جاءَت تُوَدِّعُني وَالدَمعُ يَغلِبُها

يَومَ الرَحيلِ وَحادي البَينِ مُنصَلِتُ

She came to bid me farewell, overwhelmed by tears,

On the day of departure, when the camel driver called to depart.

وَأَقبَلَت وَهِيَ في خَوفٍ وَفي دَهَشٍ

مِثلَ الغَزالِ مِنَ الأَشراكِ يَنفَلِتُ

She approached, fearful and startled,

Like a gazelle escaping from the hunter's traps.

فَلَم تُطِق خيفَةَ الواشي تُوَدِّعُني

وَيحَ الوُشاةِ لَقَد قالوا وَقَد شَمِتوا

She could not bear the spies' prying eyes to bid me farewell,

And the gloating of the slanderers saying "We told you so!"

وَقَفتُ أَبكي وَراحَت وهِيَ باكِيَةٌ

تَسيرُ عَنّي قَليلاً ثُمَّ تَلتَفِتُ

I stood weeping as she left crying,

Walking away from me a little, then turning back.

فَيا فُؤادي كَم وَجدٍ وَكَم حُرَقٍ

وَيا زَماني ذا جَورٌ وَذا عَنَتُ

Oh my heart, so much pain and burning!

Oh my time, so much injustice and hardship!