أيُّها الواصِلُ هَجْرِي

أنا في هِجْرانِ صَبْرِي

O you who have abandoned me

I am suffering in your estrangement

لَيْتَ شِعْرِي أَيُّ نَفْعٍ

لَكَ في إِدْمانِ ضَرِّي

Would that I knew what benefit

Accrues to you from my constant anguish