ليس لي فِطنةٌ تُتَرجِم عنّي

لَم تدعْ لي نَواكَ فِطْنة فَهْمِ

I have no discernment to speak on my behalf;

your absence has left me no wit with which to understand.

إنّما تَفهم القلوبُ وقد بِذْ

تَ بِقلبي وكيف يَفهَم جِسمي

Only hearts understand—and I have tested this

with my heart; how, then, could my body understand?

عجباً في تخّلِفي عنك أنّي

فيه كالمبتِدي بِتجْرِيبِ سُمّ

How strange that, in remaining behind without you, I am

in this like a novice trying poison.

كيف أحيا إذا بَعُدْتَ ومِن نُعْ

ماك عِندي دَمي ولَحمي وعظمي

How can I live when you are far away, when among your favors

to me are my blood, my flesh, and my bones?

إنّما هوَّنَ الرزيَّةَ أني

منذ خلّفتَني أراك بِوَهمْي

What alone has eased the calamity is that I,

ever since you left me behind, have seen you in my imagination.