لَبِستُ عَزاءً عَن لِقاءِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَأَعرَضتُ عَنهُ مُنصِفاً وَوَدوداً

I donned mourning garb when Muhammad departed,

Though I had turned from him impartial and friendly.

وَقُلتُ لِنَفسٍ قادَها الشَوقُ نَحوَهُ

فَعَوَّضَها حُبُّ اللِقاءِ صُدودا

And I said to my soul whom longing had led to him,

"Let your love of reunion console you for one averse."

هَبيهِ اِمرءاً قَد كانَ أَصفاكِ وِدَّهُ

فَماتَ وَإِلّا فَاِحسِبيهِ يَزيدا

May God grant you a man who was keenest in his affection for you,

But he died—or else, consider him to have changed.

لَعَمري لَقَد وَلّى فَلَم أَلقَ بَعدَهُ

وَفاءً لِذي عَهدٍ يُعَدُّ حَميدا

By my life, he has turned away and I have not found

Loyalty to one whose pact was deemed laudable.