هُوَ البينُ لا تَعصِي الدُمُوعُ لَهُ أَمرا

فَعُذراً إِلى العُذّال في فَيضِها عُذرا

He is the one whom tears do not disobey his command

So pleading to the reproacher is excused in its outpouring

وَتعساً لأحداثِ الليالي فَإِنَّها

مَسالِمَةٌ يَوماً وَحارِبَةٌ دَهرا

And woe to the nights' events, for they

Are peaceful one day and warring for ages

فِراقُكَ عَبدَ اللَهِ لَم يَدَعِ الهَوى

عَلى حالِهِ أَو يُجمَعَ الماءُ وَالجَمرا

Being parted from you, O Abdullah, did not leave passion

In its state, or allow water and ember to join

وَما هِيَ إِلّا أَدمُعٌ وَلَواعِجٌ

يُميتُ الغَرامُ الصَبرَ بَينَهُما صَبرا

And it is but tears and burning misery

Passion kills patience between them both

فَمِن فُرقَةٍ قاسَيتُها بَعدَ فُرقَةٍ

وَمِن لَوَعَةٍ في إِثرِها لَوعَةٌ أُخرى

So from a separation I suffered, after another separation

And from anguish, in its wake, another anguish

وَقَد فارَقَ الأَحبابَ قَومٌ فَأَسبَلُوا

دُمُوعَهُمُ بَيضاً وَأَسبَلتُها حُمرا

Lovers departed and shed

Their tears white and I shed them red

وَما وَدّعُوا إِلّا أُناساً كَمِثلِهِم

وَوَدّعت مِنكَ الغُصنَ وَالقمرَ البَدرا

And they bid farewell but to the like of them

While from you I bid farewell to the bough and the full moon

فَيا كَبِدِي زِيدي ضَنىً وَصَبابَةً

وَيا جَلَدِي لَن تَستَطيع مَعي صَبرا

So my heart, increase your woe and homesickness

And my skin, you will not endure patience with me