ألا طرَدَ الكَرى عنَّي حبيباً

خَباهُ الدَّهرُ لي فيما خبا لي

Alas! Time has driven away from me a beloved one,

Whom fate has hidden from me in what it has hidden from me.

ظننْتُ الدَّهرَ يُنسيني هَواهُ

فما أزدادُ إلاّ في خَبالي

I thought time would make me forget his love,

But I have only increased in my confusion.