قَد غابَ عَن مُقلَتي مَن كان ناظِرُها

وَعَوَّضت مِنهُ طُول اللَيل وَالأَرَق

He who was the beholder of my eyes has vanished from them

And I have compensated for him with long nights and sleeplessness

فَسحت الدَمعَ حَتّى كَفَ مِن عَذلي

مَن كانَ يَعذِلُني مِن خيفة الغَرَق

I let my tears flow until he who was blaming me for fear of drowning stopped

I wondered, when the heart departed from my body

عَجِبتُ لَما نَأوا بِالقَلب عَن بَدَني

للجسم بَعد فُراق القَلب كَيفَ بَقي

How can the body survive after the heart’s separation?

I say while passion burns inflamed in my entrails

أَقول وَالشَوق في الأَحشاءِ مُلتَهِبٌ

وَلَيسَ لي أَمَلٌ تطفى بِهِ حَرقي

And I have no hope that will extinguish my burning

May you, O best one whose aid I hope for to repel harm

عَساكَ يا خَير مَن يُرجى لِدَفع أَذى

تَتيح لي فَرجاً يَحيا بِهِ رَمَقي

Grant me relief by which my remnant of life may live