لما هجرتم واصلت أشجانه
وتجدّدت ببعادكم أحزانه
When you left, his sorrows renewed
And his grief multiplied in your absence
لا يعرف الشوق المبرح والجوى
إلا معنى ضرّمت نيرانهُ
None knows the easygoing joy and serenity
Except he whose fires have dimmed
رسمت بلابلهُ بصفح فؤاده
رسماً بصفحة خده عنوانهُ
His heart drew nightingales
Drawing on his cheek their dwelling
إن تسألوا عن أمره أو شأنه
فشئونه تخبركم ما شانهُ
If you ask about his state or affairs
His conditions will tell you his case
بانت أحبته وبان عزاؤه
وتنكّرت في عينه أوطانهُ
His beloved left him and so did his consolation
His homelands denied knowing him in his eyes
لا يستقر على النوى متلهّب
خذلته فيما قد نوى أعوانهُ
The intent cannot settle in the inflamed self
His supporters failed him in his purpose
أيام هجرك أورثته فجعة
فالدمع يهمى دائما هتّانهُ
The days of your abandonment bequeathed him agony
With tears flowing relentlessly
يا ويح ملتهب الجوانح والحشا
أسفاً على عمرٍ مضت أزمانهُ
Alas for the inflamed soul and senses
Grieving over the past days
ولى زمان شبابه عنه وما
بلّت بماء شئونه أردانهُ
The days of his youth left him
And no streams quenched his afflictions
لم تبق منه شجرونه إلا ذما
جسم ضئيل يسرت أكفانه
Nothing remained of his freshness
Except a frail body clad in shrouds
فلترحموا في حبكم مستضعفاً
لحنانكم أضحى يشير بنانه
So have mercy on the weakened by your love
For your affection makes his branches flourish
قد كان من خدامكم لكنه
أقصاه عن أبوبكم خذلانهُ
He was once among your servants
But his abandonment outcast him from your gates
لولا تنشّقُ عرف أزهار الرجا
لذوَت بلفح بعادكم أغصانُه
Were it not for the ridges of hope’s flowers splitting
Its branches would wither in your absence
لكن روض رجائه في عفوكم
قد نمقّت بخلوصه غيطانهُ
But the garden of his hope in your pardon
Has thriving thickets in its sincerity
وشدَت بأيكة دوحه أطياره
وتمايلت طرباً بكم أفنانُه
And his sanctuary’s birds gathered
Flapping joyously for you in its branches
فضلكم الكفيل بحفظه
دائما إحسانه
Your grace suffices to keep him safe
His loyalty ever pointing to your benevolence
