أَينَ أَيَّامُنَا اللَّوَاتِي تَقَضَّت

إِذ زَجَرنَا لِلأُنسِ أَيمَنَ طَيرِ

Where are the days that have passed,

When we scolded the auspicious bird for companionship,

وَإتِلافٍ عَهِدتُهُ مِن كرَامٍ

سَارَ صَرفُ النَّوَى بِهِ أَيَّ سَيرِ

And the covenant I had made with the generous,

The turns of fate proceeded with it, how it proceeded!

شَعبَ الدَّهرُ شَملَهُم بَعدَ جَمعٍ

رُبَّ نَفعٍ أَزَالَهُ حُكمُ ضَيرِ

Time separated their group after they were united,

Many benefits were removed by the judgment of fate.

حَكَمَ البَينُ فِي مُنَاهُم فَقَضّوا

لاحتِكَامِ الفِرَاقِ طَرف نُمَيرِ

Separation ruled regarding their dwellings, so they submitted

To the judgment of parting, a wink from a watcher.

فَتكَ الحُبُّ فِي سُلُوِّيَ عَنهُم

مِثلَ فَتكِ الحَجَّاجِ بِابنِ جُبَيرِ

Love was severed in my breast from them,

Like the severing of al-Hajjaj to Ibn Jubayr.

لَيسَ لِي غَيرَهُم مِنَ الأُنسِ إنسٌ

يَا تُرَى هَل لَهُم هُنالِكَ غَيرِي

I have no other companions besides them,

I wonder, do they have anyone else besides me?

كُلَّمَا مَرَّ ذِكرُهُم قَالَ قَلبِي

ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ مَن ذَكَرتَ بخَيرِ

Whenever their memory passes, my heart says,

"May God remember well those you remembered."