لئن لجَّ قلبُكَ في ذكرهِ

ولجَّ حبيبكَ في هجرِه

If your heart is immersed in reminiscing of him

And your beloved is immersed in his estrangement

لقد أورثَ العينَ طول البُكى

وعزَّ فؤادُكَ من صدرِه

You have certainly bequeathed prolonged weeping to the eye

And your heart feels excruciating pain because of his chest

فإن أذهبَ القلبَ وجدٌ بهِ

فجسمُكَ لا شك في أثرِه

So if grief takes away your heart undoubtedly

Your body will inevitably have its traces

وأيُّ محبٍّ تجافى الهوَى

بِطولِ التفكرِ لم يَبرِه

And what lover has ever recovered from passion

Through prolonged contemplation that did not heal it