يا نفسِ حِنِّي فقد أمسيتِ مُفردَةً

عمن بُليت بذِكراهُ وعديتِ

O my soul, you have become isolated,

From the one whose memory distressed you and kept you awake.

عَمَّن تودينَ حتى أنتِ صاديَةٌ

لا ترتوينَ وَلَو في الجَمِّ خُلِّيتِ

From the one you yearn for, even though you have become unresponsive,

You are not satisfied, even if left alone.

سيقت لقتلكِ مثلُ الريمِ واضِحَةٌ

أسبابُ حينٍ قضاهُ اللَه مَوقُوتِ

The reasons for your death have been made clear,

At a time decreed by Allah.

رُعبُوبَةُ الخَلقِ مِعطارٌ إذا برزَت

بَينَ البُيُوتِ مَشَت في حُسنِ تَسمِيتِ

The beautiful gazelle, when it appears

Walking gracefully between the houses.

يا جُملُ هَل أنتِ قَبلَ المَوتِ ساقِيتي

كأسَ الحياةِ نَعَم يا جُملُ لو شِيتِ

O camel, will you quench my thirst before death,

With the cup of life? Yes o camel, if you wish.

أحيَيتِ نَفساً كما أَبتَتِّها قَعَصاً

بِمُرهَفِ مِن سِهام المَوتِ حيتُوتِ

You revived a soul, as you protected it,

From the sharpened arrows of death that surround it.