظُ الْحَتْرُ بِوَقْتِ سَعْدِ

وَيَقْدَحُ الْقُرْبُ بِزَنْدِ البُعْدِ

Familiarity at times of ease may be harsh

And nearness may spark with flint of distance

فَاجَي إِلى الْوَصْلِ ثَقِيلُ الصَّدِّ

So come to union, heavily saddened