قد قلت لما مر بي معرضاً

وكفه يحمل زرزورا

When he passed by me with indifference,

His hand holding a flower,

يا ذا الذي عذبني مطله

إن لم يزر حقاً فزرزورا

I said to the one who torments me with his absence,

"If he won't visit in truth, then visit as a flower."