أَقامَ بِقَلبِهِ حُزنه

وَفارق جفنُهُ وَسَنه

He kept his sorrow in his heart

And parted from his eyelids and teeth

بَكى شَوقاً وَقلَّ لَهُ

مُحب شاقَهُ وَطَنه

He cried out of longing and he had little

A lover who missed his beloved homeland

كَما يَشتاق قَلباً غا

بَ عَن أَحشائِهِ بَدنه

Like a heart that longs for

Its body that left its intestines

بَعيد قَد تَناساهُ ال

صحاب وَخانَهُ زَمَنهُ

Distant, he forgot his

Friends and his time betrayed him

تَغيب لُبهُ ذِكرا

همو وَيُذيبُهُ شَجنه

His mind was absent, remembering

His worries, melting him with his yearning

كَطَير كُلَما دَرَس ال

غَرام هَفا بِهِ فَننه

Like a bird, whenever the

Passion studied him, it weakened his art

عَصاهُ دَمعَهُ وَنَمى ال

سِقام فَسرهُ عَلَنه

His tears disobeyed him and sickness grew

Openly delighting him

فَلا يَرقى لَهُ دَمع

وَلَيسَت تَنقَضي محنه

So no tears come to him

And his afflictions do not end

تَطير بِقَلبِهِ الذِكرى

وَيَقعد جِسمُهُ وَهَنه

Memories fly in his heart

While his body sits weakened