أَرِقتُ وَنامَ الأَخلِياءُ وَعادَني

مَعَ اللَيلِ هَمٌّ في الفُؤادِ وَجيعُ

I stayed up while friends slept, and melancholy

Returned to me with the night, grief in my heart and weariness.

وَهَيَّجَ لي حُزناً تَذَكُّرُ مالِكٍ

فَما بِتُّ إِلّا وَالفُؤادُ مَروعُ

And memories of Malik stirred sorrow within me

So I did not rest except with a heart filled with dread.

إِذا عَبرَةٌ وَرَّعتُها بَعدَ عَبرَةٍ

أَبَت وَاِستَهلَّت عَبرَةٌ وَدُموعُ

Whenever a teardrop was held back after a teardrop

It refused and a tear flowed as well as sobs.

لِذِكرى حَبيبٍ بَعدَ هَدءٍ ذَكَرتُهُ

وَقَد حانَ مِن تالي النُجومِ طُلوعُ

Remembering a beloved after tranquility I recalled him

Though the rising of stars was nearing.

إِذا رَقَأَت عَينايَ ذَكَّرَني بِهِ

حَمامٌ تُنادى في الغُصونِ وُقوعُ

When my eyes were sleepless, doves cooing in the branches

Reminded me of him.

دَعَونَ هَديلاً فَاِحتَرَقتُ لِمالِكٍ

وَفي الصَدرِ مِن وَجدٍ عَلَيهِ صُدوعُ

Their warbling ignited a blaze in me for Malik

And in my chest from passion were ruptures.

كَأَن لَم أُجالِسهُ وَلَم أُمسِ لَيلَةً

أَراهُ وَلَم نُصبِح وَنَحنُ جَميعُ

As if I never sat with him, never touched for a night

I see him, we never woke while together.

فَتىً لَم يَعِش يَوماً بِذَمٍّ وَلَم يَزَل

حَوالَيهِ مِمَّن يَجتَديهِ رُبوعُ

A youth who never lived a day blamed

And around him were meadows that grazed him.

لَهُ تَبَعٌ قَد يَعلَمُ النَاسُ أَنَّهُ

عَلى مَن يُداني صَيِّفٌ وَرَبيعُ

He has followers almost as if people know

He is a summer and spring to those who draw near.