منع الوصال ولج بالهجر

وأطال تعذيبي به بدري

He denied union and resorted to separation

And prolonged my torment with it from the beginning

واضر جسمي بالبعاد وقد

نحل الوجود وخانني صبري

And harmed my body with distance when

Existence has been granted and my patience has betrayed me

آذى قواي وها اذيته

تسري له من حيث لا يدري

He hurt my strength and look how I hurt him

Unknown to him

قسما بآي الذكر ثم بما

في الذكر من قسم لذي حجر

I swear by the verses of remembrance, and by what

Is in the remembrance from an oath to the Owner of the cave

انا لا احب سواه كيف عدا

ابدا ولا اسلوه في عمري

I do not love anyone but him, how can I

Ever replace him and forget him in my life

وغرامه في القلب مستتر

حتى اصير وديعة القبر

And my love for him lies hidden in my heart

Until I become a trust in the grave

كم ملت عنه بظاهري وله

مني عظيم الوجد في سري

How often I turned away from him outwardly, but he has

Great passion from me secretly

وتركته لفظا ولي ابدا

قلب يقلبه على الجمر

And I left him verbally, but I will never have

A heart that turns him away

ان المحبة في الفؤاد لها

دمع المحب مسلسلا يجري

Verily love in the heart has

The tears of the lover flowing continuously

لكن نظام العقل يلزم ان

جهرا يجازى الهجر بالهجر

But the system of reason necessitates that

Outwardly, separation is reciprocated with separation