حاربَ أجفانَه الرقادُ فما

يسكنُ من ليلهِ إلى سكَنِ

Sleep fought his eyelids, so he found

No rest throughout the night till dawn's first light.

لا تَنفُسا عبرة أجودُ بها

فلستُ أبكي بها على الدِّمنِ

My plaintive tears could not solace my woe;

I do not weep for what is lost and gone.

لم يُخْلق الدمعُ لامرئٍ عبثاً

اللَّهُ أدرَى بلوعةِ الحزنِ

Tears were not created without destiny;

God knows the depths of sorrow's agony.

أساء بي ما أتيتَ من حَسَنٍ

إليَّ فيما مضَى من الزَّمَنِ

Whatever good you brought into my life,

Is now a memory from days of old.

منعْتني بعدكَ العزاء به

يا ليتَ ما كان منك لم يَكُنِ

After you left, there was no comfort;

Would that what was had never been at all.