ما ضرّ مَن بفؤاد الصبّ قد رحلوا

لو انهم صحبوه ساعة ارتحلوا

No harm from those whose hearts have journeyed far away,

If only they had kept his company an hour before they left.

بل خلّفوه طريحاً في درياهم

مغرغر الدمع لا تهدأ له مقل

Rather they abandoned him lying wounded by their abandonment,

With tears flowing ceaselessly from his eyelids.

يظل يهتف والأشواق تزعجه

يا ليث شعري بقلبي أينما نزلوا

He remains calling out while yearning perturbs him,

O beloved of my poetry, wherever they lodged.

قد ذاب وجدي وزال الصبر وانهملت

مدامع الطرف والأحشاء تشتعل

My passion has melted away and patience failed,

Tears flooded my eyes and my insides ignited.

فالقلب مُشتعل والطَّرف مُنهمل

والصبر مُنفصل والوجد مُتّصل

So my heart is aflame and my eyes overflowing,

Patience is severed and passion connected.

يا مَن بفرقتهم ذاب الفؤاد أسى

رفقاً بصب به قد ضاقت الحيَل

O you whose separation melted my heart in sorrow,

Be gentle with a lover whose stratagems have narrowed.

قد ظل يسهر في ليل تبيت به

جفونكم بلذيذ النوم تكتحل

He remained wakeful through the night you slept

With the sweetness of slumber adorning your eyelids.

ما ضرّ أن ترحموا مَن قلّ ناصره

وضاق منكم عليه السهل والجبل

No harm in showing mercy to one scarcely aided,

As the plain and mountain tightened around him because of you.