اسكنت قلبيَ لحدك

لا خيرَ في العيشِ بعدك

You have settled in my heart completely

There is no good in life without you

ما الدارُ بعدكَ عندِي

أرى وإلاَّ فعندك

What is home to me without you?

I see only you, no one else

يسيلُ أحمرُ دمعي

لمَّا تذكَّرت خدّك

My red tears flow

When I remember your cheek

وقُدْ بالهمِّ قلبي

لمَّا تذكَّرت قدّك

And my heart is aflame with worries

When I remember your stature

يا سائلَ الدمعِ إيهٍ

فما أجوّزُ ردَّك

O you who ask about tears, listen!

I cannot hold back my tears

أقصدتني يا زماني

كأنَّني كنتُ قصدك

O my time, you have sought me out

As if I was your purpose

وكانَ ما خفتُ منه

فأجْهِدِ الآنَ جهدَك

And what I had feared

Make the effort now with all your might

لا لينك اليومَ أرجو

ولستُ أرهبُ شدَّك

I hope no longer for your softness today

And I don’t fear your harshness

قبضت كفّ مرادِي

فاقدحْ بقلبيَ زندَك

You have grasped the palm of my wishes

So ignite in my heart your flint

وراحَ دينار خد

عليهِ كم خفت نقدَك

And the coin of your cheek has departed

How much I feared its loss

عبد الرحيم برغمِي

أن تسقي العينُ عهدَك

Abdul Rahim despite myself

My eyes will keep their promise to you

فأجعل النوم وردِي

في الليلِ والدَّمع وردَك

So I will make sleep my companion

At night, and tears my companion

أشقيت جدّي بثُكلٍ

بُنيَّ يا ثُكل جدّك

You have made me childless, my grandfather

My son! O childless one like your grandfather!

أبكي فيبكي كأنَّا

حمائمُ النوحِ بعدَك

I cry and he cries as if

We are doves weeping after you

ما كنتُ أحمل هجراً

فكيفَ أحملُ فقدَك

Never did I endure separation

So how can I endure your loss?

وما تخيَّلت أنِّي

أشكو صدَاك وصدَّك

And I never imagined

That I would complain of your coolness and your harshness

لهفي عليكَ لحسنٍ

قد كانَ أسبل برْدَك

I yearn for you, for the sake of the beauty

That adorned your neck the finest necklaces

لهفي عليكَ لعقلٍ

قد كانَ أحسنَ عقدَك

I yearn for you, for the sake of the wisdom

That was the best stringing of your necklaces

لهفي عليكَ لثغرٍ

قد كان يفضل عقدَك

I yearn for you, for the sake of the mouth

That surpassed your strung necklaces

لم لأنسَ لثمكَ لما

أحسستُ بالموتِ بعدَك

Why did I not forget your kiss after

I sensed death after you?

والله لا سمتُ صبري

من بعد ما سمتُ شهدَك

By God, I have lost my patience

After losing the taste of your lips

أفٍّ لقلبيَ إنْ لم

يوفّ بالحزنِ ودَّك

Alas for my heart if it does not

Fulfill its sadness and longing for you

وقوعِ بيتي لسنٍّ

لم يوفِ في العمر عدَّك

The falling of my house out of grief

Did not fulfill the counting of your days

كنتَ الهلالَ لأفقٍ

فعارضَ الأفقُ سعدَك

You were the crescent for a horizon

So the horizon rivaled your fortune

وكنتَ فرعَ نباتٍ

فأذبلَ الموتُ ورْدَك

You were a branch of growth

So death made your flower wilt

وكنتَ نهرَ بحارٍ

لو عشت أحييت مجدَك

You were a river of seas

If you had lived, you would have restored your glory

وآهاً لأقلامِ علمٍ

عدِمنَ يا نهرُ مدَّك

Alas for the pens of knowledge

O river, your course has been stopped!

لا غَرْوَ إن باتَ دمعي

بالرَّيِّ ينجز وعدَك

Do not doubt that my tears

Will fulfill at night their promise to you

أصبحتُ في الحزنِ وحدِي

إذ كنتُ في الحسنِ بعدَك

I have become in grief alone

When I was with you in beauty

فيا أسايَ تمرّد

ويا سلوِّي تمردك

So O healing of rebellion

And O solace of your rebellion

ويا حيا الغيثِ أجزِلْ

لذابلِ العطفِ رِفدَك

O clouds of rain, be generous

To the wilted flowers, send down your gift

واجْعل بكاكَ عليهِ

نداكَ والنوْحَ رعدَك

And let your weeping for him

Be your call and your sobbing thunder

فأنتَ صاحبُ عهدٍ

فوفّ للحسنِ عهدَك

For you are a keeper of promises

So keep your promise to the beautiful one

ويا رحيماً دَعاهُ

واصلْ برُحماكَ عبدَك

O Merciful One he called you

So join in your mercy your servant