أَلا لَيتَ شِعري هَل وِصالكَ يَرجِعُ

أَمِ اليَأسُ مِمّا اِرتَجي أَتَوَقَّعُ

Alas! Do I wonder if your union will return?

Or is despair all I can expect from what I yearn?

سَأَرفَعُ لِلسُلوانِ في الهَجرِ قِصَّةً

عَساهُ بِرَفعِ الظُلمِ عَنّي يُوَقِّعُ

To the Sultan I will make my tale of separation known -

May he end my oppression with a stroke of his seal alone.

فَأُصدِرُ قَلبي عَن مَوارِدِ حُكمِهِ

فَقَد كادَ مِن فَرطِ الأَسى يَتَقَطَّعُ

I will emancipate my heart from the rule of its domain,

For it nearly ruptures from the surplus of its pain.