لم يبقَ لي صبرٌ ولكنما
أبقى بقلبي البَيْنُ أشجانا
No patience remains to me; yet
parting has left sorrows within my heart.
أبدَلْتَني بُعداً بقربِ الذي
قد كان من حُزنيَ سُلوانا
You gave me distance in exchange for the nearness of one
who once had been a consolation for my sorrow;
وكان لي أُنساً لدَى وَحْشتي
وكان لي رَوْحاً وريحانا
he was companionship to me in my loneliness,
and was repose and sweet basil to me.
يا بدرُ ما أسرعَ ما رابني
في وصلِكَ الدهرُ وما خانا
O full moon, how swiftly Time filled me with misgiving
about union with you, though it had not betrayed me.
غِبت فغاب النوم عن ناظري
وسامني طيفُك هِجرانا
You vanished, and sleep vanished from my eye;
your dream-vision inflicted estrangement upon me.
كانت بك الدنيا لنا جَنةً
فنغَّصتْ لذّةَ دُنيانا
Through you, the world was paradise for us;
then it soured the delight of our life in this world.
Sol 5.6