عَرَفتُ عَرفَ الصَبا إِذ هَبَّ عاطِرُهُ

مِن أُفقِ مَن أَنا في قَلبي أُشاطِرُهُ

I knew the fragrance of youth when its perfume blew

From the horizon of the one in my heart with whom I share it

أَرادَ تَجديدَ ذِكراهُ عَلى شَحَطٍ

وَما تَيَقَّنَ أَنّي الدَهرَ ذاكِرُهُ

He wanted to renew the memory of it on a stretch of sand

And was not certain that I will remember him forever

نَأى المَزارُ بِهِ وَالدارُ دانِيَةٌ

يا حَبَّذا الفَألُ لَو صَحَّت زَواجِرُهُ

The shrine took him far away and the house became desolate

If only fortune allowed for its deterrents to hold true

خِلّي أَبا الجَيشِ هَل يَقضي اللِقاءُ لَنا

فَيَشتَفي مِنكَ قَلبٌ أَنتَ هاجِرُهُ

Tell Abu Al-Jaysh, will our meeting be fulfilled for us

So a heart you deserted may be healed by you?

قِصارُهُ قَيصَرٌ إِن قامَ مُفتَخِراً

لِلَّهِ أَوَّلُهُ مَجداً وَآخِرُهُ

His line of verse short yet a Caesar when proudly standing

To God belongs its first glory and its last