لا تَعذِلينِيَ سَلمى اليَومَ وَاِنتَظِري

أَن يَجمَعَ اللَهُ شَملاً طالَما اِفتَرَقا

Do not blame me, Salma, today and wait

For God to reunite what has long been separated

إِن شَتَّتَ الدَهرُ شَملاً بَينَ جيرَتِكُم

فَطالَ في نِعمَةٍ يا سَلمُ ما اِتَفَقا

If time has separated a bond between your neighbors

Then it has been too long in prosperity, oh Salma, since they agreed

وَقَد حَلَلنا بِقَسرِيًّ أَخي ثِقَةٍ

كَالبَدرِ يَجلو دُجى الظَلماءِ وَالأُفُقا

And we have settled with my brother of trust

Like the full moon dispelling the darkness of night and horizon

لايُجبَرُ الناسُ شَيئاً هاضَهُ أَسَدٌ

يَوماً وَلا يَرتَقونَ الدَهرَ ما فَتَقا

People cannot mend what a roaring lion has torn

One day, nor can they climb time however it splits

كَم مِن ثَناءٍ عَظيمٍ قَد تَدارَكَهُ

وَقَد تَفاقَمَ فيهِ الأَمرُ وَاِنخَرَقا

How much great praise it has accumulated

And in it the matter has worsened and torn apart