أَصمى بِرُمح قَوامه الفَتّانِ

هَذا الرشا يَوم الوَداع جَفاني

With the spear of his charming stance he pierced me,

This delicate youth on the day of parting abandoned me,

وَسَطا عَليّ لَدى النَوى بِصَوارمٍ

مِن لَحظه فَتَكَت بِغَير تَواني

And turned his arrows upon me at the abode of yearning

With a glance that slaughtered me without hesitating.

وَمِن المَحاجر صارَ فَيض مَدامِعي

يَجري عَلى الخَدّين في غَدران

And from my tear ducts, tears flowed

Running down my cheeks in betrayal.

وَالجسم أَصبَح لا خَيال لَهُ يُرى

مِن فَرط ما لاقى مِن الهجران

And my body became an unreal mirage

From the utmost separation it endured.

وَرَأى العَذول نَحولَ جسمي فَاِشتَفى

مِني وَعَن هَذا الرَشيق نَهاني

And the critic saw my emaciated body so he doubted

Me and this elegant one, and admonished me.

وَعليّ حرّمَ وَصلَه وَأَتى عَلى

تَحليل نَقض العَهد بِالبُرهان

And he forbade his company to me and came with

The proof to permit dissolving our pact.

يا وَيحَه أَيروم مِني سَلوة

حَيث الحَبيب أَطاعه وَعَصاني

Oh what grief, will he prevent any consolation from me

When my beloved obeyed him and disobeyed me?

حاشا يَفوز بِما أَراد وَيَنتهي

عَما بِهِ في الذُلِّ عزَّ مَكاني

Far be it that he succeeds in what he wants and ends

What elevated my status in degradation.

وَأَنا الَّذي عَقَد الغَرامُ لي اللوا

وَإِلى جِهاد العاذلين دَعاني

It was I whom passion contracted the pact,

And called me to battle the critics.

وَطفقت أَخترقُ الصُفوف وَأَصطَلي

نار الجَوى في حَومة الجوَلان

So I began to penetrate the ranks and unleash

The fire of passion in the battle's inferno.

وَهزمت وَحدي في النِزال جَميعَهم

بِالصَبر لا بمهندٍ وَسنان

And alone in battle I defeated them all

With patience, not with a sword and spear.

لَكن أَنيني حينَ جدّ بي النَوى

دلَّ العَذول عَلى خفيِّ مَكاني

But when the abode of yearning pained me intensely,

It led the critic to my hidden place.

حاشا تلين مِن الصدود شَكيمَتي

أَو يَلتوي في الحادِثات عَناني

Far be it that the firmness of my determination soften

Or that the reins of my resolve twist.

فَالجدّ أَسعدَ وَاللَيالي سالمت

وَصفا بِنَصر العاشِقين زَماني

For seriousness has brought me bliss and the nights safety,

And the age's victory in assisting lovers.