غابَ وَاللَهِ أَحمَدٌ فَأَصابَت

ني لَهُ قِطعَةٌ مِنَ الأَحزانِ

Ahmad left, by God, so a piece of sorrows befell me

I was left among people after him, who clothed me with patience over the loss

وَتَخَلَّفتُ بَعدَهُ في أُناسٍ

أَلبَسوني صَبراً عَلى الحَدَثانِ

The light of spring has no beauty in others

They have no variety of colors

ما لِنَورِ الرَبيعِ في غَيرِ حُسنٍ

ما لَهُم مِن تَغَيُّرِ الأَلوانِ

My soul denied them, and that denial

Is only from the intensity of familiarity

أَنكَرَتهُم نَفسي وَما ذَلِكَ الإِن

كارُ إِلّا مِن شِدَّةِ العِرفانِ

The offenses of the offender remind you one day

Of the good deed of the good-doer

وَإِساءاتُ ذي الإِساءَةِ يُذكِر

نَكَ يَوماً إِحسانَ ذي الإِحسانِ

The abundant yellowness, right and left

Weakened the elegance of the eagles

كَثرَةُ الصُفرِ يَمنَةً وَشِمالاً

أَضعَفَت في نَفاسَةِ العُقبانِ