قف بالحمى بعدَ البدور وناد

أرأيت كيف خبَا ضياء النادي

Stand at Al-Hima after the tents, and call out,

Have you seen how the light of the guide has faded?

ومحامل ظعنت بمهجة ناحل

أرأيت من حملوا على الأعواد

And litters that were shaded with the shade of an elegant palm tree,

Have you seen those who were carried on the biers?

لو رمت أن أفدِي الحبيب بمهجتي

وهو الأصحّ وفاد كنت الفادِي

If I thought to ransom my beloved with my soul,

And he is the most deserving, I would have ransomed him.

هيهات يعدل ما ضيا ما قرَّ لي

طرف وجنة مهجتي بسواد

Alas! What has passed and settled for me cannot be equaled

By a glance and my soul with its blackness.

أمَّا سواد الليل فهو كما ترى

طرف المنام على الدوام سهادِي

As for the blackness of the night, it is as you see,

The edge of sleep is always my pillow.

بكرت على مثواكَ أدمعُ نائح

كالنيلِ ذات وفاً وذات منادِي

I rose early at your abode with a weeping eye

Like the Nile, faithful and calling.

سخنت كحمّام عليكَ مدامعي

لما رزِئت بكوكبٍ وقَّاد

My tears flowed hotly for you like a cistern

When I was saddened by a guiding star.