ألَم تَرَ أَنَّ الوَردَ عَرَّدَ صَدرُهُ

وَحادَ عَنِ الدَعوى وَضَوءِ البِوارِقِ

Did you not see the rose bare its chest

And deviate from pretense and the light of mirages

وَأَخرَجَني مِن فِتيَةٍ لَم أَرِد لَهُم

فِراقاً وَهُم في مَأزِقٍ مُتَضايِقِ

And it brought me out from youths I did not want to part from

While they are in dire straits and distressed

وَقَضَّ عَلى فاسِ اللِجامِ وَعَزَّني

على أمره إِذ رَدَّ أَهلُ الحَقائِقِ

And it broke the reins of my self-control and empowered me

Over its command when the people of truths refused

فَقُلتُ لَهُ لَمّا بَلَوتُ بَلاءَهُ

وَإِنّي بِمَتعٍ مِن خَليلٍ مُفارِقِ

So I said to it when I suffered its tribulation

And I am surely parting from a beloved friend

أُحَدِّثُ مَن لاقَيتُ يَوماً بَلاءَهُ

وَهُم يَحسِبونَ أَنَّني غَيرُ صادِقِ

I will tell whoever I met who suffered its tribulation

And they think I am not truthful