في راحتي أخذت وجه مودعي

لثما وكان بخده العبرات

In comfort I took the face of the one bidding me farewell

And kissed his cheek though tears flowed there

وهززته فاساقطت فكأن أرى

وردا يهز نفيضه القطرات

And I shook him till drops fell as though I saw

A rose whose dripping petals shed their tears

نزل النفيض على الغريض رشفته

فحلا المزاج ولو به لذعات

The dripping fell upon the sad one I had moistened

Sweetening the mood though it was with pain

لولا الوداع وهذه أوشاعه

ما كان لي عند الفراق حياة

If it were not for the farewell and these associations

I would have at the parting no life

لكن متى سار الركاب به غداً

من لي وقد حفلت بي الحسرات

But when the riders journey with him tomorrow

Who do I have when filled with sorrows am I