إن يوم النوى شنيعٌ سماعُه

ضاق عنه صدرُ المحب وباعُه

The day of parting is dire when heard,

The lover's heart is too narrow for it and he sold it,

يا خليليَّ ساعداني بشجو

ضاع مني قلب عزيزٌ ضياعُه

O my friend, help me with a lament,

A dear heart got lost, and losing it,

جللٌ ما لقيتُ ساعة خبتٍ

حين أقوت سهولُه وبقاعه

Many times I did not find an hour of stillness

When I frequented its plains and settlements,

وغزالُ الكثيب لا سارحاً يلقا

ك إشرافهُ ولا إتلاعُه

The graceful gazelle of the mound does not go unrestrained,

Neither did its prominence show nor collecting itself,

لم تذق ليلة العُذيب من اللو

عة ما ذقتُ حين حمَّ وداعه

The night of separation did not taste sweetness from intimacy what I tasted when we bade farewell,

The heart yearned for him while the eyelids sufficed their inflammation and their contention,

نزع القلب نحوه وكفى المش

تاق برحاً حنينهُ ونزاعه

I spent tears on him, spent like a generous one,

The more his stinginess and abstinence increased,

ابذل الدمع فيه بذلَ جوادٍ

كلما زاد بُخله وامتناعه

Do not trust in love for your eyes have seen

What the worst of his deception did to me,

لا تثق بالهوى فقد رأتا

عيناك ماذا أحل مني خداعُه

A course that does not remain compact

Except by the injustice of its people consented,

مذهب لا يظلُّ منعقداً إلاَّ

على ظلم أهله أجماعُه

And he is firm in his love and neither hopes

Or greed avails him in his love,

وسديدٌ بالصب لا يأسه

يُغنيه في حبه ولا إطماعه

He spurned me harshly so in the thickets is a secret

The tears disclose their broadcast.

صدَّني قسوةً فللوجد في الأحشـ

ـاء سرٌ يشكو الدموعَ مُذاعه