آهاً لشملٍ وقد وهى سلكهُ

وكان ذا دُرٍّ بعبد الرحيم

Alas for a union that has passed away!

It belonged to Abd al-Rahim, and was a pearl.

فليتني لاقيتُ منه الردى

وعاش ذاك الدّرّ درًّا يتيم

Would that I had met with kindness from him!

But that pearl lives lonely now, an orphan.