حَمّامُ مَن لَستَ لَهُ ذاكِراً

مِن أَجلَبِ الأَشياءِ لِلحُزنِ

Dove, you whom I do not remember,

Among the most sorrowful things,

أَدخَلَنيهِ حُسنُ ظَنّي بِهِ

وَرُبَّما أَسلَمَني ظَنّي

My good opinion of you led me to it,

And perhaps my opinion surrendered me.

وَكانَ قَد أَسلَمَني النُصحُ ما

يَعجَزُ عَن إِدراكِهِ ذِهني

My advice had surrendered me to what

My mind cannot comprehend,

فَلَم أَجِد فيهِ مِنَ الماءِ ما

أَغسَلَ مِن وَجهي بِهِ جَفني

So I did not find in it any water

To wash my eyelids with.

كَأَنَّما صاحِبُ تابوتِهِ

كانَ عَدُوّي فَاِشتَفى مِنّي

It was as if the carrier of his coffin

Was my enemy, so he sought vengeance on me.