هَذهْ عَروسُ الحَولِ قَد أَودى بِها

قَدرٌ أَذابَ بها حَشاً وَكُبودا

This bride of the year, fate has done away with her

A decree that melted her joy and gloom

تَرَكَت ديارَ بَني بَشارةَ فَاِنثَنى

طَيبَ البِشائرِ بَعدَها تَعديدا

She left the abode of the Bani Bashara and leaned away

After her, good tidings were diminished and lessened

أَبقَت مَرارةَ لَهفةٍ لِقَرينِها

أَبَداً تَجَدِّدُ حُزنهُ تَجديدا

She left behind the bitterness of yearning for her companion

Forever renewing his sadness and grief

فَأَتى مُؤرِّخُها يُعزِّي فاقِداً

رَحلت أَنيستُهُ فَعادَ فَريدا

So her chronicler came to give solace to the bereft one

His companion journeyed on, and he was left alone