إنْ كان طيفُك زارنا
فلقد تَجَنَّبَنا طويلا
If your phantom came to visit us,
then indeed it had long shunned us.
علّلتُمُ بطُروقكمْ
ومحالكم قلباً عليلا
I recognized you by your coming at night
and by your wiles—my heart ailing.
ما كان يرضى بالكثي
ر وبعدكمْ رضيَ القليلا
It had never been content with plen—
—ty; yet in your absence, it accepted little.
فهو الغداةَ كفاقدٍ
أحبابَه نَدَب الطُّلولا
So this morning it is like one bereft
of his loved ones, mourning the abandoned campsites.
أوجدتموه إلى الأما
ني في لقائكمُ السَّبيلا
You made it find the path to its long—
—ings in meeting you.
Sol 5.6