رعى اللّه يوم البين ظبياً أذمَّ لي

بما أثرَّ التوديعُ في وجَناتِهِ

On the day of parting, a gazelle grazed

whose cheeks were reddened by the pain of separation.

تعاطيتُ إلا النومَ بعد فِراقِهِ

كأنِّي عليه مُسقَمٌ بحياتِهِ

After he left, I sought only sleep

as if I were sick with yearning for his life.

وصرتُ أذمُّ الدهرَ في الليل مادجَا

وعهي به والليلُ من حسناتهِ

I began to blame fate in the night, ceaselessly weeping,

dazed by him, as the night flaunted his beauties.