أخلقت جدةُ الفراقِ جديدي
ربِّ ما لِلهوى وما للصدودِ
Separation’s freshness has worn my new garment threadbare.
Lord, what is it with passion—and what with cold refusal?
يا كئيباً بكى لفقدِ خليٍّ
وقريبَ الهوى بكى لبعيدِ
O sorrowing one who wept at the loss of a dear friend,
and O one close in affection who wept for one far away—
وانتساباً إن رام ذاك فهذا
من همومٍ حلَّت بقلبٍ عميدِ
if that one seeks a bond, then this
is one of my sorrows, settled in a heart laid low by love.
ليس عندي وإن تحملتُ ما بي
بهوى من بذكرِهِ من مَزيدِ
Though I have borne what afflicts me, there is no
further increase, through remembering him, in the pain of loving him.
Sol 5.6