أأن ناح قُمرىٌّ بغصنِ بَشامةٍ

وغرد في أعلى الأراك حَمامُ

A rosy-cheeked moon is lamenting on a fragrant branch,

And a dove is cooing atop the shady trees.

أهاج لك التذكار شوقاً كأنما

له بين أحناء الضلوع ضرام

Remembrance has stirred longing in you, as though

It has a grievance sheltered between the ribs.

خليلي هل بعد الفراق تواصل

وهل بعد توديع الحبيب مُقامُ

My friend, will there still be communication after parting?

Will there still be sojourn after bidding farewell to a beloved?

دهتني النوى حتى كأن أحبتّي

على القربِ مني والدنوّ حرام

Yearning has addled me, until it seems as if

Being near me and intimacy are forbidden to my loved one.

ومما استهام القلبَ وهو مصدَّع

وأوهَى جُمانَ الدمع وهو سِجامُ

And of that which has preoccupied my heart while it is split -

It has wearied the tears of my eyes while they are barred.

مطوَّقةٌ ورقاءُ تندُب شجوهَا

وتسهر فيه الليلَ وهو تمامُ

A gazelle, decked in flowers, laments her passion,

She keeps vigil over it at night while it is complete.

تنوح بِلا دمع وللحزن آية

على نوحها مشهورة وغرام

She wails without tears - grief has a sign

Announcing her wailing and love.

ألا يا حمام الأيك مالَكَ والهاً

كأنك ممّن أسكرتْه مُدامُ

Oh dove of the thickets - what has distracted you

As if you are one whom wine has intoxicated?

كِلانا مِحبٌّ صدّع البين شَملَه

وكل مُحِبّ بالفِراقِ يضام

We both are lovers - separation has split our union,

And every lover is pained by parting.

سلام على من حجّبتْ شخصه النوى

وإن كان لا يغني المحبَّ سلامُ

Peace be upon he whose person absence has veiled,

Though peace does not avail the lover when bidden.