يومُ الفراق أهاج لي حُرَقاً

وشفى الفؤادَ وسكَّنَ الأرقا

The day we parted kindled in me a blaze,

Yet it soothed my heart and calmed my restless nights.

قَبَّلْتُ مَن أَهْوَى برَغْمِهِم

في الجهر لا خَلْساً ولا سَرَقا

I kissed the one I love despite their protests,

Openly, not in secret or by stealth.

وأَرَيتُهُمْ أنّي أُوَدِّعُهُمْ

وشرِبتُ قهوةَ خَدّه دَفَقا

I showed them I was bidding them farewell,

And drank the coffee of their cheek in gulps.

لولا التوادُعُ يا مليحةُ ما

قَبَّلْتُ وجْهَكِ خمسةً نَسَقا

If not for the farewells, O beautiful one,

I'd not have kissed your face fifty times over.