أرى الدهر بالتفريق والبين مولعا

وللجمع ما بين المحبين آبيا

I see time insisting on parting and distance

Yet against reuniting lovers, refusing

فأُفٌ عليه من زمانٍ كأنني

خلقت وإياه نُطيل التعاديا

Alas, what an era as though I

And he were created to prolong estrangement