أمسى الجوى بزوايا القلب لي جارا
من فعل ظبي بقطع الوصل لي جارا
My heart became a neighbor to the wounds of separation
Due to the acts of a gazelle severing the connection between us
كم راح يعمل تيهاً بالذراع وكم
لماء عيني بعين الماء قد جارى
How much did it wander aimlessly with its foreleg and how much
Did the water of my eyes in the water's eye flow
على أمر أطال الحجر من صَلَف
على الحشا ولذا سمّوه حجّارا
Due to the command of a rock that became insolent
Upon the pebbles and thus was called a stone