قالوا الفراق فآذنت بفراقِ

نفسِي وكيف تَصَبُّر المُشْتاق

They said farewell, so I bid my soul farewell,

How can the longing one show patience?

لولا النوى والبين ما قطع الهوى

بيدِ الصبابةِ أنفس العشاقِ

If not for separation and distance, passion

Would not have been cut by the hands of youth.

أترى الخطوب تسرّنا من بعدِما

حكمت بفرقتِنا بِطيبِ تلاقِي

Do you think, after you ruled to separate us,

Afflictions make me happy with cordiality?