اَحَيٌّ وقد حَثُّوا الرّكائبَ والرَّكْبا

كأنّك لستَ الهائمَ المُدْنَفَ الصَّبّا

Alive, yet they hastened the she-camels and the riders

As if you were not the passionate, the enslaved by love

ستعلم إن بانوا وخُلِّفتَ بعدهم

بأنّك ممّن يَفْقد العقلَ واللُّبّا

You will know, if they leave and you remain behind them

That you are one who loses his mind and sense.

وأشرفُ ما في مذهب الحفظ والهوى

مَمَاتُك بالهِجْرانِ من بعدهم حُبّا

And most noble in the doctrine of protection and love

Is for you to die, after them, of love and yearning