عُتبُ ما لِلخَيالِ

خَبِّريني وَمالي

Reproach not the phantom of fantasy

Tell me now, what ails me?

لا أَراهُ أَتاني

زائِراً مُذ لَيالي

I see him not since nights ago

Visiting, as he was wont to do

لَو رَآني صَديقي

رَقَّ لي أَو رَثى لي

Had my friend but seen me thus

He would have wept for me, or grieved for me

أَو يَراني عَدُوّي

لانَ مِن سوءِ حالي

Or had my foe but seen me so

He would refrain from doing me more woe