إذا برَاني السَّقَمُ الدائمُ

سَهرتُ يا مَن طرفُهُ نائِمُ

If sickness kept me sleepless

I stayed up though your eyes were closed

لا أرقَت عينَاكَ يا ظالِمي

وليسَ يَدري أنَّهُ ظالمُ

My unjust one, you did not lose sleep

Though you did not know you were unjust

أما وَطرفٍ هدَّني سقمُهُ

وما حَواهُ البَدنُ الناعِمُ

With sickness making my eyes heavy

And my tender body so ill

ما فَقدَ القلبُ غليلَ الهَوى

ولا انتَهى عن لومهِ لائِمُ

My heart lost none of its passion

Nor did the blamer stop blaming