يا هِلالاً غَدا عَلَيهِ المُحاقُ

أَينَ ذاكَ الضِياءُ وَالإِشراقُ

O crescent moon, tomorrow it will disappear

Where is that radiance and illumination?

نالَ مِنّي فيكَ التَلاقي مِنَ الحُر

قَةِ ما لَم يَكُن يَنالُ الفِراقُ

What separation could obtain from me

Was obtained by your union, O free one

بَدَّلَ الدَهرُ ثَوبَ حُسنِكَ حَتّى

غالَهُ بَعدَ جِدَّةٍ إِخلاقُ

Time has changed your beautiful robe

Until its new creation became burdensome

لَم أَزَل عالِماً بِأَن لَيسَ خَلقٌ

دامَ حُلواً إِلّا وَسَوفَ يُذاقُ

I always knew that no manner

Remained pleasant, without becoming insipid

حُجِرَ الصَبرُ وَالسُلُوُّ عَلى دَم

عي وَوَجدي فَاِذهَب فَأَنتَ الطَلاقُ

Patience and solace are forbidden

To my tears and love, so go, you are divorced

لَم يُسَوَّد وَجهُ الوِصالِ بِوَسمٍ ال

حُبِّ حَتّى تَكَشخَنَ العُشّاقُ

The face of union was never blackened

By any brand, until lovers recoiled

قَد زَعَمنا أَنَّ السُلُوَّ حُظوظٌ

إِذ زَعَمتُم أَنَّ الهَوى أَرزاقُ

We claimed solace was good fortune

While you claimed that passion was sustenance