أَما وَإِلى الواشي وَإِن طاوَعَتهُمُ

نُوارُ وَسُدَّت بَينَنا بِذَحولِ

Even if she is compliant with the slanderer

The light between us is blocked by calamities

لَقَد مَرَّ أَيّامٌ وَلَو شَحَطُ النَوى

بِفَرطِ المُنى أَعوَلتُ كُلَّ عَويلِ

Indeed days have passed, though the wailing of grief

In excessive longing, I weep every wail

نَهانا فَلَم نَبِت أَبغَضتُ أَن أَرى

ضَعيفَ القُوى أَو تابِعاً لَبَديلِ

She prohibited us, yet we did not stop loving

I hate to see one feeble or a follower of alteration

وَعَزَّيتُ نَفساً عَن نُوارٍ جَليدَةً

عَلى ما بِها مِن لَوعَةٍ وَغَليلِ

I consoled a frigid soul

From the anguish and agony within her

بَكَت ما بَكَت شَجوَ البُكا ثُمَّ سامَحَت

لِإِقرارِ هَجرٍ مِن نُوارِ طَويلِ

She wept what she wept, the lamentation of weeping, then forgave

To acknowledge a long estrangement from Nawar

أَصُدُّكُما صَدُّ الرِميِّ تَطاوَلَت

بِهِ عِدَّةُ الأَيّامِ وَهوَ قَتيلِ

I block both of you, the blockage of shooting

The days have prolonged it and he is slain

وَإِنّي لَداعي اللَهِ في ساعَةِ الضُحى

عَلَيكِ وَداعٍ جُنحَ كُلِّ أَصيلِ

And I, at the time of morning prayer, call upon God

With farewell on you, the wing of every noble one extends

وَمُحتَضِنٍ رُكنَ اليَماني وَمُشتَكٍ

إِلى الجانِبِ الغَربيِّ صَعدَ عَويلي

And one embracing the pillar of Yemen and complaining

To the west side, my wailing ascended