واحر قلبي من خليط زائل

صبري على آثاره سيزول

My heart is confused and wavering,

My patience over its effects will fade,

زمت له قلص يبارين الصبّا

ولربما سبق الهبوب ذميل

I have endured many cold nights for him,

And perhaps the wind has outrun its course.

هم فارقوك وحملوك من الأسى

ما ليس يحمل شامة وطفيل

They left you and loaded you with sorrow,

Bearing what neither benefits nor harms.

زرعوا بقلبك حبّه ونباته

برح الجوى لا إذخر وجليل

They planted in your heart his love and being,

When the times had passed with no savings or glory.

شيعتهم متوجهين وأدمعي

حذر الفراق سوائح وهمول

I bid them farewell as they departed,

My tears warning of the pain of separation.

ونظرت في تلك الحدوج وطيها

غزلان وجرة أهيف وكحيل

And I looked upon those cheeks and their beauty,

Like gazelles, an alluring doe, kohl and dark eyes.